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Founded in 1927, the store has been a fixture on the Beltline for 33 years. 

Most Americans know little to nothing about Sikhism and sometimes confuse Sikhs with Muslims.

Since the 1970s, Cornblooms has been a locally-owned destination for shoe shoppers. The store was first opened by Arnie and Shari Ruben at 505 State St. and the couple later opened a second lo…

More than a third of Wisconsin adults are overweight, and another 39 percent are obese, according to UW-Madison researchers. A quarter of high school students in the state and nearly a third o…

The Wisconsin governor is mulling a presidential bid, but a spokeswoman says he isn't in "pre-candidacy phase."

So far, the five-way Madison mayoral primary has been mostly about leadership and issues with some accusations of misinformation or inaccurate attacks, and conventional wisdom making it Mayor …

Students exposed to a 'kindness curriculum' showed less selfish behavior — and earned higher academic marks — than their peers in a control group.

Just a little over six months after Joanne Berg’s bookstore, Mystery to Me, won a grant from James Patterson, Berg unveiled a remodeled kids’ section at her Monroe Street store. True to her vi…

As a mere civilian, I thought the UW-Eau Claire chancellor’s ideas had merit. And after spending 25 minutes talking to him on the phone, I thought the System would do well to hire more people …

The argument for suspending the state’s land preservation program goes like this:

Dan Roekle, with help from his kids and a metal detector, is the man to see if you lose a ring.

Almost 30 years ago, two formerly healthy, young adult patients with rapidly developing respiratory failure were admitted on the same day to my intensive care unit at University Hospital in Madison.

WASHINGTON — Gov. Scott Walker is leading some presidential primary polls in Iowa and New Hampshire. The Republican governor was elected in 2010 and quickly drew national attention when he sig…

This State Journal editorial ran on Feb. 16, 1915:

Playful penguins greet visitors to the community concourse and Mendota stairwell of the Madison Children’s Museum as part of the photo exhibit “Lessons from Penguins.”

Coming this week:

The fear of the spread of measles is now swamping the fear of vaccines. Sadly, but predictably, the fear of disease is provoking an overreaction to risk, precisely what the anti-vaccine commun…

This is Madison. I learned that phrase when I moved here from Green Bay in 1992.

When the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coaching staff was looking for a big man to help fill its 2011 recruiting class, Bo Ryan and Co. found a couple options in the Chicago area.

After the second-worst collapse in Wisconsin sports in the past year, the Milwaukee Brewers resisted the urge to break up their team.