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Greg Piefer is a UW-Madison College of Engineering product who is bullish about fusion uses today while urging patience over its longer-term energy use.

On college leaders' chopping block are a wide array of humanities majors — notably, the Green Bay area Catholic college's theology and religious studies majors.

A streak of nine consecutive games with a block is unfamiliar territory for Steven Crowl, but a challenge from his coach put him on the path of defensive success.

Jon Horst said he believes the moves he made last week should make Milwaukee more dangerous this season, adding that ownership didn’t ask him to lower the payroll.

BadgerExtra columnist Jim Polzin answers a question from a reader in his Open Jim mailbag.

I am deeply concerned by the silence of our Catholic clergy in the Madison area on the critical issue of immigration. Many in our community — especially immigrants — face the fear of deportation and family separation, yet we hear…

As a resident of Vista West in Madison since 2022, I was surprised when Ald. Nikki Conklin said at a District 9 candidate forum that she does outreach to seniors in her district. Vista West is not far from her…

Madison Metro Transit has adopted a new counting system for tracking ridership.

President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk are shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development. This is their clear intent, not merely restructuring.

Milwaukee also was playing a sixth straight game without two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, who will be out through the All-Star break with a left calf strain.

Conference champions headline this week's five stars. Vote for your favorite to be crowned the supernova.

The Milwaukee Brewers have unveiled a patch they will wear on their uniform this season to honor longtime broadcaster Bob Uecker, who died last month.

Season-best scores and successful new skills highlighted this week's high school gymnastics performances. Vote for your favorite of the five notable efforts.

December 13, 2024

The central Wisconsin farm was part of the inspiration for a 60 second Lay's potato chip commercial that aired in the third quarter.

The homeowner reported throwing ashes from the previous night into plastic garbage bins earlier in the day, believing they had cooled enough.

"To think that the Trump Administration wants to gut funding to help find cures and treatments for things like cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and diabetes—it’s unconscionable,” Gov. Tony Evers said.

The Badgers have won three-straight games headed into one of their biggest games of the season.

Quadren L. Wilson was unarmed when he was shot in the back while in his car after fleeing officers who were trying to arrest him on a state warrant.

Once he's done, Tim Gruenke will have the option of filing charges under state law, but he is not obligated to do so.