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When Gabriel Kampka was born at Meriter Hospital in July, his heart was racing, his belly was bloated and his blood pressure was dangerously low.

I don’t recommend trying to upstage Jesus Christ, but it’s difficult to talk sense into anyone who makes manure his or her life’s work.

Yes indeed, let’s “get things done” in Wisconsin, as Gov. Scott Walker suggested Monday in his inaugural address.

The quarterback said Tuesday on his weekly radio show on ESPN 540 in Milwaukee that re-injuring the calf in Sunday's divisional round playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys was not a concern.

"But, what is true," the 6-foot-11 center said, "is that I'm in the process of working things out now to do as best for my psyche and my physical health going forward."

Ethan Happ has earned a reputation as a nuisance in practice during his first season with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team.

It was hardly a surprise the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team made it through the first week of Big Ten Conference without a defeat.

Senior Sean Chislom and junior Benjamin Rounds scored 16 points apiece to lead league leader McFarland to a 57-47 victory over visiting Jefferson in a Rock Valley North Conference boys basketb…

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks are one of those rare NBA teams who play better on the road than they do at home.

Junior post Amber Schoenicke scored a game-high 25 points, and the Marshall girls basketball team hung on to beat host Cambridge 65-57 in a Capitol South Conference opener on Tuesday night.

Senior forward Ty Pelton-Byce scored three goals and assisted on two others Tuesday night to lead the Madison Memorial boys hockey team to a 10-0 victory over Madison La Follette/East.

Senior forward Nick McGlynn scored 17 points and as Stoughton boys basketball team remained unbeaten in the Badger South Conference with a 70-42 victory over visiting Oregon on Tuesday night.

Even when Penn State has been the dominant force in the Big Ten Conference, the Lady Lions have had their struggles against the University of Wisconsin.

With help from a five-point possession, the Verona boys basketball team turned a three-point halftime deficit into a 50-44 victory that knocked visiting Madison La Follette out of a share of t…

The duo combines for 38 points as the Vikings rout Badger North foe DeForest to stop a four-game losing streak.

Council members voted 16-4 to include smoking from "electronic delivery devices" in the city's definition of smoking. That means that smoking electronic cigarettes -- battery-powered devices t…

Those who are so inclined might drop a few coins in a can or donate a bag of food now and then as payment for someone else attracting the birds for us to see. 

AREA ELECTION FILINGS

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin faces four challengers, and between a quarter and half of the City Council will turn over in the spring elections.

The Grant County sheriff is still calling the case where a woman and her two sons were shot in the head a homicide investigation.