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The jobless rate for the region including Dane, Columbia, Iowa and Green counties was 2.9 percent last month.

Founder Jay Moran drew inspiration for his handmade sauces from the bygone Madison restaurant Jolly Bob's Jerk Joint.

A Brooklyn firefighter escaped injury Thursday when fire broke out in the fire department's tanker truck he was driving.

For Our Future will have two elements: a super PAC and a nonprofit action fund that engages in issue advocacy.

My four daughters all have a sweet tooth, and I blame genetics. I can sidestep French fries, chips and salty stuff pretty easily, but chocolate makes me drool. So if you love sweets, at least know you are in good…

A Beloit crack cocaine dealer was sentenced to three years in federal prison on Thursday.

A fight between three men in a Westby grocery store parking lot brought police attention and the discovery of dozens of stolen debit, credit and gift cards allegedly in their possession.

A bank in Lodi was robbed Thursday afternoon, the suspect fleeing with an undisclosed amount of money.

A recent study found that sediment and phosphorus levels in Pheasant Branch Creek have consistently decreased even though precipitation and the stream's flow volume have gradually increased over the same span.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A black teenager whose arrest at a Madison mall sparked protests alleging discrimination has been released from jail under orders from the Dane County district attorney.

Despite the need to confront climate change, the United States is perilously close to letting the largest producers of carbon-free electricity fade away. Nearly half of the nation’s aging nuclear plants will reach the end of their approved lifespan by…

Agrace HospiceCare just launched a new program to help alleviate the stress of pet ownership for their patients with program partner Underdog Pet Rescue of Wisconsin.

If you want to eat right you have to know what you’re eating, of course. But those food labels can be confusing.

Log off the computer and get outdoors to see how log rolling has evolved into a serious athletic event at the Midwest Log Rolling Championships on Lake Wingra. Lumberjacks and lumberjills compete for a ranking at the world championships while…

The power of rock ’n’ roll — of any music, really — is elusive and magical. Does it come from the melody? The lyrics? The synthesis of the two?

The Wisconsin native long identified as one of the six men in an iconic World War II photograph showing the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima actually was not in the image, the Marine Corps announced Thursday after…

Maker's journey to the NBA has taken him thousands of miles across the globe, from his native South Sudan to Australia to Canada.

Rocco Mediate spoke of the difference between the PGA Tour Champions and the regular PGA Tour. And he didn’t have to say a word.

MILWAUKEE — When Zach Davies took the mound for his first major league start late last season, many at Miller Park might have mistaken the diminutive right-hander for one of the bat boys.

SAINT FRANCIS — OK, admit it, you were surprised as I was Thursday night when the Milwaukee Bucks chose the NBA draft’s mystery man — 7-foot stringbean Thon Maker from Australia — with the 10th overall pick.