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The Bucks lost a tiebreaker to the Kings and Nuggets and will have the 10th-best lottery odds.

It would be a challenge to find anyone complaining about the nearly perfect spring weather in Madison, and the beautiful conditions should last for another week.

As productive as the Badgers’ defense was under former UW coordinator Dave Aranda the past three seasons, turnovers wasn’t one of the areas it excelled in.

A Dane County judge on Friday affirmed a decision he made last week throwing out the law, ruling unions have property rights to collect fees for the services they provide to union members and nonmembers alike.

The massive rebuild of Interstate 39/90 from Illinois to Madison will claim two ramps near Stoughton starting on Monday, forcing drivers to use alternate routes.

The three-year trial was approved Friday by NBA owners and will take effect when the league's contract with Nike begins.

Underground utility construction will force the closure of the southbound side of North Hamilton Street at East Mifflin Street next week.

Dane County Title is one of the oldest continuously active Dane County businesses.

Palmer, a Watertown native, joined the Badgers staff last season as recruiting coordinator for Bobbie Kelsey.

The number of men who allegedly sexually assaulted the same 15-year-old girl in Madison has now grown to five.

Janesville police are looking for two suspects who robbed a restaurant employee, with one of the suspects cutting the leg of the employee during the robbery.

A herd of about 120 buffalo that escaped from their fenced-in area in Juneau County Thursday night has been found on private property near the Vernon County line.

A former UW Hospital nurse received five years of probation Friday for stealing morphine while working at the hospital in 2013 and 2014.

The awards reflect higher-than-norm investment gains for the Wisconsin Retirement System over the past five years.

Bill Johnson, the radio announcer for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee basketball program for 16 seasons, is stepping down and slammed the school's upper administration for its lack of leadership.

An argument between high school students on a jammed Metro Transit bus Thursday turned into a melee, with two girls using pepper spray during the fight.

We rely on our courts to resolve disputes between the branches of our government, to interpret the law and to protect our rights. For the courts to do this job, they must have judges.

The group, Majority Forward, is hammering Johnson and other Republican senators facing re-election this year in a string of online ads.

WASHINGTON -- Since President Obama nominated federal Judge Merrick Garland in March to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, much effort on both sides of the political aisle has gone into determining his ideological leanings and how he would prospectively…