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Cold and rainy Thursday, but a better Friday on tap

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 7:45am
It will feel more like mid-November than late April in Madison on Thursday, with cold, wet weather making for pretty gloomy conditions in the state capital.

DNR touts $11.8 million to help remove lead from drinking water

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 6:45am
Money would go to replace lead service pipes on private property.

Paul Soglin wants focus on East Side shopping center site for Madison Public Market

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 6:00am
The mayor proposes to link the public market to the redevelopment of the Washington Plaza shopping center on East Washington Avenue.

Chris Rickert: Drinking and driving 'responsibly' -- or so we like to think

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 5:30am
The four-time loser may well be a 300-plus-time drunken driver who's escaped detection 99 percent of the time.

Know Your Madisonian: Taiwanese transplant shares his culture through milk, tea and bubbles

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 5:30am
In 2011, Yuchen Liu opened Jade Mountain Coffee & Tea at the intersection of Johnson and North streets on Madison's East Side business partner Justin Manners.

Help mothers read and you help their kids

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 5:30am
OUR VIEW: Literacy Network of Dane County needs donations to double size of adult classes

Restaurant review: Ramen highs and lows on Park Street

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 5:15am
If you know what to order, you can design a good meal.

Tom Oates: Quarterback emphasis by other teams early in draft will benefit Packers

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 3:00am
Two blockbuster trades at the top of the NFL draft have revealed exactly where the league is in 2016.

Prep sports: Madison La Follette's Tyra Turner excelling in softball, track and field

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 3:00am
Turner was a high-flying 5-foot-6 middle hitter in volleyball, a guard in basketball, and is competing in two spring sports, likely her best sports – as a center fielder in softball and a sprinter and long jumper in track and…

Badgers volleyball: UW ends spring season with win over Marquette

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 2:30am
The Badgers closed out their spring season with a 3-1 victory over Marquette at the Al McGuire Center in Milwaukee.

Ex-Badgers star Chris Solinsky reaches finish line with retirement

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 1:00am
The Wisconsin icon says the sun has set on his competitive running career.

Police seize about 35 firearms and large stash of ammunition in Dodge County

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 10:15pm
Kirk Lupton, 56, was arrested on a tentative charge of possession of a firearm by a felon. Richard Nutter, 34, was arrested on an alleged probation violation.

UW police looking for two men who caused damage inside Memorial Union

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 9:45pm
The UW-Madison Police Department is looking for two men who damaged property inside the Memorial Union early Tuesday morning, according to authorities.

Brewers: Wednesday's game rained out at Wrigley Field

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 6:45pm
CHICAGO — Jake Arrieta will have to wait for his chance to match Johnny Vander Meer.

Faculty Senate doesn't represent faculty -- Donald Schwab

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 6:00pm
Tuesday's front-page article about the no confidence vote circulating at UW-Madison characterized it as coming from the “governing body for UW-Madison faculty.”

'Carbon tax' just means higher taxes -- Jon Russell

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 6:00pm
Oh look, another letter to the editor calling for a mythical "revenue neutral carbon tax." Funny how these letters are long on hand waving and very short on specifics.

Learn from puppy mill tragedy -- Donna Spangler

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 6:00pm
I was saddened to read the story and see the pictures of the conditions of the nearly 50 dogs that were found at the puppy mill in Elmwood. Labrador retrievers are near and dear to my heart, so it was…

Don't dismiss the harm of 'Jesus lunch' -- Joe Sokolinsky

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 6:00pm
Regarding the "Jesus lunch" being held in close proximity to a Middleton public school, a letter in Monday's State Journal asks: "So what's all the fuss about Christians having lunch in a park and giving away free food to the…

Johnson's stalling is indefensible -- Denise Beckfield

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 6:00pm
Like many other Wisconsin citizens, I am disgusted by the behavior of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, concerning President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nomination.

Judge will decide later whether to sustain or dismiss charges against coyote hunter

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 5:53pm
A Dane County judge will decide after written arguments whether an Evansville coyote hunter must stand trial on felony animal mistreatment charges related to the accidental shooting of two dogs at a state wildlife area in January.

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