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Playful penguins greet visitors to the community concourse and Mendota stairwell of the Madison Children’s Museum as part of the photo exhibit “Lessons from Penguins.”

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The fear of the spread of measles is now swamping the fear of vaccines. Sadly, but predictably, the fear of disease is provoking an overreaction to risk, precisely what the anti-vaccine commun…

This is Madison. I learned that phrase when I moved here from Green Bay in 1992.

When the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coaching staff was looking for a big man to help fill its 2011 recruiting class, Bo Ryan and Co. found a couple options in the Chicago area.

After the second-worst collapse in Wisconsin sports in the past year, the Milwaukee Brewers resisted the urge to break up their team.

The Stoughton and Milton wrestling teams have earned one more shot at each other — this time, with a trip to the WIAA Division 1 state team tournament on the line.

The UW-Whitewater men’s basketball team trailed by three points going into the locker room in its game against UW-River Falls on Saturday evening — and the top-ranked men’s basketball team in …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Alec Vanko had to wait 4½ months to light the lamp for the first time in a Madison Capitols uniform. Michal Kabac got it done in his eighth game.

Freshman Adam Rockwood's third-period goal helps the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team end its winless streak at 11 games.

Junior Hannah Whitish scored 16 points Saturday to lead the Barneveld girls basketball team, ranked No. 1 in Division 5, to a 54-43 victory over second-ranked Fall River at JustAGame Fieldhous…

The No. 18 University of Wisconsin men’s and women’s track and field teams saved some of their best performances for last on Saturday in Ames, Iowa.

Sophomore point guard Alec Fruin scored 27 points Saturday night to lead visiting Beloit Turner to a 61-56 victory over Marshall in a non-conference boys basketball game.

Senior point guard Shareef Smith scored 17 points and two others scored in double figures to lead host Madison Memorial to a 66-55 victory over Janesville Craig in a Big Eight Conference boys …

It was bound to be a shootout.

WAUNAKEE — DeForest survived the WIAA Division 1 Waunakee wrestling regional Saturday, led by four champions who propelled the Norskies into Tuesday’s team sectional.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Fresh off a victory over Ohio State on Friday night, the No. 3 University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team aimed for a Western Collegiate Hockey Association sweep Saturday afternoon.

There are glimmers of hope that 2015 will be a year in which Congress gets down to work on issues that drive the nation’s $1 trillion information technology economy.

The Spartans dominate the day and lock up a slew of berths in next weekend's state meet.

Several hundred UW-Madison students, faculty members and other employees braved sub-zero wind chills Saturday afternoon to protest against Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million cut in fund…