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San Jose Sharks center and former University of Wisconsin standout Joe Pavelski scored two goals in the Sharks' 6-3 win over the St. Louis Blues in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final on Monday.

Nadia Williams took a leap toward history on Monday night.

Board members had become increasingly frustrated that too many cases were proceeding to expulsion hearings.

The Cardinals girls edge Sun Prairie by a point, while the boys win in a rout as athletes focus on getting through to sectionals.

On Monday, the Board of Estimates approved transferring $350,000 of the city's Contingent Reserve fund to a police review ad hoc committee.

If you read between the lines, it seems like Nigel Hayes, the University of Wisconsin’s all-Big Ten Conference forward, is predisposed to keeping his name in the NBA draft.

UW and Syracuse also played each other in last year's ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

Next fall's class of high school seniors will be the first group of students eligible for MATC's Scholars of Promise program.

India is in the throes of a deadly heat wave, along with all of Southeast Asia and parts of Africa. Why should we care? For starters, because millions of people are suffering.

I don't often find myself in agreement with Wisconsin Republicans, but I have to admit their policies on the University of Wisconsin System are accomplishing their goals.

In Sunday's State Journal, Attorney General Brad Schimel announced he is running for reelection. Gone is any pretext of being a nonpartisan representative for everyone in the state, like when he originally ran.

Thursday's letter "Black Lives Matter wants accountability" sought to justify the protests accompanying the shootings of a black man by a white police officer by saying blacks are punished when they shoot another black person, but the police officers are…

I read the interesting article in Friday's paper saying that a $1,000 crisis is too much for two thirds of Americans to face. Is it any wonder, then, that most Americans are not saving enough for retirement?

A 75-year-old man suffered non-life threatening injuries after his riding lawn mower rolled over and pinned him Monday in the town of Dunn, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said.

Gehring has co-founded at least five local companies in the past 24 years.

With rain expected on Wednesday, at least two WIAA Division 1 softball regional semifinal games have been rescheduled for Tuesday.

A Madison woman who admitted that she started a fire at a Far East Side apartment building two years ago that caused $500,000 in damage will be allowed to remain free while she serves a two-year commitment to the state…