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You’re actually in sleep when you’re sleepwalking, specifically in deep sleep. This is why people don’t remember what they’re doing when they’ve walked in their sleep.

The hydrologic cycle describes the circulation of water from the ocean and other watery surfaces to the atmosphere and to the land.

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The first flash came at 8:15 on a Monday morning. Eyewitnesses remember it as a bolt of soundless light as if the sun had somehow touched down to the Earth.

Reunion: The 2016 Oscar Mayer Retirees’ Coffee will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. on June 6 at Rex’s Innkeeper, 301 N. Century Ave., in Waunakee. Cost: $8 per person. Checks should be made payable to and sent to:…

It's a great opportunity to send lots of Chicago fans home with smaller wallets and lowered expectations.

The UW senior establishes another conference mark in the event that eluded her a year ago.

The Badgers place all of their boats in the top three in posting their best finish since 2010.

The tulips in the center strip on West John Nolen Drive in Madison are just beautiful.

The State Journal reported Wednesday that Gov. Scott Walker made “a series of tweets in which he chided faculty for speaking out after recent changes to tenure but not taking as strong an action in response to student tuition increases…

Faculty in the University of Wisconsin System are facing unprecedented top-down management changes. Faculty policies and procedures have been changed outside of faculty control.

I had the pleasure to attend the confirmation ceremony May 1 at St. Maria Goretti’s Church with two granddaughters participating in the service. They both had positive feelings about this experience, along with myself and other family members.

Those pundits calling for a third party are missing the point of the election results to date, with all the true emotional energy of “we the people” centered on Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.

The first baseman halts a 0-for-23 skid with a 443-foot home run and later adds the go-ahead RBI double.

DOVER, Del. — Matt Kenseth held off Kyle Larson in a thrilling run down the stretch to win a wreck-filled race Sunday at Dover International Speedway.

Touching Abe's well-worn nose is said to bring good luck. And the university has made getting up on the statue easier by providing a ladder.

The building's automatic sprinkler system extinguished the fire before firefighters got there.

Joyce Veir of Stoughton would like her college "diploma," which she can't find, replaced. She got it in 1960 from UW-Platteville, which awarded her the prestigious PHT, though at the time the school was called the Wisconsin State College and…

Some paramedics and firefighters are concerned that drivers are pulling back onto the road immediately after the emergency vehicles and trail the rigs too closely.