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The Milwaukee Brewers were denied the chance to become the first team in the majors to reach 70 wins on the season.

Green Bay's right tackle is no longer going by the name Zach Tom, and some other players stood out on a Sunday practice.

A police search is underway for two kayakers who went missing Saturday night, Aug. 1, in Lake Michigan near Washington Island, according to the Washington Island Police Department.

Riding bicycles to the start of training camp has become an important part of the opening to the season for Green Bay.

The decades-old Green Bay Packers training camp bike tradition, where players ride a young fan's bike to practice, lives on and is a testament to the type of community Green Bay fosters.

Freddy Peralta has struggled in less than one season with the Mets, but now joins a Tampa Bay squad with the best record in the American League.

The Madison School District is considering renaming Elvehjem School because its namesake, Conrad Elvehjem, signed a restrictive covenant in 1931 keeping Black people out of a West Side neighborhood. I'd hate for that to be the last word on Elvehjem.…

Oscar Fox and Lewis Crane get excited about a fusion energy company moving into the old Oscar Mayer plant in this week’s Mendota Marsh.

The state DNR reports 30 confirmed or probable wolf depredations across Wisconsin through July 26. The state reported 32 such incidents by this time last year, and 35 in the same span in 2024.

The most pervasive excuse for not equipping Madison’s police officers with body-worn cameras over the past decade has been the cost. Equipping hundreds of patrol officers will top $400,000.

Barnes’ exit from the race leaves Crowley as “the only possible impediment to Francesca Hong being the nominee, and that is unlikely,” UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden said.

Don't forget about this when you're out having some summer fun.

Jake Bauers homered to tie the game in the fourth and Brice Turang singled in the deciding run in the eighth, while starter Robert Gasser threw five solid innings.

Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslam spoke opened up about trading Giannis Antetokounmpo at Cleveland Browns training camp.

Heads up, Madisonians. It’s open season in our city for out-of-state and foreign developers.

The shooting of Corey Ruiz in Madison has many troubling aspects, but a striking hypocrisy has been on my mind.

Oh, how I wish I were younger. I would challenge Satya Rhodes-Conway for mayor of Madison and would lead our city to become a less expensive place to live while still allowing Madison to be eccentric. That zany appeal that…