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The UW-Madison chancellor is partially right. What she's not saying is that some UW System programs and majors are over-priced.

8 Seasons has the right idea in offering Wisconsin cuisine in a relaxing atmosphere that is somewhere between fine dining and casual supper club.

The 6-foot-4 sophomore has established career highs of 11 rebounds against Illinois and 14 points against Minnesota in the past two weeks.

The move was made Wednesday, the day after the Packers dropped him. 

Jerome Kersey, the versatile small forward who helped the Portland Trail Blazers reach two NBA Finals and won a title with the San Antonio Spurs in 1999, died Wednesday.

Despite serious injuries, Lucy Bergenthal and Madeline Pflasterer-Jennerjohn have set the pace for the Cardinals

There are 23 sports programs at the University of Wisconsin and each one has a million moving parts. That’s especially the case when those teams go on the road for competition.

The University of Wisconsin women’s swimming and diving team made a big splash Wednesday on the first of four days of the Big Ten Conference Championships in Columbus, Ohio.

KJ Evans scored 16 points and Cody Odegaard and Quardell Young each scored 15 to lead the No. 2 UW-Whitewater men’s basketball team past visiting UW-Oshkosh 69-47 in a Wisconsin Intercollegiat…

PLAYER OF THE GAME

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- It wasn’t pretty, but the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team extended its winning streak to nine games Wednesday night.

Soglin picks up support on West Side but has vulnerabilities on the Isthmus

While speaking at the Chatham House think tank in England, Gov. Scott Walker was asked if he believes in the theory of evolution. He replied he would "punt" instead of answering the question.

The Soviet Union was steered by ideologues who, in spite of their brutal methods, held an optimistic and even romantic view of how society works best. They believed in the communist dream that…

When it comes to measles, David Ropeik's Sunday column arguing against mandatory vaccinations contains two basic errors: one ethical, the other economic.

The letter in Tuesday's paper "Pro-lifers should value all lives" drew an analogy between dancing and elective abortion. Like all analogies, this one limps rather badly.

A Reedsburg man was indicted in federal court Wednesday for six armed robberies and one attempted armed robbery in Madison, all in September and October.

Dan Fox of Heritage Tavern and Jonny Hunter of Forequarter were named James Beard Award semifinalists Wednesday for the "Best Chef: Midwest."

A Dane County judge has awarded more than $45,000 in lawyer fees and costs to Black Earth Meats, after the business successfully challenged nuisance citations in court.

Two Waunakee men were charged Wednesday with stealing and selling more than 30 high-end cellphones, worth more than $22,000, from a store where one of them worked.