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A parade for partaking -- and lots more for St. Pat's
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
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
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
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"
Chances are even if you don't know his name, you know his voice and his music.
Doug Moe: Very few degrees of separation
A new book edited by two Madison women offers tales of synchronicity and happenstance.
Dr. Zorba Paster: Less smoking has benefits similar to quitting
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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
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.