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Brad Schimel's concession Tuesday night stands out at a time when the nation's politics have opened a fissure between those who trust election results and those who don’t.

Record turnout and a backlash against Trump and Elon Musk, who had largely hijacked the campaign, played a role.

“Selecting the single words is much, much harder than you might think. “My goal is not for it to be a call to arms, like ‘Fight.’ And I don’t want it to be pedantic, like ‘Peace’ or ‘Love.’"

When I was a page in the Wisconsin Assembly in the 1970s, politics was adversarial but not as mean-spirited

Timely hits by area standouts headlined the first week of softball this spring. Vote for which of the five players had the most notable performance.

Many talented area golfers are returning to competition this month. Here are some to know and more information on what makes them stand out on the course.

This State Journal editorial ran on April 7, 1875:

Wisconsin's football coach describes how he sees the role of Ethan Russo, the Badgers' new director of player personnel.

Down on hands and knees in the Alamodome, workers lurched forward to generate enough leverage to slide one large wood panel alongside another.

The former four-star recruit had hopes the Badgers would reaffirm their commitment, even after things ended on a discouraging note in his end-of-season exit meeting. But that call never came.

The one-year trial version of the dynamic kickoff in the NFL led to an uptick in the return rate that wasn’t quite as much as the league had hoped.

COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Multiple Division I commits headline another stacked field on teams that are looking to make noise throughout the season.

These are some of the top goal scorers, defenders and goalkeepers returning to local squads heading into the season.

Mazomanie man faces 11th OWI charge

Spring election results were April Fools’ prank

Brice Turang dropped a perfect bunt to score Oliver Dunn in the 11th inning and the Brewers won back-to-back games for the first time on the season.

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In DeForest, Monroe, Tomahawk and Ladysmith, the debate over fluoridation was directly or indirectly on the ballot Tuesday.

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