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It’s fitting the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team will host UW-Green Bay on the one-year anniversary of Frank Kaminsky’s program-record scoring performance.

Few people admire a good spreadsheet more than Kelly Sheffield, who’s prone to poring over detailed statistical breakdowns to divine any possible advantages for his University of Wisconsin vol…

The lefty flourished in his lone season with Milwaukee in 2014, going 5-1 with a 2.45 ERA in a career-high 74 appearances.

Olin Hacker knew a second consecutive individual victory at the WIAA Division 1 state cross country meet would cement his legacy as one of the state’s elite distance runners.

The guard torched UW for 32 points in the Badgers' three-point victory against the Phoenix last season.

The Poynette and Marshall girls basketball teams hit the ground running Tuesday night.

MILWAUKEE — Ersan Ilyasova had 20 points, and the rebuilding Milwaukee Bucks climbed above .500 for the first time in more than a year by fending off the New York Knicks for a 117-113 victory …

Council members raise concerns about how process unfolded after it passed the budget last week.

This was never about smoking, was it?

Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary Mark Gottlieb says the average driver will pay $27 a year under his proposal of new gas taxes. So my small SUV is going to cost an additional $…

Tuesday's guest column by Dave Glomp, "Deal with root causes of homelessness in Madison," makes some good points. His suggestions for better addiction and mental health treatment are good, and…

One hundred years ago, in 1914, Henry Ford doubled his factory workers' wages to an unprecedented $5 a day because he correctly assumed he could make and sell more cars if more people could af…

Jay Ambrose's column in Sunday's paper, "Walker was right to fight public unions," makes some good points about our political system.

I hope Republican legislators in the Wisconsin Assembly and Senate take their time and look closely at the budget Gov. Scott Walker puts in front of them.

Resolution proposing loaning up to $3 million to Maple Grove Commons, Tennyson ridge and Union Corners developments.

The blast of frigid temperatures has allowed ski areas to make piles of snow and open earlier than usual.

The last of four men who robbed the wrong house in February, and instead badly beat and pistol-whipped a man and raped his pregnant wife, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison.

A Poynette man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison for downloading and sharing child pornography that included graphic images of young children being sexually assaulted by adults.

The report says Madison is behind only Arlington, Virginia in opportunities for start-ups.

Just like the existence of global climate change, Republicans doubt the evidence behind an agreement between President Obama and China to reduce carbon emissions.