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Packers: Linebacker Brad Jones released, Letroy Guion suffers setback in court

Sat, 02/21/2015 - 3:45am
Jones took every defensive snap in the season opener against Seattle before being supplanted in the starting lineup with the Packers looking to shore up the inside linebacker position.

Work on historic locomotive near Middleton has ways to go

Sat, 02/21/2015 - 12:01am
SPRINGFIELD, Wis. (AP) — After more than a year of work, the 1385 remains in pieces.

Prep girls gymnastics: Mount Horeb twists its way to the Badger Conference championship

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:15pm
With a sweep of the top three all-around places, the top-ranked Mount Horeb gymnastics team closed its regular season with a runaway victory in Friday’s Badger Conference meet in its home gymnasium.

WIAA state boys swimming: Monona Grove claims Division 2 title

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:15pm
The Monona Grove swimming and diving team held off runner-up McFarland 309-267 to win the WIAA Division 2 state title Friday night at the UW Natatorium.

Prep girls basketball: Badger North champion DeForest snaps two-game losing streak

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:15pm
Sophomore forward Cassidy Byrd scored 20 points and Badger North Conference champion DeForest snapped a two-game losing streak and finished the regular season on a high note with a 58-24 girls…

Prep boys basketball: Beloit Turner clinches first conference title since 2002

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:15pm
Sophomore guard Alec Fruin scored 23 points and freshman Nacio Villareal had 15 as the host Beloit Turner boys basketball team held off Walworth Big Foot 63-59 on Friday night to clinch its fi…

Prep boys basketball: DeForest complicates Mount Horeb's run for the Badger North title

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:15pm
Junior Jake Capstran scored with 5.6 seconds left to give DeForest the lead, and the host Norskies held on to snap Mount Horeb’s 10-game winning streak with a 50-49 victory in a Badger North C…

Badgers men's hockey: Victory over Michigan State is the first one on Friday nights this season

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:15pm
It’s one of the first visuals that members of the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team see when they walk into their dressing room at the Kohl Center.

WIAA boys hockey: Blake Komplin powers Madison Memorial's victory over Waunakee

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:15pm
Junior Blake Komplin scored a pair of goals Friday night to help the Madison Memorial boys hockey team earn a WIAA sectional berth with a 5-3 victory over Waunakee at Madison Ice Arena.

Prep boys basketball: D'Angelo Millon, Madison East edge Madison La Follette

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:15pm
Madison East senior D’Angelo Millon thought about other big shots he’s made playing basketball.

Bucks: All five starters score in double figures in victory over Nuggets

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:15pm
MILWAUKEE — The faces change but the surprising season continues for the Milwaukee Bucks.

USHL: Caps no match for U.S. U18 National Team

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:15pm
Stoughton’s Mitch Hults recorded a goal and an assist, but it wasn’t enough Friday night as the Madison Capitols fell 9-2 to the U.S. U18 National Team in a U.S. Hockey League game at the Dane…

Badgers sports: Ivy Martin wins two more Big Ten swim titles

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:15pm
Ivy Martin is leaving opponents in her wake.

Prep boys basketball: Madison Memorial clinches share of 12th consecutive Big Eight title

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 11:15pm
For the 12th consecutive year, the Madison Memorial boys basketball team is a Big Eight Conference champion.

WIAA wrestling: New faces have kept Sauk Prairie on the rise

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 10:00pm
After losing six seniors from last year’s state qualifying lineup, Scott Smith knew it would take a lot of hard work to get the Sauk Prairie wrestling team back to the UW Field House this season.

Russ Feingold to leave special envoy post

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 9:20pm
The Middleton Democrat has not said if he will challenge U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh -- who won Feingold's seat in 2010 -- when he's up for reelection next year.

Badgers women's hockey: Outshot 53-17, St. Cloud State halts 22-game losing streak to UW

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 8:00pm
With a postseason matchup looming next week, St. Cloud State picked a good time to break out of its lengthy funk against the No. 4 University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team Friday at LaBahn Arena.

Jerry Davis: We need more hunters for our heritage -- and our ability to fund it in Wisconsin

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 7:27pm
We should not continue to concentrate the power to make decisions about hunting, about conservation, about land ethic, in the hands of fewer and fewer people.It is quite likely that those few …

Tech and Biotech: Props for Propeller Health; HealthKit gains ground; and a Madison native's start-up gets a boost

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 6:15pm
FocalCast, started by Edgewood High School grad Devin Turner, is part of a St. Louis tech accelerator program.

Wisconsin cheese maker to release 20-year-old cheddar in May

Fri, 02/20/2015 - 6:06pm
MINERAL POINT, Wis. (AP) — Cheese lovers are already lining up to lock in a nibble when a Wisconsin cheese maker releases a 20-year-old cheddar this summer.

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