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Madison School District proposes expanding summer school options
The Madison School District proposes 21 summer school sites, with four schools open just to their own students.
On View | American Monotypes
A monotype is a singular thing. While the goal of printmaking — whether intaglio, relief, silkscreen, or lithograph — is to create a number of identical impressions, a monotype creates a singl…
You Toon: Gas prices freeze
Gas prices freeze in this week’s contest
Shelley Peterman Schwarz: Making a more accessible community in 2015
One of my 2015 New Year’s resolutions is to make the people in charge of public places understand, accept, and accommodate their customers/patients/visitors with disabilities. There is a lot t…
Travel: Calendar
Coming in Wisconsin this week:
Garden calendar | For the week of Jan. 11
Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.
Examine bias and question narratives in race debates -- Kathleen Parker
WASHINGTON — Recent events from Ferguson, Missouri, to Staten Island, New York, might prompt an observer to infer that American cops are racist and that a bigoted white populace tolerates unne…
Steve Chapman: Religious extremism and the road to civilization
Sigmund Freud said the founder of civilization was the first person who hurled an insult instead of a rock. He was almost right. The true founder was the first person to respond to an insult w…
Packers: Which perfect streak will end Sunday at Lambeau?
Green Bay has not lost at home and Dallas has not lost on the road this season.
NFL: Seahawks, Patriots advance, to host conference title games
If Green Bay wins on Sunday, they will travel to Seattle next Sunday.
Beer's big game is to hook young viewers -- Esther Cepeda
CHICAGO — Many nights after dinner — when the last of the vegetables have been choked down and Dad has started cleaning up in the kitchen — my sons and I browse pictures of puppies on Pinterest.
Tom Oates: Recent postseason failures mean Packers have a lot to prove
GREEN BAY — Quarterback Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys have a reputation as late-season flops.
Packers vs. Cowboys: Who has the edge?
State Journal reporter Dennis Punzel breaks down the matchups in Sunday's NFC divisional playoff game.
Badgers men's basketball: Traevon Jackson's playmaker role valued greatly by teammates, coaches
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Traevon Jackson considers the work he does during dead-ball situations just as important as those times when the ball is in his hands and the clock is running.
Badgers sports: Isaac Jordan, Jesse Thielke highlight strong showing at Flanagan Open
A relay victory in the final event of the night was just enough to give the UW men’s swimming and diving team a one-point victory over host Southern Cal on Friday in Los Angeles.
Prep wrestling: Sauk Prairie reclaims top spot in its own tournament
Scott Smith knows now is the time to start building momentum for February.
USHL: Capitols make early lead hold up against Muskegon
MUSKEGON, Mich. — Will Johnson and Ryan Lohin scored goals, and the Madison Capitols gained a measure of revenge Saturday night in a 2-1 win over the Muskegon Lumberjacks in a United States Ho…
Prep girls basketball: Stoughton coasts past Dubuque Wahlert
Sophomore guard Kendra Halverson scored 13 points, leading the Stoughton girls basketball team past Dubuque Wahlert on Saturday in a tournament at Loras University in Dubuque, Iowa.
Prep sports: Sarah Duff leads Mount Horeb to invitational victory
Senior Sarah Duff won three events and took first in the all-around with a score of 37.435 points on Saturday, leading the Mount Horeb girls gymnastics team to a victory in the small-school di…
Badgers men's hockey: Jack Eichel, Boston University roar to victory in series finale
If you’re compiling a list of all that the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team has lacked this season, near the top is the absence of a take-charge force.






