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Clay Matthews said he's still learning the nuances of the position and getting more comfortable.

Bobbie Kelsey received signed National Letters of Intent from two players, but it may be several days before her 2015 recruiting class can be accurately measured.

For the Potosi football team, last week’s WIAA Division 7 quarterfinal game against Black Hawk provided a satisfying twist on a familiar script.

For Beata Nelson, the state’s fastest high school swimmer, some of her favorite moments in the past year did not come in the pool.

It’s been nearly 32 weeks since a superb 2013-14 season for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team ended with a one-point loss to Kentucky in the Final Four.

As Malachy Schrobilgen maneuvered through his redshirt season with the University of Wisconsin men’s cross country team in 2012, he passed the time by scrawling items in his mental notebook.

Nebraska running back Ameer Abdullah has scored 19 touchdowns this season, recorded 14 runs of 20 yards or longer and finished four games with more than 200 yards rushing.

The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is back a full strength.

The fast-food chain known for its boneless chicken breast sandwiches and conservative values, is opening its first Madison location.

Dane County's Risk Manager Dan Lowndes said homeless people's belongings were not being watched Wednesday when they were removed from outside the City-County Building. 

WASHINGTON — It’s not exactly the Ems Dispatch (the diplomatic cable Bismarck doctored to provoke the 1870 Franco-Prussian War). But what the just-resurfaced Gruber Confession lacks in world-h…

The People's Choice award, meanwhile, goes to a Waukesha company working to create a stool bank -- and not the kind of stool you sit on.

An early fall snowstorm dropped a foot or more of snow across northern Wisconsin this week. Snow depths ranged from 1 to 2 inches through central Wisconsin to nearly 2 feet in parts of Iron an…

The convention, which runs Feb. 6-8, is expected to draw several thousand fans for a weekend of fiction-based fun that includes vendors, exhibits, Q&A sessions and meet and greets with the…

The PAL atlas contains 441 maps, two indexes, a glossary, and extensive contact information to help hunters connect with land managers to learn more about the properties. The atlas identifies …

It took me almost two full years, from November 2012 until late into the evening of Nov. 4, 2014, to recover from witnessing President Obama’s re-election in 2012.

The most significant outcome of the meeting between President Barack Obama and China's President Xi Jinping was the announcement of a detailed agreement to limit carbon-dioxide emissions.

A great nation is built on great citizens. Great and responsible citizens are developed in great homes and great schools.

In Michael Kraft's column Sunday, "UN report should end climate debate," he could not understand why there seems to be so little enthusiasm for climate regulation.

Regarding Doug Erickson's column last Sunday, "In letter to pope, progressive Catholics list grievances with Madison diocese," the important factors to consider in the controversy over Bishop …