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Prosecuting kids as adults for marijuana crimes is a mistake

Plans to replace a dilapidated South Side motel with a $5.2 million, 124-room hotel, once envisioned as a potential catalyst for development in the area, have fallen through.

The Milwaukee County medical examiner says an autopsy shows that a black man fatally shot by a Milwaukee police officer was hit once in the chest and once in the arm.

A Bobcat skid loader became a short-term lockup for the operator on Thursday, with the man needing help from Madison firefighters to get out.

A former employee of an assisted living facility was arrested by Madison police on Thursday for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from elderly residents at the facility.

This recipe sounds, looks and tastes fancy, but it takes only a few steps of preparation and some simple assembly.

Republican Legislative candidates raised $90,000 more than they previously could and Democrats raised $65,000 more.

Law enforcement officials are talking to a man who apparently has barricaded himself in a Mount Horeb home.

The Amazon Pickup Point, which will take up just under 2,000 square feet on the first floor of the Red Gym, is set to open Nov. 1.

A man selling bikes on Craigslist was arrested Tuesday for allegedly stealing the bikes he was selling, and could be responsible for a number of bicycle thefts in Dane County, police said.

A 19-year-old Hartford man was killed Friday morning in a single-vehicle crash in Dodge County.

The next time someone complains that deer don’t have a chance against forest predators such as coyotes, bobcats, wolves and black bears, tell them piping plovers would love to lead the whitetail’s pampered life.

A New Glarus man involved in a crash Thursday night was arrested for his alleged fourth drunken driving offense.

A suspected heroin dealer was arrested without incident Tuesday morning on Madison's East Side, with police seizing three handguns during the arrest.

Several Downtown streets will be closed for part of Sunday so the annual Pride parade can take place.

As racial martyrs go, you could hardly do worse than Sylville Smith.

A burglar made off with cartons of cigarettes from a store in Janesville early Friday morning, with police looking at surveillance video to get a description of the suspect.

A suicidal man armed with a handgun surrendered to Iowa County deputies Thursday after about two hours, the man dropping the gun once he came outside.

Growing up, I watched a lot of Westerns. In addition to the cowboy hero, the town sheriff was almost always a model of integrity. He stood for law and order against bank robbers, cattle rustlers and horse thieves all trying…