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A 19-year-old woman thwarted a would-be robber Friday night by fighting back when he attempted to take her purse, police say.

This State Journal editorial ran on April 22, 1916:

A pizza delivery driver was robbed on Friday night as he was walking back to his car on the 1100 block of Morraine View Drive, police say.

Victorian and Wild West-inspired steampunk artwork is on display through Friday in the Gallery @ Yahara Bay Distillery. Titled “Steampunk Voyage Manifique,” the exhibit features photographs by Paul Toepfer and jewelry and accessories by Sherri Milani.

CHICAGO — There’s no better time than now to talk about dying. And if the best-seller lists are any indication, it’s a really hot topic these days.

Maybe SWIB gurus should have a bit of skin in the game.

Brookins, who was moved to linebacker early in his UW career, has excelled at safety this spring and enters Saturday’s spring game as one of many inexperienced players fighting for playing time.

Baseball

Baseball

The Mount Horeb senior cruises to victory in the 100 meters at the Sun Prairie Invitational with her sister sidelined by injury.

Milwaukee loses to Philadelphia for the first time in eight meetings

Lake Mills pitcher Brennan Dolwick strikes out 14 in a losing cause

A 54-year-old man was arrested Friday evening for driving drunk a sixth time, Wisconsin State Patrol said.

The senior's toss of 203 feet, 9 inches set another standard at the Triton Invitational in San Diego.

Madison Police officers are on the scene of a crash on Stoughton Road at East Washington Avenue on Madison's East Side.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The University of Wisconsin men's tennis team failed to win a singles match and dropped the doubles point in a 4-0 loss to host Indiana in a Big Ten Conference tennis match Friday night.

The University of Wisconsin women's tennis team, fighting for a berth into the Big Ten Conference tournament next weekend, won all six singles matches -- all but one in straight sets -- to defeat visiting Rutgers on Friday at Nielsen…

Macy Oswald's sixth-inning double tied the score, but Illinois' Annie Fleming hit an RBI single in the seventh to break a 3-3 tie and hand the University of Wisconsin softball team a 4-3 loss Friday afternoon at Goodman Diamond.

Freshman Jordan Hahn leads the Badgers in the first round of the Big Ten Men's Golf Championship with a 2-under par 70 at the Victoria National Golf Course in Newburgh, Indiana.

The Madison company is working on drugs to treat cancer.