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It’s fair to think that the academic year of 2014-15 produced one of the most decorated groups of UW student-athletes-as-graduates ever.

The sophomore played on the United States Tennis Association juniors tour this spring.

He strikes out 10 Milwaukee batters and Chicago hits two first-inning home runs off Jimmy Nelson.

"If we sell it, it's gone forever," board member Joseph Hasler said of the proposal that would have given the college authority to start hearing offers to sell the Downtown campus. "It's a val…

Senior catcher Mike Mierow went 2-for-4 and drove in a pair of runs, but the UW-Whitewater baseball team suffered its first loss in an NCAA Division III tournament opener since 2001, falling 1…

There is an old saying in boxing that styles make fights.

Turkeys in Wisconsin have been hunted hard for well over a month and as we get close to the end of the spring season, it’s common to go into the woods and not hear a turkey sound for hours at a time.

I have been an interested observer of the events surrounding the death of Tony Robinson, and the various opinions expressed about this tragic event.

As a young man, I worked temporarily in a mental health facility. A few times we were confronted with a character who had “gone crazy.”

Tony Robinson made a bad decision the night he was fatally shot.

Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny was punched in the head by a man who was 6 feet 4 inches tall, resulting in a concussion. I can't imagine anyone wouldn't fear for their life and take action …

Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne announced Tuesday he will not be indicting Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny in the shooting death of Tony Robinson.

I would think everyone should be mad at the drug dealers who gave these drugs to Tony Robinson. That seems to be the real reason this all happened.

Community still waiting for justice

The Badgers will open the season Nov. 15 vs. Louisiana Tech at the Kohl Center.

Scott Bodley called strange and narcissistic by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb for his attempts to keep the Internal Revenue Service from investigating him for not paying taxes.  

Unlike in the Republican primary with a plethora of potential presidential candidates, the Democrats only real choice appears to be Hillary Clinton in 2016.

MOUNT HOREB - Amos M. Moen, age 98, of Mount Horeb, died on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at Ingleside Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements are pending at the ELLESTAD CAMACHO FUNERAL HOME, 500 N, 8th …

WINDSOR - Monna E. Aldrich passed away peacefully Monday, May 11, 2015. She was born Oct. 4, 1937, the daughter of Orin and Ruth Dalton. On April 21, 1956, she was united in marriage to Billy …

SAN JACINTO, Calif. - Robert W. Lynch, loving husband, dad, grandpa, great-grandpa, uncle, and friend, age 74, of San Jacinto, Calif., died on May 10, 2015, at home surrounded by his loving fa…