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Mayor Paul Soglin and the City Council's first black women members start terms. 

One of two men charged admitted to the fatal stabbing, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.

How's this for a Thanksgiving treat: Packers-Bears at Lambeau Field and retiring Brett Favre's No. 4, all on the same night.

WKOW-TV in Madison is not being shown on DirecTV Tuesday, thanks to a contract dispute between the satellite television company and Quincy Newspapers, parent of the local TV station.

Forget "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle!" Celebrate this Earth Day with the Republicans' three "R"s for the environment. 

Gov. Scott Walker will be the keynote speaker at the American Federation for Children's national policy summit on May 18 in New Orleans.

Our Turner Avenue neighborhood in Madison is concerned about the short time between the city's notifying us about having our street rebuilt with the addition of sidewalks and the start of the work.

Meh — testing, schmesting.

The team's promotional spot suggests key players are motivated by last year's failure, but it sure hasn't looked like it.

Tierney Lindner is a seven-time letterwinner competing in volleyball and track and field and has compiled a 3.65 GPA. A member of Student Council and DECA, her volunteer work includes Music me…

Riley Lytle is a 10-time letterwinner competing in football, basketball and track field and has compiled a 4.256 GPA. A member of National Honor Society and member of Math Team, he earned all-…

MILWAUKEE — Forget about a players-only meeting.

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers lost another game — and another player — on Monday night.

CHICAGO — For the second straight game, the Milwaukee Bucks had no answer for Jimmy Butler.

At 9:02 p.m., Rock County dispatch received a report that three train cars carrying corn derailed near the intersection of Beloit and East Main streets. 

Around 5:20 p.m., the woman was driving a Mazda 5 east on the Beltline when she took the ramp toward the southbound Interstate 39/90. Her vehicle veered east off the ramp and struck a tree, St…

Neil deGrasse Tyson delivered the keynote address at the ninth annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference Monday. 

J'mil Silas, 15, was last seen early Monday near Eagle Heights. He was wearing black cargo pants and a black or gray zip-up hooded sweatshirt.

There was a struggle before Andrew Steele killed his sister-in-law in his Fitchburg home, according to testimony put on Monday by prosecutors who are trying to show that Steele was sane when h…

In Friday's State Journal article "Governor's approval at three-year low," Gov. Scott Walker attributes the low approval to his state budget proposals. He says to wait until May when the state…