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More craft chocolate in the U.S. is starting with the beans, and a shop in Mount Horeb is making more of its products that way. 

Think Downtown Madison’s residential housing boom has peaked? Hardly.

Still uninsured? If you’re one of the estimated 51,000 people in Dane County running around “uncovered,” here is a great chance to find a health insurance plan and comply with the law.

Think of all the things you can do on a frozen Lake Mendota. Curling, hockey, broomball, snowshoeing, ice fishing, sleigh rides.

Dance the weekend away with these three choice concerts.

DEFOREST, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a 77-year-old DeForest man was killed while plowing snow when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving collided with a pickup truck.

The annual UW-Madison Hoofers Winter Carnival continues through Sunday at Memorial Union and other locations, co-sponsored by UW-Madison Rec Sports and the Wisconsin Union Directorate. Free ev…

Every once in a while, television gives us a universe so singularly entertaining and engrossing that, when we have to leave it, the withdrawal symptoms are palpable.

Chances are, you spent part of your Sunday watching extremely well-compensated athletes play some football between the commercials that raise the money to pay the athletes. Welcome to the NFL.

WASHINGTON — Why did they do it? What did the Islamic State think it could possibly gain by burning alive a captured Jordanian pilot?

University of Wisconsin freshman forward Adam Rockwood is rebounding on and off the ice.

The Badgers play a Big Ten series vs. the Nittany Lions at 5:30 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday in University Park, Pa.

Senior forward Katy Josephs has played in 141 career games — totaling 31 goals, 36 assists, 67 points and a plus-37 rating — for the Badgers since her debut in 2011.

Junior guard Nicole Bauman has been on a shooting tear recently for the University of Wisconsin women's basketball team.

MONONA — Making the transition from club swimming to high school competition often can be a difficult challenge, particularly for freshmen.

The Marshall boys basketball team clinched a tie for the Capitol South Conference championship with a 72-44 victory over host Belleville on Thursday night.

Sophomore forward Josie Schaefer scored 13 points and senior forward Erica Pleau had 12 points to lead host Baraboo over Reedsburg 57-39 in a Badger North girls basketball game Thursday night.

Junior guard Spencer Wright scored 22 points and host Madison Abundant Life routed Johnson Creek 58-37 in a Trailways South Conference boys basketball game Thursday night.

The undefeated Whitewater girls basketball team, ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press’ Division 2 state poll, cruised to a 61-28 victory over visiting Edgerton in Rock Valley North Conference …

MIDDLETON — Sun Prairie sent an early message coming out on the attack with freshman point guard Jayda Jansen leading the way on Thursday evening.