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Sales were up by double digits throughout the south-central Wisconsin region, including Dane County.

A man who admitted to shooting his girlfriend to death in her Mazomanie home last year was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison.

Steve Cover to leave for top-level planning job in Arlington County, Virginia.

The Badgers (14-1, 2-0 Big Ten) play host to the Boilermakers (10-5, 2-0) at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Kohl Center.

The Green Bay Packers say they will make 300 standing-room-only tickets available for Sunday's NFL playoff game against Dallas at Lambeau Field.

Lake Delton police have released a surveillance video image of a man believed to have made a bomb threat while trying to rob the local Walmart Superstore.

A Monroe man was arrested Monday for allegedly dealing cocaine, following a lengthy police investigation into area drug activity.

It didn't take a lot of snow to cause traffic headaches Tuesday morning in the Madison area.

Neighborhood goings-on are great. They're just not always as immediately important as work, dinner, childcare or watching reruns of “30 Rock”.

The recent federal court ruling returning endangered species status to wolves in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota indicates the United States Fish and Wildlife Service was premature in removi…

The governors of Wisconsin and Minnesota each presented their versions of new year’s resolutions in various media interviews last week. The comparison paints a stark contrast of where the stat…

Mike McCarthy had his team back on a normal game-week schedule after a three-day break last week to celebrate the new year.

The Dallas quarterback has a history of gut-wrenching postseason failures.

Bucks general manager John Hammond said Monday night that Parker had surgery in New York to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament. There is no timeline for a return to basketball activity.

The Dugout Club Winter Baseball Banquet is set for Monday, Jan. 26, at the Madison Marriott West Hotel in Middleton.

First impressions, second thoughts and the third degree:

Tyler Westrick is a 10-time letterwinner competing in football, basketball and baseball and has compiled a 2.9 GPA. His volunteer work includes assisting at youth football, basketball and base…

Michelle Kraus is an eight-time letterwinner competing in cross country, basketball and track and field and has compiled a 3.728 GPA. A member of National Honor Society and "Dream Team", her v…

The flu is now widespread in all but seven states, and hospitalization rates match the dismal season two years ago.

Sophomore guard Kara Crowley scored 16 points to lead the unbeaten, Division 4 top-ranked Dodgeville girls basketball team to a 53-41 victory over host Mount Horeb in non-conference play Monday.