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The Baraboo boys track and field team won only two events Friday, but parlayed eight runner-up finishes and one third place into a victory in the 11-team Spartan Invitational at Madison Memorial’s Mansfield Stadium.

The pitcher strikes out 15 and also drives in a pair of runs in the Blue Devils' Capitol North Conference win.

Shot put and hammer throw marks fall by the wayside in UW's home finale.

Cincinnati's relievers had allowed at least one run in a major league-record 23 consecutive games.

The sophomore's blast comes as part of a seven-run second inning, but UW's lead quickly evaporates.

Walker declared the statewide energy emergency Friday following the temporary shut down of a portion of the West Shore Pipeline between Milwaukee and Green Bay.

The Edgerton native shoots a 1-under 71 in the second round in Bryan, Texas.

Nelson will have two years of eligibility remaining beginning in 2017.

The seven-player class shows to have above-average athleticism

The guard from Canada follows coach Jonathan Tsipis to UW.

Recent actions of the UW Board of Regents hurt job protection for tenured professors. Some residents of Wisconsin cheered the Regents' decision, wondering why professors should enjoy job protections most citizens don’t have. But the Regents' actions struck a blow…

Girl Scouts will be doing amazing things because you supported the Girl Scout cookie program.

A new appointee will replace Dane County Circuit Court Judge David Flanagan, who has served on the court since 1999.

A special education teacher from Edison Middle School was arrested Friday for an alleged sexual relationship with a student, according to the Janesville Police.

The changes would require the state to move more than 1,900 employees from salaried to hourly or raise salaries.

A town of Cottage Grove man was sentenced Friday to five years of probation for setting the fire that burned a home where a sexual predator, released from a state treatment facility, was supposed to live.

Jeremy Hays considered flight risk because of escape conviction.

An Oshkosh financial advisor facing criminal charges of stealing her elderly clients' money had her license revoked and was ordered to pay restitution and fines of $1.5 million in a civil action.

The Department of Public Health is looking for any information regarding two dogs that bit a man on Friday morning.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - John Irving Fitts, age 67, of Las Vegas, Nev., passed peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. John was born in New York, N.Y., one of three and the oldest son of George and…