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Home Talent League: Austin Leggett's third complete game sends West Middleton past Black Earth
Austin Leggett threw his third consecutive complete game, and host West Middleton won on a walk-off error, edging Black Earth 2-1 in a Home Talent League Northern Section amateur baseball game…
Badgers track and field: Kelsey Card wins Big Ten title in women's shot put
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Saturday’s runner-up finish was all the motivation Kelsey Card needed.
Badgers rowing: Women's team takes third again at Big Ten championships
Another year, another podium finish.
College baseball: MATC rolls to its sixth consecutive nationals berth
The Madison Area Technical College baseball team punched its ticket for a sixth consecutive trip to the NJCAA Division II World Series in emphatic fashion Sunday.
A central transit station is needed -- Ciara O'Neill
It was a brutally cold night, and I was wading through a foot of snow across a parking lot to tell my half-dozen fellow Greyhound passengers that our bus was still over an hour away.
City didn't request major employer Downtown -- Chuck Litweiler
Isn't it amazing that JDS Development landed the Exact Sciences headquarters for Judge Doyle Square?
Attorneys deserve more scrutiny -- Allen M. Rickey
It is interesting that in his Thursday guest column, "Now the real effort for justice in the courts begins," attorney Jeff Scott Olson points out that one of the hurdles in seeking justice for…
Talk more about excessive force -- Margo Redmond
As a white middle-class senior citizen, I find the comments coming from various factions, including the police, about addressing problems of black economics offensive. The comments deflect fro…
Tenure allows faculty to be risk-takers -- Andrew Bent
The state Legislature and University of Wisconsin are not likely to shoot themselves in the foot by ending faculty tenure. But let's remember why tenure is so important: Faculty should be risk-takers.
Brewers: Carlos Gomez's head hit by pitch in loss to Mets
The center fielder says he hopes to play tonight in a series opener at Detroit.
Around Town: Event encourages families to make healthy choices
The Family Food Fest was designed to highlight the successful Farm to School program with its snack and salad bar programs.
DOT should update form about race -- Michael Tollefson
My daughter went to get her driver's permit at the state Department of Transportation. She was told by the clerk that she had neglected to fill out one line on the form, the part where you ind…
Popp, Debora A. "Woody"
BELMONT / LINDEN - Debora A. "Woody" Popp, age 56, of Belmont, died in her sleep on Saturday, May 16, 2015, due to a heart attack.
Investigation: Walker aides pressed for $500K business loan
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's top aides pressed for a taxpayer-funded $500,000 loan to a now-defunct Milwaukee construction company that was collapsing and created no jobs, accordin…
Together: Don't let clutter creep into your car
Your vehicle is your home away from home. It collects clutter as you chauffeur kids back and forth and run errands. Perhaps it even serves as a second office for you.
In the Spirit: Shepherding Mt. Zion at critical point, interim pastor brings an outsider's view
The Rev. Leonard Thompson Sr. arrived at the historically black church just three weeks before the police shooting of an unarmed black man.
Executive Q&A: Putting a cap on asthma
David Van Sickle, 44, heads Propeller Health, a Madison company whose sensor and app technology is designed to reduce asthma attacks and ease the distress of COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmo…
On View | Hand[led]
Hand[led] is a collaborative art exhibit featured in the Playhouse Gallery of the Overture Center. Human hands; the objects we handle, touch and use daily; and how we handle each other in thou…
Just Read It | Linda Abbott
Just Read It is a regular feature in which the State Journal seeks recommendations from authors, literary enthusiasts and experts, focused on the contributor’s particular genre of expertise.
Breaking out with book on gay rights
In the author’s note at the back of Ann Bausum’s latest book for young readers, “Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights,” Bausum tells the story of how her book came to be.