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Mallards' Mike Reitcheck improves to 6-0 with a scoreless inning of relief in the opener.

Dexter Fowler drives in three runs in his return from the disabled list.

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The outside hitter was a key cog for teams that won four Illinois prep state titles and four AAU national titles.

The large majority of media members who cover the Big Ten don’t believe the University of Wisconsin will be able to navigate a tough schedule well enough to end the season in Indianapolis.

Madison Police arrested 40-year-old Antoine Winston on Thursday for allegedly selling heroin and seized multiple firearms from the residence.

Black lives matter? Not to a lot of blacks they don't.

Hillary Clinton has spent her life promoting fairness and justice for all. Whether it's women's issues, discrimination in all forms, or saving the planet, she is one who looks to the future and cares deeply about the coming generations.

Violence proliferates where violence is tolerated or ignored. But alternatives are available. We can undermine our savage, volatile, predatory infrastructure.

What police across the country need to do to reform their policies is obvious. It doesn't require a $400,000 study.

I am a Polish refugee from World War II. My father fought with the British to defeat the Nazis. When Poland was lost to communism, the British government allowed Polish soldiers and eventually their families to immigrate.

Stephon Hiler, 22, James Phillips, 32, Reginald Patton, 25, and Nathan Thompson, 18, all of Madison, allegedly sexually assaulted of a 17-year-old girl at a town of Blooming Grove residence earlier this month.

The state Department of Employee Trust Funds on Friday sought bids from companies that want to be part of a possible self-insured health benefits program for state workers.

And a report surfaces of a near-miss in Madison between a drone and a small plane.

Unlike Genele Laird, a white woman resisting arrest later the same night was put in leg restraints but wasn't Tased, kneed or punched, as Laird was.

DALLAS — Our hearts are torn in two.

Baum Development wants more time to secure federal tax credits, but a memo sent Friday to members of the city's top finance committee warned that a delay could hamper alternatives should Baum abandon the project.

GREEN LAKE / COLUMBUS - Greta Louise (Leverenz) Flath, age 67, passed away peacefully after a brief but courageous battle with cancer Thursday, July 7, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg, Wis.

MADISON - Steven A. Radl, age 61, was born on Jan. 5, 1955, to Arnold and Margaret Radl. He passed away on July 5, 2016. Steve is survived by his daughter, Maggie; former spouse and friend, Janine; brothers, Clayton (Jan)…

BLOOMINGTON - Violet M. Scott, age 87, died Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn., with her loving family by her side. Violet was born on April 26, 1929, in rural Bloomington, Wis., the daughter of…