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Senior Monica Muth totaled 21 points and 11 rebounds, and freshman Elyssa Stein added 12 points and 14 rebounds Monday night to lead the Cambridge girls basketball team to a 51-31 non-conferen…

Pennsylvania prep quarterback Alex Hornibrook originally committed to play for Paul Chryst when he was at Pitt and has decided to follow the coach to the University of Wisconsin.

After nearly an hour of discussion about the parking and the newly added requirement of 100,000 square feet or more of private office space, members of the city's Board of Estimates on Monday …

New University of Wisconsin football coach Paul Chryst was looking to add two more familiar faces to his offensive staff, but it looks like only one will be coming to town.

Even if you live outside the Madison area, this event is well worth the drive and the lower gas prices make it something anyone can afford.

A Center for Investigative Reporting investigation questioned high use of painkillers at the Veterans Administration hospital in Tomah.

Ritchie was superintendent of the Madison School District for 13 years between 1967 and 1980.

Madison Police Chief Mike Koval introduced the officers who will launch a program aimed at improving some of the city's neighborhoods.

Apparently little has changed in 100 years since publication of the State Journal editorial of Jan. 16, 1915, "Country schools have been neglected," which was republished in Sunday's newspaper.

When we learn of the accidental murder of a baby by shooters intending to hit a rival drug dealer two doors away, it's time to think about what might be done to stop such madness.

As an atheist, I had to shake my head at the condescending attitude displayed by a recent letter writer in response to the article about the Freedom from Religion Foundation.

I strongly condemn the deadly assault on the Paris headquarters of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Killing in response to insult, no matter how gross, must be unequivocally condemned …

Madison's police chief issued a stern rebuke Monday to a protest group that has said his department perpetuates disparities between black and white residents.

Jackson was injured in UW’s 67-62 loss at Rutgers on Sunday night.

Leon Benton, 35, was a passenger in an SUV that was struck broadside in the town of Pleasant Springs.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Authorities have identified the 26-year-old man who was killed in a Madison apartment over the weekend.

After eight years on State Street, the fast-casual chain restaurant Cosi has closed. 

The decision by the 2012 GOP vice presidential nominee clears the path for Gov. Scott Walker.

MADISON / REEDSBURG - Oscar Freeman Sandstrom, age 77, of Madison, formerly of Reedsburg, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015.

CASSVILLE - Richard J. "Dick" Pellock, age 80, of Cassville, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa.