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Badgers men's hockey: Shutout allows Michigan to earn a sweep

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 10:30pm
If this isn’t the lowest, most humiliating point of the season for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team then some sadistic tendencies might well be in play.

Prep girls basketball: Stoughton rolls past Monroe

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 10:30pm
Sophomore forward Marissa Robson scored 19 points Saturday night to lead host Stoughton to a 51-31 victory over Monroe in Badger South Conference girls basketball action.

Badgers women's hockey: Karley Sylverster helps No. 4 UW manage a tie with No. 7 Clarkson

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 9:00pm
University of Wisconsin women’s hockey coach Mark Johnson likened Saturday’s game against Clarkson to a postseason matchup.

Badgers men's basketball: Frank Kaminsky leads overtime win against Michigan

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 8:30pm
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team survived Saturday night at Crisler Arena.

Cynthia Tucker: GOP thinks the '47 percent' aren't trying hard enough

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 7:30pm
Remember the “47 percent”?

Prep wrestling: Madison La Follette places second during inaugural Bernie Kane Classic

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 7:30pm
It wasn’t first place, but Madison La Follette wresting coach Gary Skiles considered Saturday’s meet at Madison East a good barometer for where his team stands just weeks before the Big Eight …

Tom Still: Coming debate over UW funding, structure deserves public attention

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 7:00pm
The stage is set for a state Capitol debate over the future of the University of Wisconsin System, from its smallest two-year campus to its flagship research powerhouse in Madison.

Suspect in Chicago homicide captured at hotel

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 7:00pm
A man suspected in a homicide case in Chicago was apprehended early Saturday morning at a Southeast Side hotel.

Foreign-made products hurt our economy -- Craig Schultz

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 6:00pm
In any economy, individuals or nations can’t consume their way to prosperity when the products consumed are manufactured by foreign labor.

Let's see budget before we cry wolf -- Bob Hartwig

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 6:00pm
The left is screaming about the projected $2.2 billion budget deficit facing the state of Wisconsin. Let us all be reminded the dollar amount mentioned is simply projected and not actual.

Drug testing is discrimination -- Dennis B. Appleton

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 6:00pm
Gov. Scott Walker is proposing drug testing for recipients of state aid, with an emphasis on testing "able-bodied" adults.

Free college is not an empty promise -- Jane Licht

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 6:00pm
I disagree with Steven Durlauf's column in last Sunday's State Journal. President Barack Obama’s call for free tuition for two years of college is most certainly not an empty promise.

Long-term thinking might solve problems -- Mike Wolf

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 6:00pm
Many folks look at our world through the prism of conservative vs. liberal or Republican vs. Democrat. We might better understand our problems if we see them as a matter of short-term thinking…

God should send Walker an eclipse -- Kurt Stege

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 6:00pm
I’m not entirely satisfied to learn from our governor that he will wait until he hears from God before deciding whether to run for president. The clear implication, if he makes a formal announ…

Tuition was a wise investment for society -- Robert Clifford

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 6:00pm
In 1981, I earned a degree from Madison Area Technical College. My tuition for the two-year program was about $2,000, which was paid for with federal grant money.

Mayor for life plastered on billboard in this week's cartoon caption contest

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 5:30pm
Madison’s ‘mayor for life’ plastered on billboard

Kochanowski, Roy

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 2:30pm
MADISON - Roy Kochanowski, age 86, passed away on Jan. 25, 2015. Arrangements are pending.

Sgroi, Josephine

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 2:30pm
MADISON / POYNETTE - Josephine Sgroi, age 93, passed away on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at Meadowmere in Madison.

Henning, Betty Ann

Sat, 01/24/2015 - 2:30pm
OREGON - Betty Ann Henning, age 80, of Oregon, formerly of Oswego, Ill., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Madison. She was born on Jan. 24, 1934, the daughter of…

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