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Badgers football: 2016 undergraduate student season tickets sell out within 90 minutes
UW has sold out its allotment of student season tickets for 23 consecutive years.
On View | Artisan Gallery
Storytelling is as old as mankind. Artisan Gallery, 6858 Paoli Road, Belleville, showcases storytelling through the visual arts in a solo exhibit, “Small Stories and Adventures” by Mary Hood, and in a group show, “Narrative.”
Weaving driver arrested in Baraboo for alleged 10th drunken driving offense
A driver seen weaving between lanes early Saturday near Baraboo was arrested for his alleged 10th drunken driving offense.
Madison Style: Pieces Unimagined/The Interior Statement
His mother disliked working in a factory and wanted better for her son. “You will be a businessman,” she told Ky Stolldorf. “Promise me one thing — you won’t work in a factory.”
On Campus: UW-Madison rolling out cultural competency training for 1,000 new students
The training is meant "not to tell people how to think, but to tell people how to critique the ways in which they think," a UW-Madison official said.
Baraboo woman killed in single-car crash, police say
A 23-year-old Baraboo woman was killed Saturday when her car left the road and struck a tree.
Cooking for the neighbors
Meal swaps like one in a South Side Madison neighborhood can save time and create friendships.
Yahara River bridge work on Beltline starts Tuesday night
Motorists will have to contend with more orange barrels at night on the Beltline, as work begins on the long bridges over the Yahara River.
Catching Up: Madison West High School to continue gender-neutral royalty courts
It blazed a path with the approach and liked the results.
Medicaid change could reduce Native American health gaps in Wisconsin
The federal government will fund transportation, long-term care and other services provided indirectly by the clinics.
Blue Sky Science: What is a mammal? Is an octopus a mammal?
An octopus is not a mammal. An octopus is an invertebrate animal, which means it has no spine.
You Toon: School is out for this week's You Toon
Fill in the caption with a clever quip by Wednesday and win publication of your line with the cartoon in next Sunday’s newspaper. You’ll also receive a signed print of the cartoon by artist Phil Hands.
Ask the Weather Guys: How do you measure how hot the summer is?
From 1971 to 2015, the average number of days at or above 90 in Madison was 10.96.
Michael Perry: Chive blossoms
The chive blossoms hit their peak last week and remain a lovely purple, although they’ve shaded to the pale side after three days of rain. Today, however, the sun is out and the bees are at the buds, even the…
NHL: Penguins cap turnaround season with 4th Stanley Cup
Led by Sidney Crosby's dominant play on both ends of the ice, speed that opponents struggled to match and a rookie goaltender who showed an uncanny ability to bounce back from rare shaky performances, the Penguins won their second title…
Pro golf: Daniel Berger holds off Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson to win St. Jude Classic
Berger won his first PGA Tour title, shooting a 3-under 67 to hold off Stricker, Mickelson and Brooks Koepka by three strokes.
Median pay for Wisconsin prison staff drops about 13 percent
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Average salaries for prison staff in Wisconsin have dropped almost 13 percent when adjusted for inflation since 2009.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Fix culture that makes a Brock Turner possible
This is a column about the value of six.
Scrapbook June 13
Scholarships: The Thomas B. Jones and Grace Stevenson Jones Charitable Foundation awarded $74,700 in scholarships to several students in southwestern Wisconsin. Recipients from Lafayette include: Maria Balbach, Gratiot; Emma Eastlick, Belmont; Tatum Evenstad, Molly McDaniel, Dakota Morrone, Shauna Volkening, Shannon…