Wisconsin State Journal Local News

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A furniture company has decided against pursuing a $6 million tax credit from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

This week's recipe took honorable mention in the State Journal's meat category in 1969 and was submitted by Mrs. Fred Halverson of Madison.

Torsten Johnson got his start acting with Children's Theater of Madison. This weekend, he returns, with The Acting Company, to perform "Macbeth." 

How many times have you driven by a place you’ve always meant to visit, yet never do? That is exactly what has happened to me endless times on Highway 19 near Windsor while either leaving town…

Any chef will tell you that you need great ingredients to pull off a great meal. Less discussed but just as true: You need to cook the ingredients in the right order.

A local sales tax in Milwaukee and four surrounding counties paid for Miller Park, home of the Brewers.

Raised in a German ship-building family, Carl Grotke laid a keel in the mud and erected ribs which he covered in scrap lumber.

UW faces a Purdue team in that has lost 10 straight games.

University of Dubuque freshman Ernest Winters, a 2014 Middleton graduate, won three titles and was named Most Valuable Performer to lead the Spartans to a record-setting third-place finish at …

Sophomore guard SanTrell Payton came alive in the second half, finishing with a game-high 20 points to help host Janesville Craig defeat Watertown 64-54 in a WIAA Division 1 boys basketball re…

Senior guard Alex Helt made six 3-pointers among his 22 points as the host Waunakee boys basketball team rolled to a 62-34 victory against Baraboo in a WIAA Division 2 regional quarterfinal Tu…

Junior Mason DeNoyer scored 24 points to lead the Lakeside Lutheran boys basketball team to a 71-58 victory over visiting Whitewater in a WIAA Division 3 regional quarterfinal Tuesday night.

Junior guard Tony Caminiti poured in 13 of his 24 points in the third quarter Tuesday night to lead the Wisconsin Heights boys basketball team to a 64-47 victory over visiting Brookwood in a W…

DENVER — Maybe it was the wrong time for the Milwaukee Bucks to pay a visit to Colorado.

Fennimore junior Brett Needham made a game-tying 3-point basket late in regulation, and the Golden Eagles went on to defeat host River Ridge 54-49 in overtime in a WIAA Division 5 regional qua…

Waterloo freshman setter Claire Mosher has made a verbal commitment to play volleyball at Marquette University beginning in 2018. She will join her older sister, Madeline, who signed a Nationa…

The team's best defensive outfielder will play more often than when a teammate needs a rest, the manager says.

In a normal year, the difference between being a No. 1 seed and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is minimal.

Both are named the conference's Field Athlete of the Year and Field Athlete of the Championships.

The former information technology director for the city of Sun Prairie has agreed to plead guilty to a federal theft charge for allegedly stealing more than $500,000 from city coffers to build…