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The head-to-head Badger South Conference dual-meet battle between host Milton and Stoughton provided plenty of sparks on Thursday.

The senior has 24 goals and 21 assists, but his contribution to the Spartans go far beyond the numbers.

With defense and Deang Deang, the Madison East boys basketball team knocked Sun Prairie out of sole possession of the Big Eight Conference lead Thursday night.

The senior, who missed the loss at Rutgers with a concussion, was 4 of 5 from 3-point range and surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career.

Karma Chávez, an associate professor in the university's department of communication arts, hosted a lively debate Thursday on whether body cameras can help prevent police violence.

The guards combine for 27 points as UW evens its Big Ten record at 3-3.

WASHINGTON — On Sunday, at the great Paris rally, the whole world was Charlie. By Tuesday, the veneer of solidarity was exposed as tissue thin.

Last year, it was the "polar vortex." Then came a cool summer, and now it’s minus 6 degrees and schools are closing.

Wisconsin has been covered with glaciers several times. The glaciers advanced and then retreated.

Madison news media is giving lots of coverage to the growth of Epic, and rightly so. Dane County is very fortunate to have the growth this company is providing.

Thanks to the Madison Police Department and Chief Mike Koval for their ongoing efforts to make Madison a safe place to live and be productive.

I read with interest Charles Krauthammer’s column proposing a hefty revenue-neutral tax on gasoline in last Friday's State Journal.

The trip to London is a big success for the Bucks, who improve to 21-19.

A jury deliberated for five hours Thursday before finding a 16-year-old boy guilty of raping a woman who had gone for a jog on Madison's East Side on a summer night in 2013.

The Rowland Reading Foundation of Madison announced Thursday that its Superkids Reading Program had been acquired by Zaner-Bloser, an educational publisher based in Columbus, Ohio.

City Council President Chris Schmidt said he'll support override of of mayoral veto at next meeting

MONONA - Daniel James "Jim" Guilfoil, age 82, of Monona, Wis., passed away at home on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.

LAKE DELTON - Harold Schultz, age 88, of Lake Delton, Wis., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, at the St. Clare Hospice House in Baraboo, Wis.

MADISON / MOUNT HOPE - Rosemary K. Mulrooney, age 88, of Madison, and formerly of Mount Hope, passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, Jan. 14, 2015, at her Chamomile Assisted Living home …