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Tree and grass will take precedence over bricks and mortar in the new master plan for the UW-Madison campus.

The Madison-based insurer will help study what kind of roofing shingles last longest in different climates. 

Three ramps on Madison's Beltline freeway will be closed for construction at various times this week, starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Election Day.

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If deep frying can make even a fungi grown in animal dung taste good, it can't be all that bad.

An electrical fire caused about $30,000 damage to the Near West Side apartment on Monday, with no injuries reported.

A Brodhead man and a Janesville woman were arrested Monday for the robbery of a Brodhead liquor store in October. 

A heroin pipeline from Chicago to Janesville was plugged at least temporarily, when three suspects were arrested and almost $50,000 worth of the narcotic seized by police.

Janesville police are looking for a man demanding money at a Janesville donut shop Monday night, who fled without getting any cash from the store.

Voters heading to the polls Tuesday should have pretty nice weather in Madison, but the rest of the week doesn't look that good.

David Letterman hasn’t retired from his “Late Show” gig just yet.

Fort Atkinson boys volleyball coach Mike Ziegler doesn’t hesitate to say that senior David Ebben is one of the best blockers in the Big Eight Conference.

Julia Mielke is a five-time letterwinner competing in volleyball and softball and has compiled a 3.78 GPA. A two-year editor of Yearbook, she played club volleyball for Over The Top program la…

Riley Boyce is a seven-time letterwinner competing in cross country and track and field and has compiled a 3.4 GPA. A member of AVID and DECA and the Dane County Youth Governance executive com…

Board of Estimates adds three more neighborhood officers.

Under the proposal, in seven sports, private- and public-school programs could face forced promotion to higher divisions as a result of prior tournament success.

Developer that wasn't selected wants a chance to propose new plan given recent changes.

The sophomore running back has been itching for more opportunities and has made the most of his limited touches over the past three games.

University of Wisconsin coach football Gary Andersen was hesitant to heap too much praise on the Badgers’ top-ranked defense after dismantling two conference opponents.

Officials said the problem of distracted pedestrians and bicyclists paying more attention to their cellphones than the world around them is getting worse.