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SPARTA, Ky. — A new rules package went into effect Saturday night and Kyle Busch and Joe Gibbs Racing couldn’t be happier.

Carlos Gomez drives in five runs and the Brewers' rookie pitcher gets the job done with 100-pitch masterpiece.

Klawitter, the Vikings' legendary coach, wanted to keep coaching after retiring as a teacher, but the Janesville district moved quickly to replace him.

Klawitter, the Vikings' legendary coach, wanted to keep coaching after retiring as a teacher, but the  district moved quickly to replace him.

Michael Sanderson hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning to lift the Battle Creek Bombers to a 2-1 victory over the Madison Mallards in a Northwoods League amateur baseball game Saturday befo…

A Lafayette County Sheriff's Office deputy discovered a house "fully engulfed" in flames in Gratiot Township early Saturday morning, the office said. 

A semi tractor struck a guardrail and separated from its trailer Saturday morning, closing a lane of Interstate 94 for about four hours.

One of the enduring gripes about Wisconsin’s startup and scale-up climate has been the lack of enough angel and venture capital.

A car caught on fire and clogged traffic on Interstate 39 for about an hour Saturday afternoon, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation said. 

Jeffrey Alan Tracy, 53, Platteville, was arrested Saturday by the Wisconsin State Patrol for a fifth offense of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence on northbound Highway 151 in…

In June, I called the Baraboo Veterans clinic about my right eye. It seemed like a dust ball was floating in my eye obstructing my vision, with sporadic flashes of bright light.

Why do African-Americans support Democrats? I do not understand.

Surprise! Gov. Scott Walker is running for president. Like Walker, I have been praying about whether he should.

Thursday’s State Journal story “Democrats sue state over district borders” highlighted a federal suit filed by “concerned citizens” to undo the state election maps instituted in 2011. Another …

A letter in the July 2 State Journal "Lost ash trees could be solar opportunity" says removing ash trees could increased the use of solar power.

Gov. Scott Walker's agenda is a repudiation of everything Wisconsinites have strived for over the last four generations.

Fill in the caption with a clever quip by Wednesday and win publication of your line with the cartoon in next Sunday’s newspaper. You’ll also receive a signed print of the cartoon by artist Ph…

MADISON - David John (Dave) Bale, age 54, died at his home in Madison, on Monday, July 6, 2015, of natural causes. He was born to Sam and June Bale on July 27, 1960, in Madison, where he lived…

MADISON - A. Roy Anderson, also known as Axel Roy Anderson, died July 3, 2015, at Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wis. He grew up in Green Bay, a child of Swedish immigrant parents. After graduat…

WINDSOR - Robert D. "Bob" Thompson, age 78, of Windsor, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 9, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born July 1, 1937, in Janesville, the son o…