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The Badger Coulee transmission line will be built from the La Crosse area to the Madison area, the PSC decided in a unanimous vote Thursday.

An Ebola vaccine developed at UW-Madison is effective in monkeys and could join four other Ebola vaccines now in human trials.

Blood tests show a white Madison Police officer who killed a black man was sober after the shooting.

Bergstrom is now selling Chevrolets next to its Cadillac dealership along the Beltline.

All four 1 seeds, three 2 seeds and a single 3 seed are left vying to enter the Final Four.  

Madison Memorial senior Brett Tauber, a 6-foot-6 forward, has made a verbal commitment to play for NCAA Division III national champion UW-Stevens Point next year.

The Madison company is working on compounds to fight cancer.

Internet vandals visited Richland County's website over the weekend, defacing the county and other public domain websites with pro-Islamic messages.

Prosecutors added a first-degree reckless homicide charge Thursday in the case of a Madison man charged with selling heroin that killed a man in Middleton in December.

The '80s movie icon taps into the Great American Songbook and also the music of her youth. 

Monona Grove has hired Brandon Beckwith as the seventh head football coach in the 60-year history of his program.

Incumbent Todd Klahn is among a field of five candidates running for three seats on the Brooklyn Village Board. Klahn did not respond to requests for information.

Two candidates are seeking a two-year term as Waunakee village president, replacing outgoing president John Laubmeier. The election is April 7.

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WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — A 28.6-pound cabbage grown by a central Wisconsin girl has won an annual statewide growing contest for third-graders.

It is galling to see Walker gallivanting around the country while there are real challenges in the Badger State.

This cafe, tucked into the Hillel building, is largely a secret spot, away from the campus crowds and hubbub.

Dear Dr. Hanson: My 9-year-old son has had multiple classmates out over the past week with strep throat. Can you tell me more about this and how concerned should I be if he gets a sore throat?

Geoffrey Asmus was the winner of Madison's Funniest Comic Contest 2015 at The Comedy Club On State this month.

LOS ANGELES — The fast-break points category on a stat sheet is hardly precise, because it falls in the eyes of the beholder.