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Nearly 1,400 people did more than read the Wisconsin State Journal during the last year. They helped write the newspaper, too.

WASHINGTON — A writer seeking profound pronouncements for a year-end column is likely instead to find herself awash in punchlines.

TAMPA, Fla. — There is a school of thought that the new College Football Playoff has rendered bowl games even more meaningless than they already were.

TAMPA, Fla. — Joel Stave, after a season defined by turmoil and redemption, remains unafraid of change.

The Badgers (10-3) will play the Tigers (8-4) at 11 a.m. Thursday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.

State Journal reporter Jim Polzin breaks down the matchups in Thursday's game.

The Detroit defensive tackle says he is happy his suspension was lifted for Sunday's playoff game in Dallas. And that's about all he was willing to offer about his successful appeal.

Senior guard Jamie Spanbauer shot the Oshkosh Lourdes girls basketball team to a big early lead Wednesday, and the Knights held on the rest of the way for a 58-51 victory over Waunakee in the …

Late last year Ryan Brady, a Department of Natural Resources bird monitoring coordinator in Ashland said 2015 has the makings of irruptions really similar to last January and February.

The Middleton girls basketball team was unable to compete in the fifth-place game of the Christine Rathke Memorial Tournament at Alverno College in Milwaukee on Wednesday morning.The game betw…

Hardy anglers have fished the open water below the dams on the Wisconsin River for years. The river’s flowing water allows anglers to fish from the dam to the Highway 60 Bridge and farther dow…

CLEVELAND — Brandon Knight scored 26 points Wednesday night and the Milwaukee Bucks led most of the way in a 96-80 win over the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers, who played without LeBron Jame…

The Badgers take a 1-10-1 record into their weekend series against fifth-ranked Michigan Tech.

Four developers want to build housing for the elderly, diverse rental units, an agriculture and food production center or an "event" center on the old Garver Feed Mill property on Madison's ne…

If there is snow, there will be free ski lessons starting next week in Madison.

Sophomore forward Nigel Hayes earns Player of the Game honors with 21 points on 7-for-9 shooting from the field.

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

A win by Rock County Circuit Judge James Daley would add another jurist to the conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

It'll be a cold night when the calendar rolls to 2015 in Madison, with temperatures falling to the low teens and strong winds making it feel a lot colder.

MOUNT HOREB / DALEYVILLE - Anna F. Haadem, age 103, of Mount Horeb/Daleyville, Wis., died on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, at Ingleside Nursing Home.