Wisconsin State Journal Local News

This week's recipe took second place in the State Journal's salads category in 1975 and was submitted by Mrs. Barbara Jurack of Richland Center.

Recent DNA analysis has persuaded most historians that Jefferson was the father of Eston Hemings, who moved to Madison in 1852.

In its 100 years, the WIAA state boys basketball tournament has meant many things to many people — including an old sportswriter from Sussex.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Sophomore Michelle Cheung carded a 4-over-par 76 for her best round of the tournament, but the University of Wisconsin women’s golf team stumbled to an 11th-place finish on Tue…

Old-timers wanted to see history made. Hillsboro High School athletes wanted to be the ones to make that history.

NEW ORLEANS — Where was the luck of the Irish when Ersan Ilyasova needed some?

Crews responding to the fire at about 12:20 p.m. could see a column of black smoke from a mile away coming from the truck parked inches from the Madison Truck Sales building, 3722 Commercial Ave.

PEORIA, Ariz. — Carlos Gomez has a way of igniting the Milwaukee Brewers.

To help you better understand the extraordinary, life-altering decision that Chris Borland just made, I refer you to two moments from his time here as a member of the University of Wisconsin f…

The five senior starters on the Mineral Point boys basketball team are no strangers to perfection.

As he watched the regular-season finale play out before his eyes on March 8, Ohio State coach Thad Matta couldn’t help but admire the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team even as it w…

Duje Dukan was a late arrival to a shorter-than-usual practice for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team on Tuesday evening, and one of the first things the reserve forward did whe…

Liz Mair has criticized the caucuses.

The meteoric rise of Madison East High School's boys basketball team to state final contention came as no surprise to a dedicated few.

Michael Johnson, CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, had an unfortunately confused message in his Sunday column, "This is Madison's defining moment."

As the Sun Prairie mayoral election draws near, it is important to give the citizens of Sun Prairie insight into the candidate who will be the best mayoral choice. That candidate is Paul Esser.

Raising the speed limit to 70 mph on selected rural and interstate highways is simply a bad idea. The only rationale given for the change is: "All our neighboring states have done it." Did we …

As the lead author on a recent study on music for cats, I'd like to address concerns expressed by some readers in the State Journal.

The Wisconsin AFL-CIO and two other labor organizations shouldn't be allowed to block the state's new right-to-work law because the law doesn't unconstitutionally take union property as the un…

Scott Walker's plan to grant the UW System autonomy appears to be on "life support," although his proposed $300 million cut is unlikely to change.