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Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

Surveying my garden of newly planted flowers and watching vegetables begin to grow has always been very healing for me. The rebirth of life after Wisconsin winters always gives me hope. When multiple sclerosis entered my life, I was determined…

GRAND CHUTE — The UW-La Crosse baseball team staved off elimination at the NCAA Division III World Series, while another round of rain forced UW-Whitewater to wait to attempt to do the same on Saturday at Fox Cities Stadium.

The junior, who tied for individual honors in last week's DeForest regional, hopes to lead the Norskies to a WIAA state tournament berth.

None of the Badgers' three entries advances to the grand final in Gold River, California.

Cincinnati starter Aldredo Simon is ejected in the fifth inning for beaning Milwaukee's Chase Anderson.

Organizers are hoping to break the record of 209,376 brats sold over the four-day festival.

The defensive coordinator appears to have the size and athleticism needed to build a championship-caliber unit.

I am a retired part-time instructor at Madison Area Technical College in Fort Atkinson, and I read with interest the qualifications for the Scholars of Promise program.

Hey Madison, what the heck is going on? The city is cutting down a beautiful, healthy and huge ash tree next door to our house. Madison is cutting down thousands of trees (mostly ash) on the Isthmus. This clear cutting…

Why are prescription drug costs so high, making them unavailable to many folks with limited incomes?

Is our government at it again?

Attorney General Brad Schimel thinks the mandate from President Barack Obama's administration to allow transgender students into the bathroom of the gender with which they identify is a radical experiment?

Some people seemed stunned that the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the constitutional role of the Department of Public Instruction by a 4–3 vote, with two conservative judges casting deciding votes.

Adam Smith's 1776 book, “The Wealth of Nations,” profoundly influenced our Founding Fathers. Smith, the so-called father of laissez-faire capitalism -- wrote that government was critical to the welfare of society in four distinct ways: National defense, a justice system…

The sophomore thrower advances to the national meet by an inch in the men's discus, while the senior record-holder grabs spots in the women's discus and shot put.

MADISON - Rosemarie Ann Aldrich, age 58, passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2016.

MOUNT HOREB - John David Albert, age 90, passed away on May 27, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. He moved on to greener golf courses, walleye-filled lakes, and happier hunting grounds. Dad was born on Dec. 27, 1925, to…

OREGON - Dylan J. Anderson, age 21, of Oregon, passed away due to a tragic car accident on Wednesday, May 25, 2016. A Celebration of Life will be held at GUNDERSON OREGON FUNERAL HOME, 1150 Park St., Oregon, at 3…

SUN PRAIRIE - Donald G. "Don" Ward, age 69, of Sun Prairie passed away on Monday, May 16, 2016, in Mission, Texas.