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Home Talent League: Austin Leggett's third complete game sends West Middleton past Black Earth

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 11:15pm
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 11:15pm
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 11:15pm
Another year, another podium finish.

College baseball: MATC rolls to its sixth consecutive nationals berth

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 10:30pm
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 6:00pm
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 6:00pm
Isn't it amazing that JDS Development landed the Exact Sciences headquarters for Judge Doyle Square?

Attorneys deserve more scrutiny -- Allen M. Rickey

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 6:00pm
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 6:00pm
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 6:00pm
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 5:20pm
The center fielder says he hopes to play tonight in a series opener at Detroit.

Around Town: Event encourages families to make healthy choices

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 5:15pm
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 2:32pm
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"

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 2:30pm
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 1:10pm
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 10:00am
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 7:30am
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 7:30am
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]

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 7:00am
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 7:00am
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

Sun, 05/17/2015 - 7:00am
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.

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