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Just one season after graduating from UW, Budmayr is back with the Badgers — this time to help the quarterbacks learn the system he mastered but rarely put into practice as a player.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A jury has been picked to determine whether a former Dane County sheriff's deputy was mentally ill in the killings of his wife and sister-in-law.

After a long day of jury selection Monday, 10 women and 5 men will listen to evidence starting Tuesday to determine whether a former Dane County sheriff's deputy was not legally responsible fo…

Milwaukee scores all five of its runs off Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright.

I was lucky enough to be one of professor Stanley Kutler's students, and to have lunched with him in the past year.

It is most discouraging when you think a certain group of Wisconsin officials have reached the bottom of the barrel by putting their heads in the sand and then they do something else that is t…

I am appalled that a state referendum has passed without much public notice and now Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson will most likely be demoted.

Agrace would like to extend a heartfelt “thank you” to our many volunteers who make a difference in the lives of our patients, families and staff each and every day. We would like to especiall…

Poor Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. She is taking her pail and shovel and is leaving the sandbox.

I'm pretty sure most would agree with Friday's State Journal editorial, "More reason for cameras." It contended the cost of issuing body cameras to on-duty police officers would be money well spent.

I keenly feel the losses that happen regularly in my transgender community. Any loss of human life (especially prematurely) is a tragic loss for all of us. The suicide rate among my transgende…

The city is trying to curb bad behaviors where State Street, Capitol Square meet.

The 6-foot-1 Indiana native will have three years of eligibility remaining with the Badgers.

Police in Arizona have arrested a man who claimed responsibility for cyberattacks on city of Madison and Dane County Internet resources following the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man by a M…

"Many legislators and stakeholders agree that this kind of price control is not compatible with the agile, market-driven and competitive entity the state needs us to be," Cross said in a statement.

State officials are trying to contain and eliminate a flu virus that has infected 180,000 chickens at an egg-laying facility in southeast Wisconsin.

The cuts include about 110 positions, about 72 percent of which come from staffing based at schools. 

WAUNAKEE - Louise Sande, age 90, of Waunakee, died on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at Sienna Crest Assisted Living in Waunakee.

MADISON - Coreen A. Esser, age 79, passed into God's loving arms on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at Meriter Hospital surrounded by her family and friends. She was born on March 13, 1936, in Madison…

McFARLAND - Andrew S. Randall, age 31, of McFarland, passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2015. He was born on Dec. 14, 1983, in Madison, the son of Steve and Stacy (Widen) Randall. Andrew attend…