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Monroe has hired Brian Bassett as its new head boys basketball coach, the school announced on Friday.

Extensive testing has confirmed that Old Abe, the bald eagle who served as a mascot for Wisconsin troops during the Civil War, was in fact male. The birds gender had been disputed.

The residence in the town of Blooming Grove is designated as emergency housing for men monitored by the Department of Corrections

A driver slowing for a kitten on the Dubuque-Wisconsin bridge over the Mississippi River caused two crashes involving five vehicles Thursday afternoon, with nobody getting hurt while traffic backed up for over an hour.

With temperatures sizzling, it’s time to break out the blender and start whipping up some frosty, fruity and flavorful smoothies.

Here's how members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted on major issues this week.

Residents in Wisconsin's far northern counties are assessing damage and starting to clean up their properties after torrential rainfall hit the region early Tuesday morning.

So we’re not post-racial yet.

At 11-0, Middleton was just five games away from completing a perfect regular season. But that unblemished record took a hit for the first time last weekend against Cross Plains.

After coming within a lipped-out putt of a major championship scoring record 62 in the opening round, Mickelson was at 10-under 132, heading to the weekend with a shot at becoming the oldest Open champion since Old Tom Morris in…

Former Oklahoma and NFL running back De'Mond Parker has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison after pleading guilty to a federal drug charge.

Road construction crews will widen the southbound side of Interstate 39/90 near Beloit on a temporary basis, beginning next week.

Dallas’ response in the days since five of our police officers were murdered demonstrates that our city can help show America how to heal its divisions over race and ease tensions over police violence.

A Dodgeville man was killed Thursday when his SUV crashed head-on into a semi truck.

Nobody was hurt Thursday afternoon in a house fire in Sun Prairie that caused over $150,000 in damage.

I’ve always been a measuring-cup kind of cook. If a recipe calls for 3 cups of low-sodium chicken broth, that’s exactly what I pour. I don’t add a dash of this or a pinch of that. I don’t skip ingredients,…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has identified three cities as a possible new headquarters for its forestry division.

OUR VIEW: New sign over historic theater will enhance the magic and allure of Downtown

Dr. Paster: Thank you for your discussion of end-of-life care for an Alzheimer’s patient. It reinforced how inappropriate so much end-of-life care is for anyone with dementia. That fact that your mom’s doctor didn’t stop torturing your mom until you…

Vice principals get a bum rap.