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Despite the need to confront climate change, the United States is perilously close to letting the largest producers of carbon-free electricity fade away. Nearly half of the nation’s aging nuclear plants will reach the end of their approved lifespan by…

Agrace HospiceCare just launched a new program to help alleviate the stress of pet ownership for their patients with program partner Underdog Pet Rescue of Wisconsin.

If you want to eat right you have to know what you’re eating, of course. But those food labels can be confusing.

Log off the computer and get outdoors to see how log rolling has evolved into a serious athletic event at the Midwest Log Rolling Championships on Lake Wingra. Lumberjacks and lumberjills compete for a ranking at the world championships while…

The power of rock ’n’ roll — of any music, really — is elusive and magical. Does it come from the melody? The lyrics? The synthesis of the two?

The Wisconsin native long identified as one of the six men in an iconic World War II photograph showing the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima actually was not in the image, the Marine Corps announced Thursday after…

Maker's journey to the NBA has taken him thousands of miles across the globe, from his native South Sudan to Australia to Canada.

Rocco Mediate spoke of the difference between the PGA Tour Champions and the regular PGA Tour. And he didn’t have to say a word.

MILWAUKEE — When Zach Davies took the mound for his first major league start late last season, many at Miller Park might have mistaken the diminutive right-hander for one of the bat boys.

SAINT FRANCIS — OK, admit it, you were surprised as I was Thursday night when the Milwaukee Bucks chose the NBA draft’s mystery man — 7-foot stringbean Thon Maker from Australia — with the 10th overall pick.

Madison hit three home runs, but the Wisconsin Woodchucks used a 17-hit attack to hand the Mallards a 10-7 loss in a Northwoods League amateur baseball game Thursday night at Warner Park.

Monona police pursued James Culver Jr. on the Beltline, before ending the chase, police said. He was later found in a wooded area and arrested on multiple offenses, authorities said.

Also, the board approved making the change to 18-minute halves in basketball permanent.

If a motorist was driving down U.S. Highway 12 on a Sunday afternoon, he might drive over the Rock River, right into the heart of Fort Atkinson. …

It was not known if tentative charges against Laird had been dropped. Laird left the jail at about 7:45 p.m.

Life for Bo Ryan these days consists of a lot of time on the golf course.

But mall owners CBL & Associates wouldn't discuss security specifics at its properties.

Shelton Kingcade will serve up to 13 years in prison for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old girls in the 1990s, one over a period of years.

“I believe in an America always moving toward the future.”

Professional golf will make its Madison debut today when the first round of the PGA Tour Champions American Family Insurance Championship is played at University Ridge Golf Course.