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A passerby found the man in an alleyway between two apartment buildings, police said.

The board operates several trust funds that finance public improvements throughout the state.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin announced the awards, which include two Dane County programs.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — New guidance from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue may end Reedsburg's popular wine walk and other similar events statewide.

Time passes so quickly. It seems like yesterday that Edgewood High School parents decided to compile a fundraising cookbook featuring favorite family and staff recipes. Appropriately titled “L…

Each week, we’re pulling a classic recipe out of the State Journal archives and sharing it here as it was originally printed years ago. Remember, ingredients and cooking techniques change over…

While food stamp recipients need to pass drug test to benefits, shaky businesses can get loans from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. with not questions asked. 

Advocates say the Community Restorative Court will handle crimes far better than the traditional justice system.

The “O” word is back.

Retired Wisconsin public defender Nick Chiarkas draws on his lower Manhattan upbringing in his first novel.

In 1862, Col. Halbert Paine disobeyed orders to return fugitive slaves to their owners and to burn the city of Baton Rouge.

Both feel they have a lot left to accomplish despite all the hits they have administered, and all blocks they have shed over the years.

BASEBALL

The situation looked dire for the McFarland softball team after the top of the seventh inning Tuesday.

MEQUON — Scott Tyler hit a three-run home run early and Chris Tschida delivered the go-ahead RBI single in the 11th inning as the Madison Mallards defeated the Lakeshore Chinooks 7-6 in a Nort…

The Fond du Lac baseball team scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly by Blaine Evans in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday and held on for a 2-1 victory over Madison La Follette in a WI…

ST. LOUIS — For at least one game, Tyler Cravy showed he belonged in the major leagues.

The Big Eight Conference tournament belonged to the Middleton boys golf team, but that was so last month.

T. Wall Enterprises will have to wait until June 16 for a decision on its proposal to demolish a single-family home and detached barn/garage to build three four-story buildings with a total of…

It has been a busy 72 hours for Stoughton athletic director Mel Dow, who announced the hiring of two new varsity boys coaches on Monday.