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A fake graveyard on Bascom Hill today honors more than 250 ancient deities. Well, honors might be too strong of a word.

The suit, led by sports labor attorney Jeffrey Kessler, seeks an injunction against NCAA rules that limit athletes’ compensation.

It's the Badgers' highest preseason ranking ever. Kentucky topped the poll, followed by Arizona, UW, Duke and Kansas.

A Colorado brewery made national news with its cereal-infused stout; another Colorado brewery sells a rich chocolatey beer here.

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate also addressed in greater detail allegations she was fired from Trek in 1993.

A Dane County judge had ordered the two videos to be released to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin by noon Friday unless the state appealed.

Drug customers could buy heroin on credit, and if you didn't pay, you could get your jaw broken, according to indictments against two Beloit residents who've been arrested for drug dealing.

A DeForest man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison after being convicted on drug charges.

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ESPN said it won't be known until next week whether Lang will be able to play in Green Bay's next game Nov. 9 against Chicago.

Both little goblins and drivers need to keep safety in mind when trick or treating comes to the neighborhood on Halloween.

With a lump in my throat, I recently donated my mom’s favorite dress to charity.

Absentee voting at municipal clerks' offices ends Friday, based on state law.

A Stoughton man was arrested Thursday for alleged drunken driving after crashing his vehicle near Cherokee Marsh.

Crews are working to clean up and remove thousands of pounds of corn and a semi-trailer from a Green County highway after the truck broke and spilled its load Thursday night.

A Janesville man arrested early Friday for his alleged 11th drunken driving offense had a minor child in the van, the seventh time he's been arrested for drunken driving with a child in the vehicle.

John Pavlovitz was ready to talk about the blog post heard ‘round the world, but first he had to feed his kids.

Who has never wandered afield on a lonely October evening and has not heard, echoing in the gloom, the mournful questioning of an owl asking, “Who goes there?”

Dear Atlas,

A recent news story of expelled Nazis receiving U.S. benefits includes a name that holds memories for a Madison man.