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The Wausau brewery's expansion into southern Wisconsin showcases malt-forward English and German beers.

Bradley Foundation chairman Michael Grebe will head Gov. Scott Walker's campaign for president, the Weekly Standard reports.

Local music awards organizations helps work to fund music education.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 91-year-old boat is getting new life as a water taxi and party boat on Lake Mendota (mehn-DOH'-tuh) in Madison.

A man apparently shot during a disturbance early Friday in Monona is expected to be OK, with police taking two people into custody and looking for a third suspect.

Skylar Stecker was headed down a California highway last week when the State Journal got her on the line.

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Prostate cancer kills more than 20,000 men every year. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force gave prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing and its attendant (and not much fun) rectal examinat…

Matthew Sweet is coming back to the High Noon Saloon Sunday, and promises to play a more comprehensive set, still heavy on "Girlfriend."

Jim Gaffigan is not doing his fellow men any favors.

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art sponsors its annual outdoor ode to art — Art Fair on the Square — on Saturday and Sunday at Capitol Square. More than 450 artists will be on hand to exhi…

Capt. Brian Uhl of the Whitewater Police Department was selected to be Oregon's next police chief. 

The Bucks signed free agent center Greg Monroe on Thursday. 

The Lower Wisconsin River has continued to drop and additional sandbars are now available for camping.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Secret Service agent has testified that a Wisconsin man charged with threatening to kill President Barack Obama said he planned to carry out an assassination with a slingshot.

A.J. Bogucki was sharp in his second straight start and the Madison Mallards provided plenty of run support in a 13-2 victory over the South Division-leading Kenosha Kingfish in a Northwoods L…

No one was hurt, but the car substantially damaged the automatic doors, a fire offical said.

MILWAUKEE — Turn the clock back to late February, back before the snow melted, back before the sun came out and long, long before the 2015 Milwaukee Brewers erupted like a dumpster fire.

WASHINGTON — We need a pick me up. Amid the vandalizing of Palmyra, the imminent extinction of the northern white rhino, the disarray threatening Europe’s most ambitious attempt ever at peacef…

Vintage movie fans enjoy stories about the bizarre screenplay changes during the late 1930s and early '40s after Hollywood studios imposed the Motion Picture Production Code, in an effort to c…