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LOS ANGELES — In many ways, the celebration was similar to the one 364 days earlier.

Kendall Graveman continued his impressive spring with 6 1/3 innings of three-hit ball, further staking his claim to a spot in the Athletics' rotation and leading Oakland to a 7-0 win over the …

Honors: Girl Scouts of Wisconsin-Badgerland honored eight girls who earned the prestigious Girl Scout Gold Award. 2015 Girl Scout Gold Award recipients: Courtney Burns, Madison, Troop 1054; Ol…

Charlie Gerard scored the decisive goal in a shootout to lift the Madison Capitols to a 5-4 victory against the Dubuque Fighting Saints on Sunday at the Dane County Coliseum.

Forward Joseph LaBate will begin his professional hockey career with the Utica Comets of the AHL after signing a professional tryout agreement with the team, the University of Wisconsin announ…

The sophomore has taken first-team reps during spring practices and has been the team’s first choice as a third corner in nickel packages.

PHOENIX — Barely a month after their 2014 season came to a bitter and unsatisfying end, the Milwaukee Brewers addressed a glaring need by acquiring first baseman Adam Lind from the Toronto Blu…

Once social scientists and others worried the world's population would outstrip the ability to produce food, which would have meant there would be natural cap on the number of people the plane…

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to Wisconsin’s Voter ID law last week.

The crash happened at 10:46 a.m. Sunday when a Dodge Dakota traveling north on Highway 41 lost control, slid into the median and rolled multiple times eventually striking a semi-trailer.

If you are an ordinary Badger basketball fan, the UW does not have a ticket for you for Saturday's Final Four rematch in Indianapolis between Wisconsin and Kentucky. 

I am writing in support of Anne Bauer’s candidacy for the Middleton-Cross Plains School Board.

Regarding the March 23 column by Leonard Pitts, Jr., “'Climate change' on GOP's list of things you cannot say“: We need to reach a bipartisan consensus on climate change.

We are writing as three retired justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and are respectfully asking voters across the state take the time to understand the importance of the referendum questio…

Now that photo IDs will be required to vote, and while we have time between major elections, let’s explore fair and reasonable voter ID options -- if the purpose of such IDs is actually for re…

The average Madison school building is more than half a century old.

There are 246 medians across the city that would support plants, and about 33 of them are adopted right now. 

JANESVILLE - James Edward Holmes, age 67, passed away on Friday, March 27, 2015, peacefully at home. Jim was born in Chicago, Ill., on May 16, 1947, the son of James and Elaine (Cavanaugh) Hol…

REEDSBURG - Ethel M. Gerber, age 95, died on Friday, March 27, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 2, 2015, at the UNITED METHODIST CHURCH in Reedsburg. There wil…

WISCONSIN DELLS / PRAIRIE DU SAC - Vernon M. Raedel, age 75, of Wisconsin Dells, formerly of Prairie du Sac, died on Friday, March 27, 2015, at Our House Senior Living in Wisconsin Dells. He w…