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The challenge with the drunken driving bills the State Journal touted in its April 28 editorial, “No excuse for ignoring DUI deterrents,” is they are all intended to increase penalties and ext…

The proponents of Assembly Bill 27, including the Wisconsin State Journal editorial board, are basing their support of the legislation to raise highway speed limits to 70 mph on estimates and …

Treatment key to tackling DUI

A 17-year-old Madison boy stabbed the father of his on- and off-again prom date last week because he was enraged that the girl's parents had asked him to help pay for the prom dress that she w…

Walker spoke to the Wisconsin International Trade Conference Thursday.

The day-long, free event at McKee Farms Park in Fitchburg will offer many fun, interactive exhibits for kids aged 3-12.

PORTAGE - James R. Friedel, age 80, of Wild Rose, Wis., a longtime Portage resident, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2015, at the Appleton Medical Center in Appleton, Wis.

STOUGHTON - Jeff A. "Kraut" Lechten, age 46, of Stoughton, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015. He was born on March 1, 1969, in Madison, the son of Karl and Mary (Massari) Lechten. He married …

MADISON - Ruth A.(Finn) Wanek, age 85, of Madison, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2015, in Columbus.

The team, made up of one player from each of the 14 Big Ten schools, will play matches in Slovenia, Croatia and Italy in June.

The same Republicans who defend the police when they manhandle protesters are up in arms about raids on conservative operatives during the John Doe investigation. 

UW Health and Waukesha-based ProHealth Care will co-manage ProHealth Care’s new cancer center in Pewaukee, the health care organizations said Thursday.

A $7 million cut in the state budget to Access Community Health Centers in Madison would force the safety net provider to turn away thousands of patients who could end up in emergency rooms, t…

State lawmakers will offer a bill to ban abortions in Wisconsin after 20 weeks into the pregnancy, and Gov. Scott Walker says he favors the measure.

Reedsburg's Tommie Brenner and Middleton's Karlee Ketelboeter also preparing for event 

Lewallen, along with Warren Herring and Kenzel Doe, is one of three UW players to earn post-draft opportunities in the NFL.

The bids are being sought because of Gov. Scott Walker's proposal in his 2015-17 spending plan to abandon the Badger Exam.

A Madison man who was caught taking nude videos of other customers of a campus-area tanning salon was convicted Thursday of 15 criminal charges involving taking videos of unknowing victims at …

An 81-acre property north of Madison, being purchased by Dane County, is being called a "Gateway to the Yahara waterways" and will offer better access to the upper Yahara RIfer.

Attorney General Brad Schimel had requested five prosecutors to investigate shootings by police officers.