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Squirrels try pumpkin spice latte in this week's You Toon caption contest

Wisconsin coach Kelly Sheffield and teammate MJ Hammill credit acclaimed junior Anna Smrek for her rise.

"The fear of losing pay over something like this, when the people in (Congress) still get paid, that are making decisions, that’s frustrating,” graduate student Brandon Cortez said.

Wisconsin dairy farms adopt new revolutionary technology. Here's why that matters.

A new coach has taken over at Michigan, which has struggled in Big Ten play this season.

Facing the host Badgers on Sunday, the Wolverines have the fewest wins in the Big Ten this season.

BadgerExtra reporter Colten Bartholomew and columnist Jim Polzin give their against-the-spread picks for the Big Ten’s Week 5 slate while the Badgers sit idle.

Oscar Fox catches COVID and has to stay in bed in this week's Mendota Marsh.

Chris Farley was a mediocre football player at Madison Edgewood, but his time on the sidelines helped inspire his stardom as an entertainer. Those who knew him best explain how.

Here are a few stories from Chris Farley’s days growing up in Wisconsin that shed light on his larger than life sense of humor.

For the many months Josh Burton was in the hospital, dinosaurs kept him company.

Milwaukee needed extra innings to down the Cubs. Here's how Friday night's game played out.

The Cardinals' Brady Kaufman and Drew Kavanaugh had big games against Milton. Here’s how other high school sports events played out Friday.

The Wolves held off Beaver Dam in a Badger Large Conference game. Here's how it played out.

One facet of the offense has not played up to his standards. Here's what he said.

Coach Matt LaFleur hints that changes will be forthcoming in an attempt to stop the run.

Get the latest scores and results from high school football games in the Madison area.

Three players had hat tricks as the Badgers scored 16 goals for the first time in program history. Here's how it happened.

In the depths of the restrictive housing units of Wisconsin prisons, the sound of inmates kicking and banging the walls echoes for hours on end. Amid that din, other inmates shout out their chess moves for an ongoing match, gazing…

The boy was 16 at the time he fired a gun while struggling with a homeowner who was trying to stop him from stealing a car.