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We are one year away from the Iowa caucuses and already several Republican presidential candidates are trying to secure an advantage by talking about their faith.

Yet history might be on the governor's side in the race for president

BARABOO — At last, someone has come up with the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for the single, lonely and disgruntled: It’s the gift of spite.

WASHINGTON — Flashback: Galileo is under house arrest pondering the unyielding ignorance of The Church for refusing to consider his heliocentric proposition that the Earth circled the sun.

Gov. Scott Walker is proposing budget cuts that could affect Wisconsin Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Television and instructional programming offered by the Educational Communications Board.

In recent decades, you could make a good living betting on American military intervention in any foreign crisis covered by CNN. President Barack Obama has resisted demands to escalate our resp…

Tyler Perkins scored the game-winning goal in overtime Saturday night to lift the visiting Janesville boys hockey team to a 6-5 victory over host Sun Prairie.

One night after junior goaltender Kayla Black stopped 41 saves in a 0-0 tie, Blayre Turnbull and the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team sent her off after one period Saturday at LaBahn Arena.

Senior Drew teDuits set his second pool record in as many days as the University of Wisconsin men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams defeated UW-Green Bay in their dual-meet finales Satur…

The Monona Grove boys swimming team left no doubt about the team race during Saturday’s Badger South Conference swimming meet.

The Middleton wrestling team came out on top of a frantic battle for the top spot in the Big Eight Conference tournament on Saturday at Beloit Memorial.

The top-ranked UW-Whitewater men’s basketball team used a strong performance from its frontcourt and a strong second-half push Saturday to defeat visiting UW-Eau Claire 77-62 in a Wisconsin In…

Near defeat turns into fifth straight win.

MILTON — Stoughton’s wrestlers were confident they could leave Saturday’s conference tournament with a share of the Badger South crown, but even they didn’t expect this.

The worrisome news overshadowed the good news that came from the DeForest girls basketball team’s 56-39 victory at Wausau West on Saturday.

Senior forward Will Kellerman scored seven of his 10 points in the final quarter as the Verona boys basketball team overcame two technical fouls and held off visiting DeForest 56-50 in non-con…

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild forward Matt Cooke will miss the next six weeks after undergoing surgery to address a sports hernia.

Strong free throw shooting and a double-digit halftime lead helped the Janesville Craig girls basketball team pick up a 59-40 Big Eight Conference victory over host Sun Prairie on Saturday night.

After scoring his collegiate career high of 15 points in a victory over Indiana Tuesday night, he came back with 16 in UW's 65-50 victory over stubborn but overmatched Northwestern in a Big Te…