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The Merrimac ferry has made its last trip across the Wisconsin River for 2014.

Sen. Tammy Baldwin says she's been working on transferring the land from the federal government since 1998.

If you're really going to appreciate beer, you've got to stop drinking it out of the bottle or can and get some proper glassware.

MADD finds no champions in Wisconsin.

A man who took cash from the front desk an East Side hotel early Friday could be the same man who did likewise at a Far West Side hotel Thursday, police reported.

The Badgers (7-1) play the Golden Eagles (4-3) at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.

A man asking a hotel desk clerk for towels took money from the cash drawer instead, when she left the counter to get the towels.

A Madison woman walking on an East Side street was mugged early Thursday, losing her purse to the attackers.

This is a list of most of the books that have been read by the Books for Cooks book club since it was founded in 1999. The group has kept track of all but about a half dozen of them, and somet…

A Madison book club focuses on food and all the topics surrounding it. 

University of Wisconsin System president Ray Cross said it's time for a fresh look at how the statewide system does business, calling for changes in how it doles out student segregated fees, h…

Hugh Bob and the Hustle's brand of country music evokes their Wisconsin heritage, but they'll be soon taking it to Nashville.

The price of oil has fallen around 40 percent since summer, with widespread consequences. It is very good news for American consumers, for example, who are saving more than $4 billion a week c…

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning in Portage because of rising water in the Wisconsin River.

Teens and young adults having problems transitioning to adulthood could benefit from a new program coming to Jefferson County.

Drivers in Dane and three other south-central Wisconsin counties will be under tighter scrutiny through the end of the year, thanks to a new grant to put more deputies on the road.

A Reedsburg man has been arrested for allegedly rifling through about a dozen cars and stealing items from those vehicles.

Jim Wills, owner of Middleton-based The Storage Guy, wants to develop the former landfill and an adjacent property into a business park with storage units and office space.

Since 1997 police in Wisconsin have received $25.6 million worth of equipment from the federal government.