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A parade for partaking -- and lots more for St. Pat's

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 6:00am
The marching begins at Madison’s annual St. Patrick’s Parade at 1:30 p.m. Sunday on Capitol Square, with a U.S. Marine color guard in the lead. Next come floats, bands, candy tossed by the han…

Father of friend: Tony Robinson was 'agitated' night of fatal shooting

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 6:00am
The 19-year-old who was fatally shot by a Madison police officer had been unlike himself, and a friend was the first to call 911. 

Gov. Scott Walker set to make his first trip of the 2016 cycle to New Hampshire

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 5:55am
Walker has been polling well in the Granite State, which presents a different electorate than Iowa.

Town of Cottage Grove considering ordinance restricting sex offender housing

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 5:45am
The move follows a controversy over a convicted sex offender that has roiled the community and two arson fires.

Mat Kearney returns to Madison in a bigger venue to support "Just Kids"

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 5:30am
Chances are even if you don't know his name, you know his voice and his music. 

Doug Moe: Very few degrees of separation

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 5:30am
A new book edited by two Madison women offers tales of synchronicity and happenstance.

Dr. Zorba Paster: Less smoking has benefits similar to quitting

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 5:00am
We physicians may be on the wrong side of the quit-smoking message when we follow the dictum that quitting means quitting. Cutting down doesn’t do much. New research, however, shows cutting do…

Going Out: Weekend highlights

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 5:00am
In a sure sign of spring, Canoecopia 2015 and Bike-o-Rama come to the Alliant Energy Center this weekend, with everything for paddlesports and bicyling enthusiasts.

What to watch this week: 'Royals' makes monarchy more fun

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 5:00am
Ever wish the royal family were a little less proper, less stuffy, less, you know, British?

Tom Oates: Tournament trophy, 'best ever' label motivates UW this weekend

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 3:45am
CHICAGO — People often debate the merits of conference tournaments in college men’s basketball, but there is no question where this week’s Big Ten Conference tournament fell on the University …

Brewers: Aramis Ramirez, Wily Peralta lead win over Rockies

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 3:30am
Ramirez got his first extra-base hit of the spring, a two-run double in the first inning that sent Milwaukee past Colorado 5-3 Thursday.

Badgers men's basketball: Vitto Brown trying to make good on popular team motto

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 3:00am
CHICAGO — Vitto Brown hit the rewind button earlier this week and told a story from last summer.

Badgers men's hockey: Statistics don't show importance of Matt Paape

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 2:45am
Looking back on it, Matt Paape made a strong first impression when he debuted with the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team in 2011.

Badgers men's hockey preview: UW vs. Ohio State

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 2:45am
UW will close the regular season with a Big Ten series vs. Ohio State Friday and Saturday at the Kohl Center.

Badgers men's hockey: Mike Eaves apologizes to season ticket holders for assistant's remark about 'idiot fans'

Fri, 03/13/2015 - 2:45am
University of Wisconsin men’s hockey coach Mike Eaves emailed a letter to season ticket holders Thursday apologizing for something one of his assistants said last week.

Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney defends need for jail renovations in debate

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 11:30pm
M Adams of Freedom Inc. and the Young Gifted and Black Coalition and Nino Rodriguez of the MOSES Jail Taskforce argued against the jail renovations.

WIAA boys basketball: Mount Horeb exacts revenge on DeForest, earns spot in sectional final

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 11:15pm
WAUNAKEE — The most recent time Drew Fredrickson and the Mount Horeb boys basketball team faced DeForest, they squandered a nine-point halftime lead before falling to the Norskies by one on a …

WIAA boys basketball: Madison Memorial comes up short against Kenosha Indian Trail

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 11:15pm
MIDDLETON — This season, Madison Memorial boys basketball coach Steve Collins grew accustomed to tight, back-and-forth games, when big shots down the stretch determined the outcomes.

Bucks: Rodney Stuckey, Pacers prevail in overtime

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 11:15pm
INDIANAPOLIS — Road success that has been instrumental in Milwaukee’s surprising resurgence this season is suddenly elusive.

WIAA boys basketball: Madison East romps past Verona to stand one game from state berth

Thu, 03/12/2015 - 11:15pm
A fourth-quarter burst Thursday night lifted the Madison East boys basketball team to within one victory of a WIAA Division 1 state tournament berth.

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