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A Madison motorcycle driver was killed Sunday when he failed to stop at a stop sign and crashed into a semi-tractor-trailer truck in Walworth County, authorities reported.

"Big or small, we want to know about it," UW System president Ray Cross said in an online announcement. "We want to make it easy for you to do the right thing and to let somebody know."

The announcement follows a State Journal investigation showing top Scott Walker aides pushed for a bad loan deal.

LawnBott is a robotic electric mower that automatically mows the lawn for the homeowner. 

Madison school officials are revising its policy on discipline after one year and a survey of district staff that indicated student behavior has not improved.

Local gas prices increased about seven cents the past week, according to auto club AAA.

When packing for the first camping weekend of the summer, leave your own firewood at home.

Building Committee Inc. heavily lobbied Democrats for funding, but only got money from Gov. Scott Walker's jobs agency.

In the original comedy "Work the Act," about making a living in the arts, TAPIT/new works tackles an issue it knows well.

Last week my grade-schooler discovered a robin’s nest built just three feet off the ground in a short spruce down by the pole barn. There were two eggs in residence and she left them be, choos…

Do trees get viruses?

Brontology is the scientific study of thunder, and all thunder results from lightning.

Some avid fans want to bring the great singer-songwriter Tom Russell to the Stoughton Opera House.

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Few fingerprints are as publicly out there as New Glarus Brewing Co. president Deb Carey's.

Walker can use his support of school vouchers as leverage for support as he pursues the GOP presidential nomination, experts say.

They’re shaking the trees for more dollars over in Madison these days as the Republican-controlled Legislature tries to put a difficult budget together.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A zoo in Madison is welcoming twin polar bears as its newest residents.

Luis Lang would like you to send him some money.