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Just 43 of the 7.8 million chickens and turkeys affected by the avian influenza virus have come from flocks of less than 100.

Lloyd Taylor of Junction City dies after it appeared he was going to recover from carbon monoxide poisoning in a trailer at the Midwest Horse Fair.

The stretch of Beltline from Fish Hatchery Road to Verona Road will be closed in both directions from 10 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Friday, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation said on Monday.

I’ve never been much for fantasy football or mock drafts of any kind, yet here I am doing both.

BASEBALL

It took just one swing of the bat for the Mount Horeb baseball team to hand DeForest its first loss of the season Monday.

OREGON — The forward duo of Makena Fanning and Jen Brien have speed to burn.

CHICAGO — Michael Carter-Williams, Khris Middleton and the Milwaukee Bucks just refuse to head to the offseason.

CINCINNATI — Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke is trying everything and getting the same, tired result. His team loses again.

The latest draft of the resolution establishes a variety of advisory work groups on issues like alternatives to incarceration, length of incarceration and solitary confinement that would infor…

Local Madison residents with ties to Nepal anxiously awaited news from their family and friends after a devastating earthquake hit the country Saturday. 

Mary Burke elected board vice president. 

Our Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce tells us Madison needs to change its image or brand of being hippies and protesters if we are to attract business start-ups.

Next time I look at my rising utility bill, I expect I'll feel comfort knowing I'm helping increase the already ridiculously extravagant pay packages of the area's top utility executives by mi…

Thank to the State Journal editorial board for its recent editorial "GOP shouldn't ignore climate concern."

Once again our esteemed governor has confused me. Gov. Scott Walker is now telling us he will wait until his budget mess is settled in June before announcing his surprise candidacy for preside…

Chris Rickert's column in Tuesday's paper, "Fuss over tests not really for the kids," misses the point. 

A Canadian citizen was sentenced Friday to two years in federal prison for re-entering the U.S. after he was deported in 1998 and again in 2003 for committing crimes in the U.S.

A Madison man pleaded guilty Monday to five counts of possessing child pornography and now faces at least three years in prison.

A Dane County Jail inmate suffering from mental health issues attempted to commit suicide Monday morning, but deputies intervened.