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Prep boys basketball: Sun Prairie's Nick Noskowiak reportedly returns to team

Thu, 02/12/2015 - 4:45am
Sun Prairie senior guard and Marquette recruit Nick Noskowiak returned to the Cardinals' boys basketball team Wednesday, according to a report from WisSports.net.

Know Your Madisonian: Laura Wyatt

Thu, 02/12/2015 - 4:30am
Laura Wyatt promotes urban outdoors as administrative program manager of UW-Madison’s Lakeshore Nature Preserve.

Prep swimming: McFarland makes a move for the top spot in the Division 2 swimming scene

Thu, 02/12/2015 - 3:00am
The seniors on the McFarland boys swimming team take winning in stride.

Jason Galloway: Kayla Goth motivates DeForest teammates despite ACL injury

Thu, 02/12/2015 - 3:00am
DEFOREST — Hours after learning her high school basketball career had ended, Kayla Goth faced the teammates she’ll be leaving behind.

Rebecca Blank: UW-Madison layoffs could begin in April

Thu, 02/12/2015 - 1:45am
The state's biennial budget may not be finalized until May or June, but layoffs as a result of Gov. Scott Walker's proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System could hit UW-…

WIAC men's basketball: No. 12 Pointers hand top-ranked Warhawks first conference loss

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 11:15pm
Jordan Lutz hit five 3-pointers, including one that put the UW-Stevens Point men’s basketball team ahead for good in Wednesday night’s second half, and the host Pointers beat top-ranked UW-Whi…

Badgers women's basketball: Defense falls short in loss to Minnesota

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 11:15pm
MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team had its second-best offensive game of the season Wednesday night.

Brewers: Rickie Weeks reportedly signs with Mariners

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 11:15pm
Former Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Rickie Weeks signed a free agent contract with the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.

Boys basketball: Stoughton's Nick McGlynn tops 1,000 points milestone

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 10:30pm
Stoughton senior Nick McGlynn surpassed 1,000 points in his outstanding prep career last Friday in the Vikings' 47-36 victory over Oregon in a Badger South Conference game.

Bucks: Brandon Knight, big third quarter send Milwaukee past Sacramento

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 9:45pm
The Bucks enter the All-Star break having won nine of their past 11 games.

City commission delays decision on how to regulate Uber, Lyft amid insurance questions

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 9:25pm
Madison's Transit and Parking Commission will consider regulations for ride-hailing smartphone apps at a March 11 meeting.

Girl, 17, killed in town of Oregon crash

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 8:58pm
The driver, a 17-year-old Fitchburg girl, was killed when her Honda Accord left the roadway, became airborne and collided with a tree, the sheriff's office said.

In Season: Pancakes

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 7:30pm
The breakfast staple also becomes a supper-time meal as the Lenten season nears.

Walker creating conflicts to gain promotion -- Robert Pulvermacher

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 6:00pm
If presidential hopeful Gov. Scott Walker wants any realistic chance of securing the Republican nomination, he may want to show more patience and judgment. Though it is still very early in the…

Push for measles vaccine is about money -- Michael Wagnitz

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 6:00pm
I found the multiple opinion pieces about the measles and the pushing of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to be quite hysterical (in both senses of the word). As a measles survivor, I'd …

Conservative rights are just as sacred -- Chico Buller

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 6:00pm
I’ve always been frustrated with liberals who consider the enumerated rights they enjoy to be sacrosanct, but anything a conservative wants must be controlled.

Time for the NRA to be reasonable -- Jane Noffke

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 6:00pm
I come from a long line of hunters and gun owners. I owned a .22-caliber rifle myself when I was a teenager. I am not an alarmist on gun issues. But enough is enough.

Demoted DOJ manager didn't qualify for whistleblower protection, court rules

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 5:45pm
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled that whistleblowers must divulge information, not just raise concerns, to get protection from retaliation under the law. 

Lawsuit seeks overtime pay for Epic technical writers

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 5:30pm
Technical writers who worked at Verona-based medical software maker Epic Systems are owed overtime pay that was not given to them, according to federal lawsuits filed this week against the company. 

Girls basketball: Chloe Pustina, Cuba City on a roll

Wed, 02/11/2015 - 5:15pm
Cuba City senior Chloe Pustina reached the 1,000 points milestone when she scored 8 points in Cuba City's 63-29 victory over Iowa-Grant on Feb. 5.  . 

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