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Johnny Davis trained to reach the NBA, following in his father's footsteps, and on Thursday became the first Badger to be drafted since 2015. He's the first selection from La Crosse since 1947.

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The awards — funded through borrowing authorized in the current two-year budget — are expected to bring broadband service to nearly 83,000 homes and more than 4,500 businesses across the state.

More than 165 classic cars — the oldest a pair of 1916 Hudsons, the newest a 1974 Plymouth Bluesmobile — drove into Sun Prairie on Wednesday as part of the "Great Race."

The deputy was responding to a report of a gunshot wound in another jurisdiction shortly before 4 p.m.

"I'm ashamed," said Jacob Tisue, who led Madison School-Community Recreation from 2017 to 2019.

Tyrone Taylor and Willy Adames each homered to lift Milwaukee to a four-game series split and stay tied with St. Louis in the NL Central.

Kelly Nolan, a UW-Whitewater student living in Madison for the summer, was last seen in the State Street area in the early morning hours of June 23, 2007, after a night out with friends.

Group had bought and used Xanax before the shooting in Blue Mounds, the warrant states.

According to the sheriff’s office, Alan Hartig was last seen pursuing his pontoon boat in shallow waters after it came unmoored from a sandbar. The empty boat was recovered nearby.

That happened just an hour before a Pence aide denied Johnson chief of staff Sean Riley's attempt to pass those documents, which falsely stated Trump won Michigan and Wisconsin in November 2020, to the vice president.

Madison Edgewood's Alex Weiss, Madison Memorial's Charlie Erlandson and Milton's Brett Wieland also shine among the coaches' selections.

The deadline to request an absentee ballot for the Aug. 9 primary election is Aug. 4.

Ranked-choice voting is not in place for any local, state or federal elections in Wisconsin, although there has been some push for changing that.

Under a proposed consent agreement with the agency, the companies will be prohibited from telling customers that their warranties will be voided if they use third-party services or parts, or that they should only use branded parts or authorized service…

A man serving two life terms for killing a Wisconsin couple in a slaying that went unsolved for decades has died in prison, state corrections officials confirmed.

Three adults and two juveniles have been arrested after fleeing authorities in two stolen vehicles on June 9, Portage police reported.

DeForest Police Chief James Olson said investigators “were made aware of new information regarding the original investigation” that supported additional charges against Gabriel Savage.