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WISCONSIN RAPIDS — As family heirlooms go, this one will be cherished for a long time.

Junior Ben Burkholder scored 16 points Friday night — including a clinching free throw with 2.1 seconds remaining — to lead the Cuba City boys basketball team to a 43-41 victory over host Darl…

If the Stoughton wrestling team was going to make it to the state championship, the Vikings knew they would need big performances from their first seven wrestlers.

Simon Lensmire fueled a strong first-half effort that carried the host Lake Mills boys basketball team to a 69-59 victory against Marshall in a WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal game Friday night.

EAST LANSING, Mich. — You might be wondering how things could possibly get worse for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team in this season of suffering.

TAMPA, Fla. — A morning victory over Portland State provided early momentum against host South Florida at the USF Under Armour Showcase, but the University of Wisconsin softball team couldn’t …

PHOENIX — There’s no need to worry about Jonathan Lucroy’s hamstring -- the catcher says he’s just fine.

Police are at the scene of a reported shooting in the 1100 block of Williamson Street.

I have a unique perspective on Ronald Reagan's and Scott Walker's ideas of confrontation.

There once was a ship, tall and mighty

Most public issues associated with evolution stem from a lack of understanding being substituted for by emotion and inappropriate rhetoric. Given that many generations haven’t had classroom ex…

It is terrifying to lose a wallet with a driver's license, insurance cards, treasured photos, credit cards, blank checks and some cash. It's very unnerving not to become aware of the loss for …

He had not impressed people on either side of the aisle, according to the Washington Post.

Madison police arrested a man they said fired a "hail of bullets" at officers on the city's Southwest Side early Friday morning.

Middleton-based Lucigen says it's not dismayed by approval of another company's rapid Ebola test.

Former UW-Madison chancellor was president of the University of Miami for the past 14 years.

UW-Madison police this week seized nearly 600 bicycles -- many believed to have been stolen -- from four locations in Madison, the town of Madison, Windsor and Muscoda, the culmination of an i…

FITCHBURG - Rusty Kemp, age 57, passed away on Friday, March 6, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. Arrangements are pending.

SUN PRAIRIE - Matthew Robert "Matt" Berndt, age 33, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. He was born on Dec. 3, 1981, in Madison, son to Robert …

MADISON - Esther Rose Burant, age 92, was born on April 1, 1922, and died on March 2, 2015.