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A UW-Madison student was convicted Friday of sexually assaulting another student in her campus dorm room last May.

The two local tech companies are among the latest to announce investments.

When we last visited the banks of the Charles River, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, a key architect of Obamacare, was boasting about how supporters got that bill passed: They lied to Americans…

Investors Community Bank, Manitowoc, went public Friday.

MADISON - Edwin R. Wright, age 89, passed away on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015. Arrangements are pending.

WISCONSIN DELLS - Lois Coakley Field, age 91, of Wisconsin Dells, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, in Wisconsin Dells, with her loving family by her side.

Wisconsin hill be the site of a November 2015 GOP debate sanctioned by the Republican National Committee.

Setting the stage for a potentially historic ruling, the Supreme Court says it will decide whether same-sex couples have a right to marry.

The owner of Umami Ramen & Dumpling Bar on Williamson Street is opening up a combination Japanese tavern and American gastropub on the Capital Square. 

Here's how members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted on major issues this week. 

A historic tobacco warehouse in Edgerton will become 28 loft apartments called "Legacy Lofts".

John Motoviloff's new book touts the flavors of squirrel, beaver, rabbit and more.

A Monona man who hit a car and drove away was arrested a short time later for his alleged seventh drunken driving offense, authorities reported.

A one-block stretch of West Gilman Street will be closed for three days, starting Monday morning, for a construction project.

Winter is certainly not over yet in Madison, but we'll take 40 degrees in January anytime.

Janesville residents are asked not to call 911 Friday to report a house fire on Milton Avenue since the fire is a training exercise for firefighters.

The Packers have listed Aaron Rodgers and Eddie Lacy as probable on the injury report for Sunday's NFC title game against the Seattle Seahawks.

Morgan Slaight, shot in the head along with two of her children 11 days ago in Montfort, died Tuesday morning at UW Hospital in Madison.

A 16-band festival aims to get people out of the house on cold winter nights. 

The problem is that the Washington Dairy Products Commission says most cheese sold in Washington is made in-state or in Oregon, California and Idaho