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Oscar Fox catches COVID and has to stay in bed in this week's Mendota Marsh.

Chris Farley was a mediocre football player at Madison Edgewood, but his time on the sidelines helped inspire his stardom as an entertainer. Those who knew him best explain how.

Here are a few stories from Chris Farley’s days growing up in Wisconsin that shed light on his larger than life sense of humor.

For the many months Josh Burton was in the hospital, dinosaurs kept him company.

Milwaukee needed extra innings to down the Cubs. Here's how Friday night's game played out.

The Cardinals' Brady Kaufman and Drew Kavanaugh had big games against Milton. Here’s how other high school sports events played out Friday.

The Wolves held off Beaver Dam in a Badger Large Conference game. Here's how it played out.

One facet of the offense has not played up to his standards. Here's what he said.

Coach Matt LaFleur hints that changes will be forthcoming in an attempt to stop the run.

Get the latest scores and results from high school football games in the Madison area.

Three players had hat tricks as the Badgers scored 16 goals for the first time in program history. Here's how it happened.

In the depths of the restrictive housing units of Wisconsin prisons, the sound of inmates kicking and banging the walls echoes for hours on end. Amid that din, other inmates shout out their chess moves for an ongoing match, gazing…

The boy was 16 at the time he fired a gun while struggling with a homeowner who was trying to stop him from stealing a car.

David Prosser and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos' attorney refused to name the other members of the panel Vos formed. Prosser confirmed the group has met at least once.

The 30-year-old Madison man ran into the path of an incoming semi on I-39 southbound and was struck, witnesses told units responding to the incident.

The arrests and search warrants concluded an investigation of nearly a year by the Rock County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit into cocaine dealing in the Rock County area.

Madison has made dozens of "best of" lists in recent years.

Here's what the Brewers' owner and players said of Craig Counsell, whose contract will expire after five playoff berths in six seasons.

PINE gives educators access to a library of online training materials that help them better understand, and therefore support, neurodiverse students.

During sentencing, Judge James Peterson said Dery McDuffy was a moderately-high level dealer with an unrelenting criminal history.