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Courtney Fredrickson can only hope that her time as a member of the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball program lives up to her first moments as a Badger-to-be.

“Negotiations ... to prevent an Iranian capability to develop a nuclear arsenal are ending with an agreement that concedes this very capability ...”

President Barack Obama is working on an agreement with Iran that he promises will prevent that country from developing a nuclear weapon.

The Badgers basketball team should be very proud of their tremendous season.

Gogebic Taconite’s decision to abandon plans for a northern Wisconsin iron ore mine offered them an easy, albeit false, rhetorical argument: Blame the feds.

A federal judge on Thursday denied Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson's request for a temporary restraining order blocking a constitutional amendment that likely would le…

The visit to Europe comes as the potential presidential candidate studies foreign policy issues.

Startup Weekend returns this weekend, followed by the launch of MadHacks.

It's not yet known what might have drawn Joshua Van Haften to radical Islam and an attempt to join the Islamic State group, but experts on terrorism said Thursday that westerners attracted to …

PORTAGE - Anna Lou Hattie Mootz, age 84, of Portage, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at UW Hospital in Madison. Anna Lou was born on March 6, 1931, in Allenton, Wis., the daughter of …

EVANSVILLE - Dorothy E. Sarow, age 95, of Evansville, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2015, at the Evansville Manor nearby her home with her daughter by her side.

MADISON - Phyllis Anderson, age 88, formerly of Madison, Wis., passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at the Willows Nursing Home in Sun Prairie. She was born on April 4, 1927, in Madison, t…

MADISON - Gilman J. "Jack" Stone, age 74, passed away peacefully at Agrace HospiceCare on Wednesday, April 8, 2015.

MOUNT HOREB / MIDDLETON - Dagmar "Dottie" Brandt, age 95, of Mount Horeb, died on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at Ingleside Nursing Home. She was born March 13, 1920, to Henry E. and Stella C. (S…

BELMONT - Gordon "Junior" Ingersoll, age 84, of Belmont, died on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at Our House Assisted Living in Platteville.

MADISON - Patricia Ann (Stoikes) Feller, age 81, died Wednesday, April 8, 2015, in the arms of her loving husband, Walt. Pat was born Jan. 8, 1934, in Whites Town, Wis. Pat's family moved to V…

A branch on Madison's far West Side is among six that will close.

A Madison man was arrested Wednesday night on charges that he went overseas to join the Islamic State terrorist group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, authorities reported.

Two West Side Madison water wells that have higher levels of radium than allowed will be retested.

For too many cancer patients in our broken system, treatment comes down to a harrowing choice: death or financial ruin.