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Prep Profile: Cole Jordee, Middleton

Tue, 12/23/2014 - 3:00am
Cole Jordee is an eight-time letterwinner competing in volleyball, basketball and track and field and has compiled a 3.993 GPA. A member of National Honor Society and Captains’ Table, her volu…

Prep Profile: Sean Benedict, Middleton

Tue, 12/23/2014 - 3:00am
Sean Benedict is a five-time letterwinner competing in football, wrestling, baseball and rugby and has compiled a 362 GPA. A member of Drama Club, Concert Choir and the Acappella Group, he is …

Prep girls basketball: Fort Atkinson girls hold off McFarland

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 11:15pm
Sophomore Katie Frohmader scored 16 points and senior Emma Reed added 14 Monday night to lead the Fort Atkinson girls basketball team to a 50-46 non-conference victory at McFarland.

Prep boys basketball: Beaver Dam hands top-ranked Mount Horeb its first loss

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 11:15pm
Adam Wolf and a slow start were too much for the Mount Horeb boys basketball team on Monday night.

Badgers men's basketball: A quick read on UW-Cal

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 11:15pm
PLAYER OF THE GAME

Badgers men's basketball: Nigel Hayes' double-double sparks victory against California

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 10:45pm
The sophomore finishes with 17 points and 13 rebounds.

Badgers men's basketball: A quick read on UW-Cal

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 10:15pm
PLAYER OF THE GAME

Three people rescued in state after falling through thin ice

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 9:45pm
Two people were rescued from a lake in Oconomowoc after their ice boat crashed through one-inch thick ice.

Brief police standoff on East Side bucks trend as no shots fired

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 9:15pm
The gunpoint incident between a suspect and a Madison officer ended peacefully, but the resolution raises questions of whether recent high-profile shootings have had a chilling effect.

Jerry Davis: Decorah eagles have visitors -- owls

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 7:43pm
“There is some stunning footage on our website of the owls at the nest at night,” said Bob Anderson, executive director for the Raptor Resource Project. 

Outdoors: The legend of Mean Gene, the record-setting 28-point buck

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 7:30pm
The buck, which had been tagged with the tongue-in-cheek moniker of “Mean Gene,” was shot Dec. 13 and has been unofficially green scored at between 235 and 248.

Badgers football: Paul Chyrst, 45 others applied for coaching job

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 7:30pm
Newly hired University of Wisconsin football coach Paul Chryst had more competition for the job than was thought.

Badgers football: Big Ten title game loss is motivation for bowl game

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 7:30pm
Game tape isn’t necessary — and never will be — for the University of Wisconsin football team to remember what took place on Dec. 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

United States becoming more compassionate -- Steve Zanon

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 6:00pm
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Bullying should be treated as a crime -- Perla Neblett

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 6:00pm
About 4,400 young people commit suicide each year, and many of those have been bullied.

Obama builds bridges in Cuba -- John Danielson

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 6:00pm
President Barack Obama's actions to restore relations with Cuba is a great first step in a long overdue process.

Oregon principal on leave after three drunken driving arrests this month

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 5:45pm
Kelly Meyers had been on medical leave.

Judge adds five years for bank robbery to Reedsburg man's time in prison

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 5:10pm
A Reedsburg man who pleaded guilty to robbing an East Side bank to support a heroin addiction was sentenced Monday to five years in prison, to begin after he finishes serving another prison se…

Outdoors: Experts say Great Lakes wolves aren't endangered

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 3:52pm
MINNEAPOLIS — A group of wolf experts disputes that gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are endangered or that a judge's ruling will help the population spread to other states.

Jones, May M. (Guse)

Mon, 12/22/2014 - 3:30pm
MADISON - May M. Jones (Guse), age 89, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg.

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