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Scott Walker told donors Friday that he's still praying over whether to run for president in 2016.

A 70-year-old homeless man was arrested Downtown Thursday night after he allegedly threatened a man with a knife.

So now we mourn.

The most important thing my father ever said to me was, “You can always take the next bus home.”

Founded in 1948 as a printer, the Madison company has shifted directions to remain viable in the digital age. 

With free food and live music, it's to be a grand reopening for the big subdivision being built outside Middleton now.

For 30 years, Historic Madison has led visitors through interesting local dwellings — from bungalows to mansions — in its annual “Alternate Parade of Homes.”

U.S. debt is now as big as three-quarters of the nation’s economy, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported this week.

Benjamin Plumbing will move and redevelop its properties to accommodate the Verona Road reconstruction.

Ron Dobosenski caps a pool-playing life with a crack at a prestigious championship next month in New York City.

Dear Dr. Hanson: My daycare provider mentioned it’s almost “hand, foot and mouth disease” season? What exactly is this and what can I do to protect my daughter?

The 2015 Isthmus Jazz Festival brings free performances to the Memorial Union Terrace, Rathskeller and Fredric March Play Circle Theater this weekend. Music begins at 4:30 p.m. Friday and cont…

For the third year in a row, Make Music Madison is offering music-lovers a free day of concerts Sunday.

Last summer, the first season of HBO’s “True Detective” got TV audiences familiar with Matthew McConaughey’s dramatic chops while he and Woody Harrelson tracked a serial killer and philosophiz…

"I look at it right now as I've got a big task ahead of me and that's the only thing that I'm thinking of right now," the former Green Bay Packers quarterback said.

"Oh, The Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss tops this week's fiction list.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Madison Mallards overcame a four-run deficit to beat the Kalamazoo Growlers 7-4 in a Northwoods League amateur baseball game Thursday night at Homer Stryker Field.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former Brewers shortstop Alcides Escobar sure does like to face his former team.

GRAND CHUTE — One hit was all it took.

MILWAUKEE — Anna Tristani scored two goals in the final five minutes of the first half Thursday, and that was all the Green Bay Notre Dame girls soccer team needed.