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Meet the candidates for Oregon School Board, Area III

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 4:15pm
Responses to the Wisconsin State Journal's candidate questionnaire. The election is April 7.

Lawsuit seeks to block Washington County from selling former UW campus to Christian school

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 3:45pm
UW-Milwaukee closed the Washington County campus located in West Bend in June 2024 due to declining student enrollment.

After babies doubled, Madison OK’d school referendum by 4-1 margin 75 years ago

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 2:10pm
This State Journal editorial ran on March 15, 1951:

Brandi Carlile coming to Madison this summer

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 2:05pm
One of Time Magazine’s women of the year for 2026 is touching down in Wisconsin this summer.

37% of cannabis poisonings in Wisconsin involved children under 5

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 2:00pm
Most calls to the Wisconsin Poison Center about edible cannabis poisonings ⁠in 2025 involved children and teens.

Change coming to Packers' RB room after Super Bowl champs ink deal with backup

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 1:47pm
A running back who rose from the Division II level to the NFL with the Packers has reportedly been signed by the Seattle Seahawks.

Parents who wish to give up a newborn now have 30 days under extended 'safe haven' law

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 1:30pm
Wisconsin’s 2001 safe haven law allows parents to safely and anonymously relinquish a newborn child to police officers, firefighters, EMS providers or hospitals without facing punishment.

Philly cheesesteak chain is opening in Madison, joining Waunakee location

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 1:00pm
A cheesesteak business started in Philadelphia 30 years ago is getting a location on Madison's Far West Side.

Meet the candidates for Dane County Board, District 37

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 12:50pm
Responses to the Wisconsin State Journal's candidate questionnaire. The election is April 7.

See Madison-area St. Patrick's Day events happening this weekend

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 12:47pm
Céad Míle Fáilte, Madison.This Irish phrase translates to “a hundred thousand welcomes,” which seems to be a good description for how our local businesses and organizations are choosing to approach St. Patrick’s Day.

Tree falls on West Side house during high winds Friday morning

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 12:25pm
No one was injured when the tree fell on the house inn the 5300 block of Milward Drive, the Madison Fire Department reported.

Man damages vehicle, church on East Side with wooden club

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 12:20pm
After the man was arrested, mental health professionals were consulted.

Wisconsin men's basketball forward to miss Big Ten quarterfinal vs. Illinois

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 12:13pm
The 7-footer is set to miss his third consecutive game. He hasn't played since going down with lower-body injury against Maryland on March 4.

Mandela Barnes' utility rate freeze 'by law could not be put into practice'

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 11:56am
MADISON – A pledge by Democratic candidate for governor Mandela Barnes to freeze utility rates if elected may be better rhetoric than policy, utilities experts said in response to the former lieutenant governor’s plan.

Madison police investigating residential burglary on South Side

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 11:55am
No arrests have been made and the investigation is continuing.

ICE re-arrests Sheboygan Falls mother after judge halted deportation

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 10:40am
Months after an immigration judge canceled her deportation order and set her on a path to legal residency, Elvira Benitez was rearrested during a routine check-in this week.

Madison’s St. Patrick’s Day parade canceled due to major storm set to hit Wisconsin

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 9:55am
Madison’s St. Patrick's Day parade had been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Sunday around the Capitol Square.

Regulators approve We Energies purchase of 150-megawatt solar project for data center

Fri, 03/13/2026 - 9:18am
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission unanimously approved We Energies' purchase of a 200-megawatt solar ⁠and battery project that may serve the data center campus in Port Washington.

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