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MOUNT HOREB — Open House Imports has a hand-carved Norwegian troll it sells for $4,000. But most customers lean toward smaller versions of the four-toed, four-fingered mythical bearer of good luck.

Paramedics in the Madison area are being trained to not only respond to medical emergencies, but prevent them.

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Winning a crowded Assembly election, running for county executive and exiting the 2006 governor's race helped advance Walker's political career.

Half of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board’s members have histories running for public office as Republicans

Tony-winning actress Karen Olivo is not only directing 'Fugitive Songs.' She's also made the show her own. 

I doubt democracy was the only -- or even the most important -- motivation.

Many Republican candidates for president, including our own Scott Walker, have claimed they are running because they were called by God to serve. 

In recent decades, there have been many ways to make money and one virtually infallible formula for losing it: running an airline. At times, it might have made more sense for the major carrier…

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The late Democratic National Committee Chairman Bob Straus said, “A day is a lifetime in politics.”

Several years ago, as my husband Dave and I approached the ticket counter at the airport on our way to Annapolis, Maryland, we overheard the ticket agent tell the passengers in front of us tha…

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The State Journal’s three-part series “Living on | Improving the odds of organ transplants” last week was personally poignant and timely. Kudos to all who contributed, many of whom I know and respect.

LOS ANGELES — Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell has been using Hernan Perez as a late-inning defensive replacement at third base for the past month. This time, it backfired big-time.

Even though the statewide ruffed grouse population survey indices decreased 2.4 percent between 2014 and 2015 using the number of drumming males heard this spring, hunters should be pleased.

NCAA bids are now the norm, but it was the 1988-89 team that finally ended the Badgers’ postseason drought of 42 years.