Wisconsin State Journal Local News

Gov. Scott Walker and North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory have laid their friendly wagers on the table for Monday night's men's national basketball championship.

The competition will start April 30 in Washington, D.C.

Dane County sees a nearly 8% rise in sales compared with March 2014, driven by increased truck purchases.

The restaurant's owners are looking for another location in the area or in Sun Prairie.

The East Side brewery's IPA rides healthy buzz -- and a fire-breathing unicorn -- to the Wisconsin beer championship.

By now the Easter eggs — nearly all of them — will have been found. I say “nearly,” because there are always those stragglers, the ones you discover with the lawn mower, or while vacuuming beh…

Lenore McComas Coberly's new book of poems takes its title, "For I Am Mountainborn," from her rural West Virginia upbringing.

INDIANAPOLIS – When Scott Burch headed to work on Sunday, he never suspected he’d end the day heading here to watch his beloved Wisconsin Badgers play Duke for the NCAA national basketball cha…

A premier ukulele orchestra is coming to Madison -- which already has plenty of ukulele fans.

Tapping maple trees for sap does not harm the tree harm as long as several guidelines are followed. 

What is permafrost?

Duke's Mike Krzyzewski had to deal with the same issue after his team upended then-unbeaten UNLV in the Final Four in 1991 in Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS — It remains to be seen where those checking credentials at the door to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame apparently felt University of Wisconsin men’s coach Bo Ryan f…

On the day after the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, Abraham Lincoln appeared at a second-floor window of the White House. He was acceding to the wishes of citizens who had gathered to ser…

INDIANAPOLIS — As he was exiting the locker room before Saturday’s second national semifinal of the NCAA tournament, University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan noticed a familiar f…

Smith nets supporting

INDIANAPOLIS — Frank Kaminsky’s phone was full of text messages Saturday from a lot of friends whose numbers he already had as contacts.

INDIANAPOLIS — Sam Dekker recently pushed play on the video and didn’t recognize the player wearing jersey No. 15 for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team on Dec. 3.

Tailgaters will likely huddle close to their grills with temperatures in the mid-40s Monday. Forecasters expect rain will stay away until after the game. First pitch is at 1:10 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS — Once a football hero celebrated in New Orleans for his role in the Saints' Super Bowl season, Darren Sharper is returning to the city in disgrace to complete plea deals on charge…