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Underground utility construction will force the closure of the southbound side of North Hamilton Street at East Mifflin Street next week.

Dane County Title is one of the oldest continuously active Dane County businesses.

Palmer, a Watertown native, joined the Badgers staff last season as recruiting coordinator for Bobbie Kelsey.

The number of men who allegedly sexually assaulted the same 15-year-old girl in Madison has now grown to five.

Janesville police are looking for two suspects who robbed a restaurant employee, with one of the suspects cutting the leg of the employee during the robbery.

A herd of about 120 buffalo that escaped from their fenced-in area in Juneau County Thursday night has been found on private property near the Vernon County line.

A former UW Hospital nurse received five years of probation Friday for stealing morphine while working at the hospital in 2013 and 2014.

The awards reflect higher-than-norm investment gains for the Wisconsin Retirement System over the past five years.

Bill Johnson, the radio announcer for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee basketball program for 16 seasons, is stepping down and slammed the school's upper administration for its lack of leadership.

An argument between high school students on a jammed Metro Transit bus Thursday turned into a melee, with two girls using pepper spray during the fight.

We rely on our courts to resolve disputes between the branches of our government, to interpret the law and to protect our rights. For the courts to do this job, they must have judges.

The group, Majority Forward, is hammering Johnson and other Republican senators facing re-election this year in a string of online ads.

WASHINGTON -- Since President Obama nominated federal Judge Merrick Garland in March to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, much effort on both sides of the political aisle has gone into determining his ideological leanings and how he would prospectively…

We usually do not complain when a commonly used consumer item gets cheaper, but first-class postage presents a bit of a special case. The sudden 2-cent drop in price, from 49 cents to 47 cents, makes a mockery of the…

A Dodgeville man was killed Thursday when his car drifted across a Grant County highway and hit a tanker trailer.

A construction project will shrink West Johnson Street in Downtown Madison down to one lane on Saturday, which could cause some traffic delays.

What age group has the highest percentage of people not in the workforce?

Type “chicken recipe” into Google and watch as millions of suggestions line up, page after page, at your beck and call. There is no shortage of ways to cook our favorite bird. But often what I really want when I…