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This week marks the anniversary of the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1862.

Nine males were accused of being part of a heinous rape. The alleged injustice fomented a mob mentality. An enraged community wanted to skip any talk of a serious investigation, never mind a t…

Forty years ago next season, three young Madison girls, and their coach, George Vukelich, struck down a baseball barrier.

With a short week and what he sees as a very difficult road game Sunday at Buffalo — a place where the Packers have never won in five tries — Mike McCarthy made it clear he was moving on Tuesday.

Tony Carlini still gets a little wistful when he talks about his daughter Lauren’s decision to give up playing softball as an eighth-grader.

Less than a month after winning the Horizon League tournament as a No. 5 seed, the school learned it would be punished for low Academic Performance Rate scores.

The challenge for coaches will be keeping their teams sharp during what could be a long break between the end of the Big Ten tournament and the start of the NCAA tournament.

A fast start led to a happy finish for the McFarland boys basketball team Tuesday night.

Junior Abby Monis scored 20 points as the host Lakeside Lutheran girls basketball team stayed perfect and sent Cambridge to its first defeat of the season, 53-38, in a non-conference game Tues…

OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant’s first home game of the season spelled bad news for the Milwaukee Bucks.

Sophomore Estella Moschkau scored 28 points and sophomore guard Katie Meriggioli had 20 points Tuesday night to lead the Madison Edgewood girls basketball team to a 67-59 victory over visiting…

Jordan Allen, Erik Doll, Alex Kimmel, Ben McDade, Marek Oseth and Shane Sackett each contributed to three victories as the host Monona Grove boys swimming team won the Badger South Conference …

MARSHALL — Adam Link tried to steady himself.

Keegan Ford understands how strange it looks that he’s decided to leave the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team midway through the season.

High voltage transmission won't foster a green future, but it will put some green in the pockets of companies such as the American Transmission Company.

It saddened me to read the article "Little Norway fades into time" in Sunday's State Journal. It is a historical site and should be preserved by public and/or private funds.

The letter in Sunday's State Journal "Don't trust scientists on climate change" is right, Wisconsin thermometers registered an incredibly cold 2014 winter. So did all the thermometers in the M…

The people of Wisconsin are overwhelmingly in favor of raising the minimum wage, accepting federal money for Medicaid expansion, honest government, redistricting and getting money out of polit…

I have had it with these rioters and with the compliant media.

The mayor's options include creating ad hoc committee and some type of moratorium on new liquor licenses.