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The Holiday Express model train and flower show is open at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, 3330 Atwood Ave. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Dec. 31, except closed at 2 p.m. Christmas Eve …

He stumbled a bit during his first few shows, but Stephen Colbert didn’t take long to polish his political and social pundit caricature to a mirror-like shine, thereby placing himself and his …

The Hometown Sweethearts didn't set out to become a wedding band, but in recent years that's what it has become.

"It's dumb to talk about me. We're 10-3," Hawk said Thursday.

The 31-year-old Reynolds hit 22 home runs last season in his only year with Milwaukee. He batted .196 with 45 RBIs in 130 games.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says new legislation will affirm that if schools like Common Core, they can keep it.

As hard as it is not to think about a showdown with Penn State in the Elite Eight, UW knows it has to take care of the Buckeyes first.

The under-18 team, which includes two Badgers recruits, has defeated Minnesota and Miami (Ohio), and skated to a tie with Providence.

Lancaster's veteran leader named AP Coach of the Year; four Flying Arrows players make the all-state first team.

Pittsburgh head coach Paul Chryst is poised to be the University of Wisconsin’s next football coach, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported late Thursday night.

There were many highlights for the University of Wisconsin wrestling team in a 45-0 victory against Indiana on Thursday night at the UW Field House.

With a pair of third-period goals Thursday night, the Janesville boys hockey team took a 3-1 victory over visiting Madison Memorial in Big Eight Conference play.

The Madison East boys basketball team turned back a frantic late rush by host Middleton to pull out a 57-56 victory in Big Eight Conference play Thursday night.

The Lakeside Lutheran girls basketball team remained undefeated Thursday night, racing to a 51-30 victory over visiting Fond du Lac Winnebago Lutheran in non-conference play.

He takes a charge to end the Spartans' frantic late rally.

Senior forward Tanner Bruchs scored 16 points Thursday night, helping the Poynette boys basketball team erase a nine-point halftime deficit to take a 45-40 victory over visiting Reedsburg in n…

A fixture on campus for more than 60 years, retired UW-Madison vice chancellor and arts journalist Art Hove died Tuesday from a rare neuromuscular disorder. He was 80.

It would appear University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez has isolated his first priority in the search for a new football coach.

Melvin Gordon’s run of postseason honors continues to pile up.

WASHINGTON — The report by Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding CIA interrogation essentially accuses the agency under George W. Bush of war criminality.