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There's liquid gold in grease barrels hidden behind restaurants, and thieves are well aware of it.

Gottlieb gave a preview of the upcoming Department of Transportation budget request, which is due in September.

Braun trails the Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper, Chicago Cubs' Dexter Fowler, New York Mets' Yoenis Cespedes and the Cubs' Jason Heyward

A 2-year-old toddler found in a Wisconsin Dells house where drugs were allegedly being sold was removed from the house, with the child's mother and a man arrested on multiple charges.

Three blocks on two Downtown streets will be closed beginning on Monday for construction projects, one lasting a month and the other for most of the summer.

Jack Berry, Johan Blomquist and James Greenway will join the Badgers prior to the 2016-17 season.

That makes UW the top Big Ten team in Brennan's rankings.

Williams, who won Division 2 titles in the 100, 200 and long jump a year ago, will compete in those events in Division 1 this weekend in La Crosse.

A Wisconsin court of appeals has finally put to rest some of the questions over what information must be withheld under the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, or DPPA. Its recent decision ends years of confusion in a way that…

A half-dozen rifles stolen from a Soldiers Grove home in July of 2015 were fished out of a Crawford County stream, after an angler hooked one of the rifles a few days earlier.

Is it any wonder voters don't trust Hillary Clinton? Her chronic obsession with secrecy — laid out in a new report on her email practices while secretary of state — makes them wonder what she's trying to hide.

Sometimes, the only reasonable reaction to things that come out of government officials' mouths is a disgusted shake of one's head.

Each week, we’re pulling a classic recipe out of the State Journal archives and sharing it here as it was originally printed years ago. Remember, ingredients and cooking techniques change over time so you may want to make some adjustments…

A former teacher and current teacher in the Reedsburg school system were ticketed by Reedsburg police for allegedly flattening two tires on the high school principal's pickup truck during high school graduation Friday night.

Vincent was a 1991 First Team All-American and the runner-up for the Thorpe Award that year.

A year ago Wayne Whitemarsh, at McFarlanes’ in Sauk City and Patty Bennet, at Crystal Lake Campground near Lodi, pulled off their first Senior Fishing Outing. They repeated the event last month, with even more success.

A Stoughton liquor store was robbed on Memorial Day, with the suspect arrested by police a short time later.

Madison Public Library representatives are in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, ready to get the nation's highest honor for community service by museums and libraries.

A 54-year-old Madison man suffered significant head injuries Saturday night when he fell off a second-floor balcony at an apartment on the city's East Side.