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Most coaches wouldn’t like it if their boss was peering over their shoulder at every meeting and every practice.

Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell said Saturday that he wasn't sure how soon the team would find out the outcome of the appeal.

University of Wisconsin student-athletes who are on full scholarship in 2015-16 are projected to receive among the largest, most varied cost-of-attendance stipends in the nation.

Monona Grove senior Gabby Beauvais swept the girls sprints and won two more events in a stellar effort at the WIAA Division 1 Holmen sectional track and field meet.

Jed Sprague scored the lead run on a wild pitch with two outs in the seventh inning, and the Madison Mallards edged the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters 3-2 on Saturday night in a Northwoods League am…

University of Wisconsin junior and former Dodgeville athlete Molly Hanson finished third in her heat in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA West preliminary round meet in Austin, Texas, securing a sp…

Less than a day after a passenger train derailed in Philadelphia, killing eight people and blocking lines up and down the Eastern Seaboard, a U.S. House panel voted to cut Amtrak’s budget by $…

The release of a partial list of books, documents, press clippings and other materials the United States government says were seized from Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan does make for s…

A crew of DNR wildlife scientists’ goal is to sample the tissues of about 35 eagles in the Wisconsin River corridor this spring. Other regions will receive attention in future years.

Jerry Jendusa will deliver a keynote address  during the June 2-3 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference in Madison.

An unofficial visit to the University of Wisconsin this weekend was enough to convince Seth Currens to commit to the Badgers.

Paul Goldschmidt outslugged host Milwaukee with two homers and four RBIs off the Brewers' right-hander, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-3 win Saturday.

The state Department of Corrections recently asked the Joint Finance Committee for more funds because of expected growth in the prison population, especially women, in the next few years.

I have not heard whether the issue of transportation has been raised in relation to the JDS Development proposal for Judge Doyle Square, which would feature a headquarters for Exact Sciences Corp.

As a parent of a young adult son and a health care professional, I am beyond saddened and so disappointed in the judicial system.

After District Attorney Ismael Ozanne’s finding in the death of Tony Robinson, the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition is demanding community control over police, a United Nations investigation …

The state insurance board voted recently to add deductibles and increase out-of-pocket payments in state employees’ health care plans.

In a rush to get away for Memorial Day vacation, Congress once again kicked the can down the road and passed short-term extensions to current expiring laws. What an embarrassment!

Fill in the caption with a clever quip by Wednesday and win publication of your line with the cartoon in next Sunday’s newspaper. You’ll also receive a signed print of the cartoon by artist Ph…

On June 6, Walt Rayfield and John Motoviloff, a wild foods cookbook author, will be at McFarlane’s in Sauk City to talk about catching and then eating catfish and other fish.