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Close to 40 unlocked vehicles in the city's Near West Side and West Side neighborhoods have been robbed over the past five weeks. 

Roberto M. Rodriguez-Sostre, 19, did not return to jail after he was released Thursday morning to attend a job training program, police said.

Just three percent of the state remains in a moderate drought that plagued nearly half of the state two weeks ago.

The Milwaukee brewery first teamed with sustainable and urban farming nonprofit Growing Power Inc. more than a decade ago to compost brewing waste.

Familiar faces have turned Broadway's Tony Awards into must-see TV. 

A federal judge just excoriated the State Department for sitting on Hillary Clinton's emails, ordering it to release batches every 30 days. The State Department deserved the rebuke, but then i…

Ricardo Holloway, 20, of Beloit is wanted in connection with the shooting that put a man in a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.

Four candidates are vying for party chairperson after one candidate dropped from the race Thursday.

Another secrecy provision has been slipped into the state budget with virtually no discussion or public input.

Brad Schneider and wife Leyla Sanyer are retiring after three decades of teaching music to area high school students.

A new exhibit at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum features art by veterans that is powerful in its visual simplicity and the wrenching emotion it conveys.

Thirteen-year-old bluegrass band will play for the crowds Saturday at Cows on the Concourse. 

Developers are seeking approval for a four-story, 136-room Hyatt Place hotel with an adjacent banquet facility.

Even Madison Edgewood senior Amy Davis is surprised by the evolution of her running career.

When Ryan Nameth lines up for his final prep distance race at UW-La Crosse’s Veterans Memorial Stadium this evening, the Verona senior will feel right at home.

Thursday was a happy birthday for veteran Poynette softball coach Bob Tomlinson.

The Green Bay Bullfrogs scored three runs in the seventh inning to break a tie and post a 7-3 victory over the Madison Mallards in a Northwoods League amateur baseball game before a crowd of 6…

VERONA — Keaton Knueppel allowed himself only a brief moment to celebrate his Verona baseball team’s achievement on Thursday before thinking ahead to what he and the Wildcats want to accomplish next.

One small rally and one big one helped the Madison West baseball team earn a WIAA Division 1 sectional berth on Thursday.

Rachel Mooney scored two goals to set the pace Thursday as the host Sun Prairie girls soccer team took a 6-1 victory over visiting Madison La Follette in a WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal game.