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Though attendance was down on Sunday because of snow, hundreds of Orchid enthusiasts attended Orchid Quest in its new location this weekend.

The city of Madison uses chip sealing as a cost-effective preventative measure for the 780 miles of streets the city needs to maintain. 

BARNEVELD - John E. Bergum, age 75, of Barneveld, died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born on Dec. 21, 1939, in Monroe, the son of Ervin and Celia (Dunn) Bergum.

Last week, I started sharing my list of the most common organizing mistakes and easy ways to avoid them. Here are the last few mistakes and suggested solutions:

Walker made his comments after his 2016 presidential stock rose substantially over the last week.

This State Journal editorial ran on the front page Feb. 1, 1865:

A year before the Green Bay Packers hired him, Lombardi agreed to become the Eagles head coach.

The Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber, a Lutheran minister with a national following, spoke to nearly 300 people Saturday at First Baptist Church.

John Hildebrand’s book, “The Heart of Things: A Midwestern Almanac,” is a year’s worth of ruminations on life in our corner of the world. Reprinted here, courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical S…

Just Read It is a regular feature in which the State Journal seeks recommendations from authors, literary enthusiasts and experts, focused on the contributor’s particular genre of expertise.

Twenty-five years have passed since Laura Palmer’s body was found wrapped in plastic on the pilot episode of “Twin Peaks,” jarring network television audiences and launching a cult classic. Th…

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

Mr. Haney's in Portage bills itself as the state's smallest antiques and collectibles store.

State Supreme Court and a federal judge rule that manure is a pollutant when it seeps into neighboring wells.

Wisconsin is one of a handful of states that hasn't restored higher education funding in this fiscal year to where it was in 2009-2010.

The company cites the 'chilling effect' of a county regulatory bid but says it still wants a mine. 

The Madison company beefs up staff to meet demand for its Cologuard noninvasive test for colorectal cancer.

Who gets the honor and the responsibility of serving as chief justice really has little, if anything, to do with what the public cares about most when it comes to the state's highest court: ho…

Matthew Hollingsworth composed the music for a Super Bowl ad featuring Kim Kardashian.

By most measures, a Bowl Championship Series among public universities that engage in research would only include three schools: California, Michigan and UW-Madison.