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Schimel and other law enforcement officials said the increase is needed because cases in the last three decades have become more complex and time-consuming.

Just over two weeks ago, I was working on a book manuscript, and I wrote this:

Water-to-land evolution is a complex question and one that is still actively researched today.

Yes. Wisconsin’s growing season has lengthened by about 12 days.

Best-selling books for the week ended April 24.

Through 24 games, the team has a major-league low five quality starts.

The big showing against the Gophers included a win in the varsity eight that gave UW the Burnin’ Blade for the fifth time in six years.

Academic honors: Stella Ma, a junior at Memorial High School, won the American Society of Human Genetics’ DNA Day Essay Contest. Ma wrote an essay describing testing for hereditary breast cancer. Ma will receive a $1,000 prize and her science…

Matt Lennon delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to help lead host Reedsburg to a 3-2 Northern Section win over Lodi on a postponement-filled opening day of Home Talent League amateur baseball Sunday.

Kelsey Jenkins hits her seventh home run of the season in the Badgers' victory.

Beau, a 16-year-old Missouri Fox Trotter gelding, was officially retired from duty Sunday.

The ninth-ranked Huskies finished in 5:57.58 while No. 14 UW posts a time of 6:00.51.

I have followed the Madison Area Technical College administration's proposals to sell a ground lease for 50 years on the Downtown campus. The college would then lease a facility somewhere in South Madison.

UW-Madison has disclosed it is considering mandating "cultural competency training" for all university students, staff and administrators. This is likely a fine idea.

I took down my dusty 1961 yearbook from the University of Iowa recently, seeking a lost friend, when I was absolutely struck while flipping through the head shots of graduating students. Among law school graduates, there were 78 men and…

A recent column touted the idea of a more fluid approach to America's system of universities. It examined the idea of students temporarily leaving universities to pursue jobs or perhaps some outside training. It also suggested students could return and…

An April 22 letter to the editor inappropriately suggested a professor should have used the arrest of an African-American student in her class as "a teachable moment."

A drunken driving bill managed to make it through the Assembly and Senate during the last legislative session.

Milwaukee chased Miami starter Tom Koehler during a seven-run third highlighted by Carter's two-run, opposite-field shot to right-center.

Cambridge driver Matt Kenseth's car flips after being struck by Danica Patrick's car.