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Sophomore guard SanTrell Payton came alive in the second half, finishing with a game-high 20 points to help host Janesville Craig defeat Watertown 64-54 in a WIAA Division 1 boys basketball re…

Senior guard Alex Helt made six 3-pointers among his 22 points as the host Waunakee boys basketball team rolled to a 62-34 victory against Baraboo in a WIAA Division 2 regional quarterfinal Tu…

Junior Mason DeNoyer scored 24 points to lead the Lakeside Lutheran boys basketball team to a 71-58 victory over visiting Whitewater in a WIAA Division 3 regional quarterfinal Tuesday night.

Junior guard Tony Caminiti poured in 13 of his 24 points in the third quarter Tuesday night to lead the Wisconsin Heights boys basketball team to a 64-47 victory over visiting Brookwood in a W…

DENVER — Maybe it was the wrong time for the Milwaukee Bucks to pay a visit to Colorado.

Fennimore junior Brett Needham made a game-tying 3-point basket late in regulation, and the Golden Eagles went on to defeat host River Ridge 54-49 in overtime in a WIAA Division 5 regional qua…

Waterloo freshman setter Claire Mosher has made a verbal commitment to play volleyball at Marquette University beginning in 2018. She will join her older sister, Madeline, who signed a Nationa…

The team's best defensive outfielder will play more often than when a teammate needs a rest, the manager says.

In a normal year, the difference between being a No. 1 seed and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is minimal.

Both are named the conference's Field Athlete of the Year and Field Athlete of the Championships.

The former information technology director for the city of Sun Prairie has agreed to plead guilty to a federal theft charge for allegedly stealing more than $500,000 from city coffers to build…

Democrats raise concerns about several aspects of the governor's $68 billion budget for 2015-17.

For the past week, the State Journal has given readers non-stop coverage and pictures of hearings in our Capitol about right-to-work legislation. The protesting unionistas have been very disru…

Proponents of a right-to-work law claim it will free workers to choose whether to join a union. This is baloney. The 1947 Taft-Hartley law outlawed “closed shops.” Since 1947 all U.S. workers …

I've heard people complaining that due to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), tax professional are delayed preparing taxes.

It's ironic that the first sign you see as you enter West Towne Mall is: “No weapons allowed on the premises.” It’s a pointed political reminder that legal concealed carry is not allowed in ma…

A recent local morning TV newscast in Madison asked "where are those who favor right-to-work," as an estimated 2,000 people rallied against it at the Capitol.

Gov. Scott Walker told a conservative group recently that if he were president he would be able to take on ISIS because he took on labor unions. ISIS is a horrible terrorist organization that …

Slide the City seeking permit for 1,000-foot-long slip-n-slide for a day to East Washington Avenue this summer.

Assembly Republicans reverse course and agree to a committee debate and vote on right-to-work.