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A deputy doing a random check of security camera views in the Dane County Jail was instrumental in preventing an inmate from committing suicide.

A Viroqua man unloading his gun accidentally shot a Florida man at a residence in Vernon County on Sunday.

The Badgers (4-0) are tied with Arizona behind top-ranked Kentucky, which received 62 of the 65 first-place votes. UW received the other three first-place votes.

Four UW-Madison professors have been elected as fellows to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the university announced on Monday.

Some school districts to the west of Madison are closing early Monday as a snowstorm starts moving across the state.

A man passed out inside a running car was arrested Saturday for his alleged fifth drunken driving offense.

The record-breaking season of Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon continued on Saturday, and so did the Big Ten Conference accolades.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell seems finally to have caught up with the mood of an American public fed up with the off-the-field behavior of too many of the league's players.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The combination of record-high milk prices and record-low feed costs are creating profits for some Wisconsin dairy farmers that are six times higher than previous good yea…

A couple suspected of possibly stealing purses from three women in grocery store parking lots was arrested Sunday after almost hitting a 10-year-old boy.

Photographer Narayan Mahon wanted to see what life is like in a country unrecognized by the rest of the world.

Most Madison area schools and government buildings will be on an extended break for Thanksgiving, with many public school districts giving students a five-day holiday.

Welcome the holiday season with a top-notch locally produced show.

Ten days of below-freezing temperatures put November 2014 in the record books.

The Vilas family donated the land where the Henry Vilas Zoo sits today and designated that it always remain free to the public. 

State regulators are reminding car and truck dealers that a new, updated buyers guide for used vehicle inspections goes into effect Jan. 1. 

I have begun assembling my Winter Survival Car Kit, and you should too.

The Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps will perform before the biggest audience in their 76 year history Thanksgiving Day in New York City.

A group of 27 U.S. senators has written to President Barack Obama urging him to keep in mind the valuable role of the Critical Access Hospital program as he prepares his fiscal year 2016 budget.

The Vikings weren't pushovers of Sunday's 24-21 loss, but in the end, Aaron Rodgers and Eddie Lacy were simply too much to handle as the Packers showed why they remain the class of the NFC Nor…