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Thousands have otherworldly experience as Wizard World comes to town

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 7:45pm
The first ever Wizard World Comic Con in Wisconsin attracted throngs of fantasy world fans to the Alliant Energy Center on Saturday.

Badgers men's basketball: Seen and heard at the Kohl Center

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 7:30pm
Not that Corey Hart ... or that one

Tom Still: Options for state transportation financing range from novel to complex

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 7:00pm
Coming up with ways to pay for highways, ports and other forms of transportation is a problem as old as the nation. 

Badgers men's basketball: Victory over Northwestern runs streak to six games

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 6:45pm
It wasn’t the crispest effort of the season for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team, but victory was never in doubt for the No. 5 Badgers, either.

Badgers men's basketball: A quick read on UW-Northwestern

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 6:45pm
PLAYER OF THE GAME

Kudos to UW's conservative defenders -- Donald Downs

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 6:00pm
Kudos to conservative professors James Baughman and John Sharpless for defending UW-Madison in the face of the severe cuts Gov. Scott Walker is proposing to the University of Wisconsin System.…

The Idea is more than just words -- Emily McWilliams

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 6:00pm
Gov. Scott Walker's budget move striking the Wisconsin Idea from the state statues is more than a cynical sucker punch to "Madison liberals." It is part of Walker's full-scale offensive on the…

Drug testing isn't as degrading as welfare -- Lisa J. Eckel

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 6:00pm
I stand with Gov. Scott Walker on drug testing welfare recipients.

Crime and poverty need new solutions -- Joni Moskol

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 6:00pm
Paul Soglin is the incumbent in race for mayor of Madison, and yet his ideas seem so dated.

Badgers men's hockey: Goal gets disallowed as UW swept by Penn State

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 6:00pm
The University of Wisconsin men's hockey team has a goal disallowed while its winless streak reaches a record-setting 10 games.

You Toon: Jimmy the Groundhog bites into this week’s caption contest

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 5:30pm
Jimmy the Groundhog bites into this week’s caption contest

Hands on Wisconsin: Walker sings about the left's favorite things

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 4:15pm
Gov. Scott Walker has cut funding for liberals favorite things in his proposed state budget. 

Wisconsin students to take scaled-back standardized tests

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 3:53pm
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin students will take a new kind of standardized test next month.

Sweeney, Robert J. "Bob" Sr.

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 2:30pm
FITCHBURG - Robert J. "Bob" Sweeney Sr., born on Aug. 17, 1927, to John Reginald Sweeney and Nellie M. (McCloskey) Sweeney in Madison, died peacefully, surrounded by his wife and family, on Th…

Kennedy, Dennis D.

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 2:30pm
MADISON - Dennis D. Kennedy, affectionately known as Denny and "DK," passed away unexpectedly on Sunday morning, Feb. 1, 2015, of apparent sudden cardiac arrest.

Lester, Eleanor

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 2:30pm
MADISON - Eleanor Lester, age 97, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015.

O'Drobinak, Jean L.

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 2:30pm
MADISON - Jean L. O'Drobinak, age 81, passed away peacefully on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, at home, surrounded by her loving family.

Hooker, Ellen (Zimmerman)

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 2:30pm
MILLSTADT, Ill. - Ellen (Zimmerman) Hooker, age 88, of Millstadt, Ill., formerly of St. Charles, Ill., passed away peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015.

Mansell, Leon H.

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 2:30pm
MADISON / BLACK RIVER FALLS - Leon H. Mansell, age 79, of Madison, passed away on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg.

Ryan, Patricia Ann

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 2:30pm
DEFOREST - Patricia Ann Ryan, age 56, passed away Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. Arrangements are pending.

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