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A good start continued into the second game of a doubleheader, but a six-run sixth inning derailed the University of Wisconsin softball team’s chance at a sweep of UW-Green Bay on Tuesday at G…

Rock Cates hit two home runs and drove in four runs Tuesday evening to lead the Madison West baseball team to a 17-7 victory over Madison La Follette in a Big Eight Conference game at Warner Park.

Uri Fried, 58, was charged Monday with filing a false tax return in 2009. Under a plea agreement, Fried is scheduled to plead guilty to that charge on May 22.

The Dane County Zoning and Land Committee's unanimous decision follows a consultant's recommendation that the county require Enbridge Energy to carry $25 million in pollution insurance in orde…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A defense attorney has told jurors that ALS affected the brain of a former Dane County sheriff's deputy on trial for the killings of his wife and sister-in-law.

Paul Ginsberg spent four decades on the UW-Madison campus, including 18 years as the dean of students.

Geese mate for life. They do so in the second year of their lives.

Officials are looking for a Plan B to euthanize 180,000 chickens at infected egg-laying facility after nations halt imports of poultry from all state businesses.

“I like their approach. They’ve just got to keep playing and hone in on the fundamentals and apply those in the team setting," UW coach Paul Chryst said. "It’s kind of a process. That’s called…

I have seen lots of coverage of the Tony Robinson shooting, including his family and friends saying he took hallucinogenic mushrooms on the day he was killed.

When I read that the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands had banned its staff from discussions or work related to climate change, I Googled the board to learn what it does.

I disagree with Tom Oates’ narrow analysis in his Saturday column, "Dekker right to leave."

Every year, teachers face six seasons: fall, winter, spring, summer, construction and testing.

It was distressing to read Gov. Scott Walker's flip comment that he would cancel the Iran nuclear deal on his first day as president.

President Barack Obama is demanding that criticism of his Iran nuclear framework “needs to stop.”

Officer Reginald Davis pleaded guilty in January to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct with the use of a dangerous weapon.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — High school students are blocking one of Madison's main thoroughfares to protest the death of an unarmed biracial man at the hands of a white police officer last month.

Unpaid bills are up, statewide, even though heating costs this winter are as much as 30 percent lower.

The development complicates the situation, as the current vaccine's value is unknown.

Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison, has introduced a bill to legalize marijuana in Wisconsin.