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MILWAUKEE — The promise the Milwaukee Brewers showed immediately after changing managers has quickly disappeared.

Once again, senior Amy Davis went the distance for the Madison Edgewood girls track and field team. But it wasn’t enough to lead the Crusaders to victory in Tuesday’s WIAA Division 2 McFarland…

The leadoff batter knocks in five runs in his Mallards debut, but may not be with the team for long.

MCFARLAND — Morgan O'Flahrity went with comfort over conformity in his running attire Tuesday and comfortably was how Madison Edgewood's senior won his races, too.

LAKE GENEVA — Nick Baumann doesn't look like a guy big enough to carry a prep boys golf team on his shoulders, but the Monroe sophomore learned Tuesday it's easier when you don't know how heav…

The manure-to-energy plant near Waunakee wants a new air emission permit as the state weighs water pollution penalties. 

UW-Madison professors offer insight into the deal.

It's possible for police to avoid shooting an unarmed person, such as Tony Robinson.

After reading the story in Saturday's paper on the local VFW selling its building because of finances due to membership decline, I cannot help but reach out to all Veterans of Foreign Wars. Jo…

In reading Chris Rickert’s column Tuesday, "Bicyclists could end up ahead of drivers," I think I can shed light on why mainstream America belittles his sport.

While the previous five weekends had each seen multiple instances of gunfire, there were no confirmed reports of gunshots during the holiday weekend.

A 13-year-old Madison boy walked in on two naked strangers when he checked his great grandmother's basement for intruders Friday afternoon, police said.

"Think of it like an algae lawnmower," said Jason Yogerst, who grew up on Lake Waubesa and has not-fond memories of kayaking through pea soup.

The WolfPack fall in six innings in an elimination game in Enid, Oklahoma.

Police were called to an Anchor Bank about three blocks from the high school for a report of a robbery.

A Madison man was charged Tuesday with two counts of sexual assault of a child after police said he grabbed the buttocks of a 15-year-old girl outside East High School and a 13-year-old girl o…

The new place will give owners Maureen White and Clement Henriques about double the space.

The father of a 5-year-old boy who died in 2013 from what police have said was abuse pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor sexual assault charge and two child neglect charges, all unrelated …

PINE BLUFF/MOUNT HOREB - Joan C. Ellestad, age 93, of Pine Bluff/Mount Horeb, died on Saturday, May 23, 2015, at Ingleside Nursing Home. She was born Sept. 24, 1921, in Pine Bluff, to John "Vi…

MINERAL POINT - Rosalie (Carey) Logue passed peacefully on Friday, May 22, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. Rosalie was born Aug. 7, 1927, to Edna and William Carey. After graduation …