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Tony Award winner Karen Olivo, a fixture on the Madison theater scene since moving here from New York in 2013, will have a starring role in the upcoming production of "Hamilton" in Chicago, it was announced Wednesday.

A clerk at the Dane County Landfill was found to have $18,000 in cash stashed in a locked desk drawer, instead of deposited in a bank, a criminal complaint states.

UW-Madison added another high ranking to its dossier, and it wasn't for an athletic achievement.

Thirty-eight percent of respondents to a new Marquette Law School Poll said they approve of Walker's job performance

Bearden was a high school teammate of current UW guard Zak Showalter.

The open-carry movement faced a very public test in Dallas last week. It failed.

A 15-year-old Madison boy who allegedly stole a van from a funeral home on Saturday morning had one thing going for him: no body in the back.

Madison Mallards outfielder Zach Jarrett will compete in the 2016 Northwoods League Home Run Derby on July 18 in Kenosha.

Schultz helped Pittsburgh win the 2016 Stanley Cup, recording four assists and a plus-1 in 15 playoff games.

After the Dallas ambush, I thought of a rookie cop I met a few weeks ago.

The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team honors college football players for their commitment to community service and “enriching the lives of others.”

In CNN town hall, the House Speaker previews case for Donald Trump he'll be making next week in Cleveland.

Feingold led Johnson in the most recent Marquette poll in June, 45 percent to 41 percent among registered voters.

Poll results will be released shortly after noon today.

The Green Bay Packers announced the signing of running back Brandon Ross on Wednesday.

The office responsible for tuition and student fee revenues at UW-Madison has a new leader.

In the world of summer barbecues, the pickle hardly plays a starring role.

Three out of four lanes of Interstate 39/90 at Highway 14 in Janesville will close for five hours early Thursday morning for bridge construction.

A Belmont man only suffered minor injuries Tuesday night after he crashed his pickup truck into two houses and a car near Platteville.