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Honors: Chicago Trinity Dancers, ages 6-21, recently performed at a world championship qualifier. Fifty-six team dancers won gold in both the youngest and oldest categories. Local gold medalis…

Senior Cole Paskus scored with less than 3 minutes remaining Sunday to send the Madison West boys hockey team to today’s championship game of the Culver’s Cup tournament.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

GREEN BAY — The names came rushing back every time quarterback Aaron Rodgers made another play.

Once senior center Frank Kaminsky finally got some help, the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team started to roll Sunday night.

TAMPA, Fla. — To University of Wisconsin interim football coach Barry Alvarez, the primary focus of Auburn’s defense isn’t a secret.

The Badgers hold the Wolverines to 34 percent shooting in the game.

State Journal columnist Tom Oates assesses the Packers' performance in Sunday's game vs. Detroit.

GREEN BAY — Aaron Rodgers is limping into the playoffs with a smile.

My immediate reaction to the terrorist attack in New York was anger and hatred. I'm sure I could have killed and tortured. As time passed, I realized I had to let go of those feelings that wer…

Thank you for the recent article on Common Core. 

Pope Francis had harsh criticism for the Roman Curia, the Vatican's governing leadership, which could be applied to many outside the Vatican.

If anyone still needed convincing that your congressional leaders don't care about you, look no further than the recent budget just passed.

In response to a Dec. 20 guest column by Lee Monthei of Enbridge Energy:

If the post-Christmas lull has left young ones restless and parents ready for school to resume, the Madison Children’s Museum has a solution: Winter Wonder Week.

MONROE / FITCHBURG - Pamela A. Borquist, age 44, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014. Arrangements are pending. A complete obituary will appear at a later date.

SPARTA - Roger D. Lewison, age 84, of Sparta, died Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tomah.

MOUNT HOREB - Donald P. Frisch, age 84, of Mount Horeb, died on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, at Agrace HospiceCare with family at his side.

The reopening of The Edgewater Hotel marked one of the biggest stories of 2014 but it also was a year that saw additions in the grocery market and expansions in retail.

A water main break near Linden and Babcock Drives on the UW-Madison campus could make for hazardous walking conditions until it is repaired Monday morning, UW-Madison police report.