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Credit town of Madison officials for sheer guile. The longer they can delay a homeless shelter, the more likely the city will take the problem on.

About 70 percent of eligible voters participate in presidential elections in Wisconsin.

By continuing to televise the Little League World Series — by exploiting pre-teens in the name of ratings and profits — the network has created a tempting atmosphere of vanity and entitlement …

Emma Meriggioli is a six-time letterwinner competing in basketball and soccer and has compiled a 3.8 GPA. A member of National Honor Society and the Ping Pong Club, Emma's volunteer work inclu…

Ryan Graeve is a five-time letterwinner competing in wrestling, football and lacrosse and has compiled a 3.36 GPA. He participated in the school band for three years playing the trumpet and ha…

Senior Becca Albrecht scored 11 points to lead the Deerfield girls basketball team to a 40-34 victory over visiting Edgerton on Monday night.

Junior J.T. Parish scored 37 points, including seven 3-pointers, to lead the Cambridge boys basketball team to a 67-58 overtime victory over host Hustisford on Monday night.

Women's soccer coach Paula Wilkins announces her 11-member recruiting class.

The Board of Estimates voted against moving to purchase the former Expo Inn, 910 Ann St., to land bank for future redevelopment. Instead, the committee asked Ald. John Strasser, 14th District,…

Milton is fourth, Whitewater  sixth and Madison Edgewood remains seventh in Division 2.

A big reason the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team hasn’t had to do much chasing over the last month is because the Badgers have done such an excellent job of setting the tone earl…

The event will be held at the Kohl Center on the day maintenance crews break up the ice sheet and clean the arena.

Just as Paul Chryst was putting the finishing touches on his staff, the new University of Wisconsin football coach now has another opening to fill.

The mainstream media is aflame over the recent announcement that a Jordanian pilot was burned alive by the terrorist group ISIS. 

Before all that we hopefully hold dear in Wisconsin is further dismantled, why doesn't a Wisconsin politician have the guts to suggest increasing revenue by raising taxes on those of us who ca…

An ongoing religious monologue proclaims a fetus is a human being because it has a heartbeat, can move and (according to the popular but false claim) can feel pain. Anti-choice proponents stat…

Uber, a ride-buying service that the city of Madison has accused of violating city ordinances, has shifted the city's ordinance violation case over to federal court, citing concerns about its …

The 67-acre addition will offer a mix of 184 homes, apartments and duplexes south of Milwaukee Street.

The number of schools with at least a 40 percent dropout rate increased from 22 in 2012 to 27 in 2013.

Madison's largest credit union will grow further with the addition of Educational Employees Credit Union.