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About 6 percent of homeless students in the Madison School District are living with their families in motels or hotels. Meet one such family.

The conservative Jim Crow South favored segregated public accommodations, the liberal Multicultural Student Center segregated meetings.

A multi-agency effort finds dozens of homeless children and their families living one night at a time in a city motel.

Art students are not the only creative people on Madison Area Technical College campuses. Many students in other fields of study submitted artwork to the Yahara Journal Student Art Show now on display in the Gallery @ Truax.

StageQ is producing Harvey Fierstein's show inspired by the true story of transvestite men in the Catskills in 1962.

Stenson had a pair of two-shot swings on the inward par 3s and got up-and-down on the 18th for a 3-under 68, the second straight day that no one had a better score. It gave the 40-year-old Swede his first…

Dane County mortgage rates

The Cubs, Astros, Royals and Pirates all have shown that's the best route back to contending status.

Depending on how old you are and how long you’ve lived in Wisconsin, you’ve likely heard the dismissive phrase “When in doubt, Stout!” It’s an outdated reference to UW-Stout being a college choice of last resort.

OSHKOSH — As coach Tom Swittel rode off the field at Titan Stadium on the shoulders of his all-star football players on Saturday night, the young men providing the lift knew they had accomplished their goal.

The pitchers combine to scatter eight hits and allow only one run.

CINCINNATI — The Milwaukee Brewers delivered their best offensive showing in nearly two months on Saturday night.

CHICAGO — The University of Wisconsin football team’s most controversial play during the 2015 season wasn’t one its fans moved on from very quickly.

The mystery about the word "DIE" once thought to be painted on a boulder 500 feet over Devil's Lake may be related to the intentional removal of centuries-old lichen.

The accident happened about 6 p.m. on Highway 30 near Stoughton Road.

Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne is again facing criticism from his election opponent, this time over claims Ozanne is not scheduling bail hearings quickly enough. As a former Dane County assistant district attorney who now works as a defense…

When asked to comment on the merits of almost any form of gun control legislation, National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre has famously said: "The only thing that ever stopped a bad guy with a gun is a good guy…

It's probably true that free-trade agreements have led to a growing economy. But how can it grow forever on a finite planet?

The laws of economics are not political.

The TV series "The Walking Dead" is true -- the zombies walk among us. Their faces are buried in their smartphones as they try to catch various Pokemons.