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On display at Olbrich Gardens throughout the month of February are quilts that tell the family histories of African-American women.

GREEN BAY — The Obama administration just released a new offshore oil and gas drilling plan, to be finalized after public comment.

CHICAGO — Baseball, being the noblest sport, has many lessons to teach: the value of daily persistence, the inevitability of failure and the likelihood that luck will not override ineptitude (…

The musical skills of The Gomers, a band that has become a Madison institution, are pretty awe-inspiring.

When my two children were young, I always felt tired and sleep deprived. Jamie and Andrew were normal, active infants and toddlers, but they were not great sleepers. I still vividly remember h…

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Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

"You should ask the president what he thinks about America," Walker said. "I've never asked him so I don't know."

Through the years, they’ve experienced more moral victories than actual ones. Each has endured injury, a couple of them potentially debilitating. And they’ve seen the people responsible for br…

Dale Jarrett wouldn't be surprised to see all four Joe Gibbs Racing drivers qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship.

Matt Kenseth has already checked off one line on his to-do list for 2015.

Sun Prairie senior Abby Millard won the all-around championship and led the Cardinals to the team title in Saturday’s Big Eight Conference gymnastics meet at Madison Memorial.

Sophomore guard Alex Luehring scored 18 points, including 13 in the first half, as host Verona held on for a 48-43 victory Saturday over Madison Memorial and earned a share of the Big Eight Co…

The Badgers have now been shut out four times this season.

SUN PRAIRIE — It’s turning out to be a pretty special week for the Stoughton wrestling team.

KJ Evans scored a team-best 21 points as UW-Whitewater locked up a share of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men’s basketball title with an 86-77 victory over host UW-Stout in…

A strong second period tied things up Saturday night, but the Madison Capitols couldn’t carry that momentum into the final 20 minutes of a 6-3 U.S. Hockey League loss to the U.S. U18 National …

Madison West senior Moziah Clark will take a 38-0 record to the WIAA state wrestling tournament, thanks to his championship performance in Saturday’s Division 1 Sauk Prairie sectional.

University of Wisconsin senior Ivy Martin left the Big Ten Conference women’s swimming and diving championships on Saturday just like she entered it three days earlier: in a hurry.

HAYWARD — Familiar faces came out on top at the 42nd American Birkebeiner on Saturday.