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Prep roundup: Holly Brickson strikes out 22, Stoughton tops Edgewood

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 11:15pm
Holly Brickson struck out 22 batters, allowing two earned runs on five hits, as the host Stoughton softball team outlasted Madison Edgewood for a 4-3 win in nine innings Tuesday evening.

Madison City Council picks Beitler's $170 million proposal for Judge Doyle Square project

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 11:00pm
City Council overwhelmingly chooses to negotiate with Beitler on $170 million proposal for Judge Doyle Square redevelopment.

MGE energy workshop draws community leaders

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 10:45pm
The event Tuesday night at Monona Terrace was an effort to hear from diverse community leaders, the Madison utility said.

Baseball: Now teaching at UW, former commissioner Bud Selig fondly recalls his impact

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 9:00pm
The former Brewers owner reflects fondly upon his 23 years in charge of the game.

Madison City Council picks Mike Verveer as its new president after 15 ballots

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 8:30pm
City Council chooses Ald. Marsha Rummel, 6th District, as president pro tem, and approves increased rates for metered parking and residential parking permits.

Fired administrator faces hurdles in appeal to full WERC board

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 8:09pm
Former cabinet secretary Ed Wall was fired after suggesting Gov. Scott Walker's chief of staff could shred documents.

Prep sports: WIAA approves sending Watertown, Beaver Dam to Badger Conference

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 6:40pm
In the fall of 2017, Watertown will join the Badger South Conference and Beaver Dam will join the Badger North.

Answer to 'Jesus Lunch' is more free speech -- Alan Breed

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 6:00pm
The controversy over “Jesus Lunch” intrigues me.

South Side campus would inspire students -- Patricia Liebl

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 6:00pm
At last, the destructive decision by the Madison School District can be redressed if a Madison Area Technical College campus is built on the South Side of Madison.

Manure spraying endangers health -- Andrew Ladd

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 6:00pm
Regarding the recent State Journal article on the controversial use of manure spraying:

'Jesus Lunch' near school is inappropriate -- Rabbi Bonnie Margulis

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 6:00pm
As a rabbi in the community and the mother of a Middleton High School student, I am greatly troubled by the “Jesus Lunch” taking place on school grounds during school hours.

UW athletics should share the wealth -- Eric A. Johnson

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 6:00pm
Recently the State Journal has published articles on the exorbitant salaries of football coaches and on squabbles in the Athletic Department on allocation of its enormous bankroll to coaches and to athletes in less popular sports than football and basketball.

Coyote hunter should lose license -- Harriet Irwin

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 6:00pm
I hope the court will take away the license of the coyote hunter who shot two dogs in January. His irresponsible action gives all hunters a bad name.

Students spar over 'Jesus Lunch' in Middleton

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 5:10pm
Hundreds of students turned out to protest or support the presence of a faith-based luncheon at a park adjacent to Middleton School.

Prep sports: Afternoon rains bring about some postponements for area events

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 4:54pm
Tuesday’s late-afternoon rains, which were heavy in some areas but non-existent in others, forced area athletic directors to scramble in deciding whether varsity sporting events would have to be rescheduled.

Wisconsin Brewing Co. to make high octane beer on contract for Illinois company

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 4:45pm
WBC will make an alcoholic root beer for Small Town Brewery with an alcohol content of 10.7 percent ABV

Mental exam ordered for stabbing suspect

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 4:35pm
A man who stabbed another man during an apparent fight last week was ordered Tuesday to undergo a competency evaluation.

College sports: Fox to pay Big Ten Conference $250M for TV rights, report says

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 4:13pm
According to a report by Sports Business Daily, Fox will purchase 25 football games and 50 basketball games each year starting in the fall of 2017 for $250 million per year.

De Pere businessman, under investigation for WEDC loan, charged with bank fraud

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 4:00pm
Ron Van Den Heuvel owes the state's job creation agency more than $1 million, but was indicted in a different case.

Brewers: Scooter Gennett's ninth-inning RBI single lifts Milwaukee over Minnesota

Tue, 04/19/2016 - 3:45pm
The Brewers ended the Twins' four-game winning streak.

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