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The pitcher limits Milwaukee to one run in seven innings

Ben Rortvedt woke up feeling nervous Thursday morning and settled in for a long day that he hoped would end with his name being called in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

MILWAUKEE — In the nearly nine months since he was officially introduced as the Milwaukee Brewers’ general manager, David Stearns has aggressively overhauled the team’s entire baseball operation, from reshaping the front office structure to making nine trades for 16…

The Madison Mallards entered Thursday night’s game against Lakeshore hoping to give the home fans something to cheer about.

EUGENE, Ore. — There were no complaints from Zach Ziemek.

Senior Brittany Moore broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the eighth inning Thursday with a two-out, two-run double to left-center field, and the Union Grove softball team held on for a 2-1 victory over Oshkosh North in a…

Mitchell C. Hallmon, 30, of Madison, is charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety and possession of a firearm by a felon.

The state proposed a variety of changes to Family Care and IRIS earlier this year.

Participating schools will put on 30-minute musicals adapted from Disney films such as 101 Dalmatians, Aladdin, The Aristocats and The Jungle Book.

The Wildcats fall behind early to Ellee Jensen and the Goslings.

WASHINGTON — The morning after, the nation awakes asking: What have we done?

It is reassuring that U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, will vote for Donald Trump, and that he and his party will now focus "less on what we're against and more on what we're for." His plans, "the results of…

Republican leaders have long encouraged an almost hysterical distrust of government, the news media, science and reason. They have done a masterful job of running fools for federal, state and local office, sadly with much success. Those labors have finally…

The recent letter to the editor "History will remember Barack Obama fondly" suggested the current president will be honored in the history books. I am not sure what the writer is referring to.

Madison Police Chief Mike Koval fired off a nasty blog post, railing against the City Council for wasting taxpayers on a study of the Police Department.

Wisconsin should boost funding for a grant program to help low-income students afford college by $12.8 million over the next two years, UW's governing board says.

Pete Swanville, of Madison, and Fred Yakel, of Edgerton, needed a copy of the Guide to Wisconsin Trout Fishing Regulations 2016-2017 to fish Trout Creek.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended June 5th.

SAUK CITY - Ina Mae (Wegner) Swafford, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, surrounded by her family at home, after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer.

MADISON - James M. ''Jim'' Gschwend, age 84, formerly of Madison, died on May 28, 2016, in Bradenton, Fla. Jim was born on Oct. 4, 1931, in Pocahontas, Ark. He served two years in the U.S. Army, before moving to…