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The first baseman is on pace for 44 home runs, which would rank him with the best sluggers in club history.

GRAND CHUTE — Defending champion Janesville Craig scored three times in the first inning Tuesday, but Burlington chipped away behind a 13-hit attack to beat the Cougars 5-3 in a WIAA Division 1 state baseball quarterfinal at Fox Cities Stadium.

Zach Jarrett's grand slam fuels the Mallards to an early 6-0 lead.

The county's Zoning and Land Regulation Committee voted 3-2 against the revocation of a conditional use permit for Oak Park Quarry, which some residents believe is damaging surrounding property.

The Warhawks take control with a five-run second inning and post a 6-1 victory in the quarterfinals.

The Cardinals, who were going for their fourth state title in the last five years, make it an 0-3 run for Big Eight Conference teams at state.

As an evangelical Christian, I am writing because today Franklin Graham is speaking at our state Capitol in Madison for his Decision America tour.

Violence is a fundamental evil that must be confronted with love.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin hasn't learned.

It was disappointing to read that U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, is promoting use of new supersonic F-35A fighter jets at the Air National Guard’s Truax Field here in Madison.

I trust Hillary Clinton to care deeply about families, children, women, men, their finances, aspirations and everyday lives here in the United States and in the world. She is a caring person.

I am appalled at the City Council spending $400,000 of emergency reserve taxpayer money to examine what is considered one of the most respected police forces and community-based policing systems in the country.

The group plans to double its programming over a five-year-period.

Four months after a heroin overdose killed a Waupun man whose body was found in a van near Stoughton, the man who police said supplied the heroin is on trial for reckless homicide.

[Editor's note: The following are the prepared remarks spoken by President Barack Obama Tuesday following a meeting with the National Security Council about combating the so-called Islamic State.]

The 10-year-old boy, who suffered non-life threatening head injuries, ran into a full-size red pickup truck at the intersection of Oakridge Avenue and Atwood Avenue, and police are looking for the driver, according to authorities.

Robin Van Ert has been forced to close her business and leave Madison, document says.

WAUSAU - Kris J. Thomas, age 60, of Wausau, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Monday, April 11, 2016, in Plant City, Fla. She was born on Sept. 24, 1955, in Stevens Point, Wis. Kris was a longtime employee of…

DARLINGTON - George E. Hirsbrunner, age 82, of Darlington, Wis., passed away Sunday, June 12, 2016, at Select Specialty Hospital in Madison, Wis., due to complications from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born Nov. 9, 1933, in…

WAUNAKEE - Frances Helen Clark, age 104, longtime Maple Bluff resident, died on June 11, 2016, at Waunakee Manor. She was born on Oct. 18, 1911, to Paul and Veronica (Skarba) Saba in Madison, and was educated in Catholic and…