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The WIAA state boys and girls hockey tournament is set for Thursday through Saturday at the Dane County Coliseum.

MINNEAPOLIS — The day before his team clinched at least a share of the Big Ten Conference title with a 68-61 victory over Michigan State, University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan…

At first glance, the two scripts read exactly the same, from the details to the DNA.

The problems left hundreds of fans without seats or with restricted views during the 2011 Super Bowl at Cowboys Stadium.

The leaders of the Vikings' gymnastics and boys basketball programs are following in the footsteps of their parents, who coached them — just as the high school classmates are doing now with th…

Injuries slowed down sisters Kateri and Cheyenne Trilling last season. They refused to let that happen again this time around.

Eight University of Wisconsin women’s hockey players earned Western Collegiate Hockey Association honors Wednesday.

The Boilermakers' April Wilson scores with 3 seconds left and the Badgers' Jacki Gulczynski's 3-pointer at the buzzer is waved off, ending UW's season with a 20th loss.

Candidates face questions on housing, homelessness, and racial equality.

While the trout population is down significantly in some south-central streams, due primarily to past drought and severe winters, that is not the case in most spring-fed streams in Crawford, L…

The popular Osseo-based restaurant and bakery is expected to open a DeForest location later this year after a development agreement for a location at 100 E. Holum St. was approved by the Villa…

Based on the recommendation of the late Aldo Leopold, Maggie Chilsen of Madison decided she should give hunting a try.

Government Accountability Board tightens procedures while complaining that Gov. Scott Walker's budget will weaken services to public.

Gov. Scott Walker did not compare Wisconsin protesters to ISIS or any other terrorist organization. What he said was any group, organization, or individual for that matter, who wants a fight c…

I'm happy the Department of Natural Resources is seriously considering selling naming rights to the state parks and forests. What's more appropriate than the “Georgia-Pacific State Forest at K…

I'd always heard that Gov. Scott Walker was a political junkie who kept abreast of the latest news developments and current events. After all, he is a career politician.

Gov. Scott Walker wants to correct the impression given by his comments last week, saying how he confronted 2011 protesters is his best example of how he can stand tough in a difficult situation.

I urge Fitchburg residents to support Mayor Shawn Pfaff in the April election.

The theft of more than $500,000 in Sun Prairie city funds by a trusted, longtime city department head was an "isolated incident" by someone whose job was a "highly specialized and technical po…

A man waiting for a bus on Madison's Southwest Side Wednesday morning was robbed at gunpoint, police said.