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A trio of Madison area teams and three reigning champions are among those headed to the WIAA state girls soccer tournament, which begins Thursday in Milwaukee.

“America has gone from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.” This darkly comic observation (attributed, among others, to Oscar Wilde) seems especially appropriate for our time, when the White House hosts extreme fighting (gladiator-lite) on its once verdant lawns.

When big business came calling to rural Grant County, they saw an American Transmission Co. powerline, sweetheart tax deals from the Legislature and prime farmland for their massive data center.

The festival celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Madison Symphony Orchestra at the Overture Center on June 13 and 14 was a resounding success.

The former Badgers guard wants to prove himself at the next level. The NBA Draft is the first step.

Golfweek ranked the top 200 golf courses across the country that opened after 1960.

Multiple start times in the WIAA state baseball tournament have been shifted ahead of expected inclement weather. Here's the latest on the changes.

Cooper Pratt didn't get a hit in his MLB debut, but Brice Turang and Garrett Mitchell homered to give Milwaukee a victory at home.

The Badgers' work on a recruit committed elsewhere paid off on Tuesday when an edge defender with upside flipped his pledge from Texas Tech.

It was likely Cooper Pratt was set to play for Milwaukee soon, but the 21-year-old that staff believes is a future star piece finally appeared at American Family Field.

Born in the 1890s and nearly killed off 20 years ago, the historic Yerkes Observatory along the shores of southeast Wisconsin’s Geneva Lake is getting a new life.

If things go well, Garrett Mitchell will break most of his career records with first-place Milwaukee.

A 6-foot-3 outside hitter/opposite from Riverside, Utah, pledged her commitment to the Badgers on Tuesday.

High insurance rates and restricted hours are limiting the ability of law-abiding pedicab companies to operate in Madison, they say.

Each felony count is punishable by up to six years of combined prison and extended supervision, and fines of up to $10,000.

Caroline Harvey is likely to be the No. 1 pick in the PWHL Draft on Wednesday, and three Badgers teammates could join her in the first round.

If severe storms develop more into far southern Wisconsin, all types of severe weather would be possible from the Interstate 94 to the south.

A federal judge has denied former Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan's bid to overturn a jury's verdict that she obstructed ICE agents outside her courtroom in April 2025, putting the case