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A state appeals court on Thursday rejected arguments from a man convicted of killing his three young sons in a house fire in Argyle that his statements should have been suppressed and his guilty pleas withdrawn.

A carjacking Wednesday night on Madison's South Side was a targeted robbery, police said.

The Arby's on Gammon Road is now a deli with a wide-ranging menu that includes bratwurst and gyros.

The Federal Aviation Administration finally put into effect long-awaited rules for the use of smaller commercial drones that will open the skies to valuable and innovative uses across a wide spectrum of potential uses — in agriculture, mining, rescue operations,…

The eastern end of Winnebago Street will be closed for about six weeks so work can continue on a new health clinic.

UW-Madison police are reporting a sexual assault took place at a fraternity house around midnight Friday night.

Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed free-trade agreement between the U.S. and 11 other Pacific nations, is one of the few key policies Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton agree on.

A driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday when he crashed his car into a tree on Madison's West Side, officials said.

Have you ever whipped up a spicy dish — chili, for example — and realized when it’s too late that you somehow overdid it and added way too much of the hot stuff? Happily, there are two very simple ways…

A house in the town of Baraboo was extensively damaged Wednesday morning by a fire that started in the attached garage, with nobody hurt in the fire.

Perhaps the saddest goodbye of the season is to summer tomatoes. Although they’re available year-round, they never quite taste the same.

Heavy rains Wednesday prompted several evacuations, flooded roads and set off sandbagging efforts across southern Wisconsin.

Madison West is ranked third in Division 1, while Madison Edgewood is fourth in Division 2.

Why should Dane County taxpayers be the only ones on the hook for research that focuses on way more than Dane County?

Hosea Banks -- you know him as Joe -- has been shining shoes around the Capitol square for about five years.

FOOTBALL

Wisconsin Dells is ranked third in Division 2.

The Brewers infielder gives the team a one-run lead with his second solo blast in the eighth, then the centerfielder protects it by leaping at the wall to prevent an Anthony Rizzo homer in the ninth.

The first time Lee Evans learned about reinvention, it was in the context of his football career after a major injury. The second time, it was about the rest of his life.