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I’ve observed Fitchburg government for several years, and I am extremely disappointed by the continued erosion in civility and openness at city hall.

Cardinal Burke’s recent interview is disturbing. For a Catholic Church leader to suggest that radical feminism, the emergence of women in liturgical roles, and the infusion of girl servers wer…

Local artist Timothy Browning set up his annual art installation Sunday on Lake Monona, and it's a dinosaur version of a Hodag.

It's unclear what the Brewers would receive for dealing away the team's opening-day starter the past five years.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A budget request by the Department of Public Instruction shows the cost of testing Wisconsin students over the next two years could cost millions more than originally estimated.

Tom Godwin accidentally bought four train tickets to ride from Heathrow Airport to London and back on vacation last September, but the transport company can't deliver on a promise to refund th…

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Homeless persons Downtown don't have any legal place to use the restroom in the evening hours.

PLATTEVILLE - Dr. Harold D. Beals, PhD, age 83, of Platteville, died on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at Manor Care Health Services, Platteville.

CUBA CITY - James Bradford "Jim" Eveland, age 85, of Cuba City, Wis., died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at Epione Pavilion in Cuba City surrounded by his family.

The landlord of the building that until recently was Diego's Mexican Bistro, admits it's going to be difficult to find a new tenant.

The Packers are up. Property taxes are down. And Gov. Scott Walker is seriously considering a bid for the presidency.

Madison Green Box offers an alternative to cardboard boxes for moving and storage and is appealing to anyone who has put together and broken down a mountain of boxes.

WASHINGTON — “Romney Recycled” was the headline atop a Wall Street Journal editorial last week lamenting Mitt Romney’s intimations that he will make a third run at the presidency in 2016.

A Minnesota man is building what he hopes will be a World Record ice wall to bring in tourists.

In 52 finely wrought essays, John Hildebrand meditates on time, place, and the idea of home in “The Heart of Things: A Midwestern Almanac.”

Each of the attacks in Paris that killed 17 people was an atrocity, a threat to freedom and an act of terrorism. On those points, most people agree, and they’re right.

Lawmakers gave themselves a raise, but the Republicans in charge refuse to raise the minimum wage.

Sgt. Tim Patton is the department's chief recruiter, bringin new officers to MPD and leading them through the police academy.

Madison's top police recruiter says a string of recent law enforcement controversies have made some applicants more hesitant to enter the field.