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Senior forward Nick McGlynn scored 17 points and as Stoughton boys basketball team remained unbeaten in the Badger South Conference with a 70-42 victory over visiting Oregon on Tuesday night.

Even when Penn State has been the dominant force in the Big Ten Conference, the Lady Lions have had their struggles against the University of Wisconsin.

With help from a five-point possession, the Verona boys basketball team turned a three-point halftime deficit into a 50-44 victory that knocked visiting Madison La Follette out of a share of t…

The duo combines for 38 points as the Vikings rout Badger North foe DeForest to stop a four-game losing streak.

Council members voted 16-4 to include smoking from "electronic delivery devices" in the city's definition of smoking. That means that smoking electronic cigarettes -- battery-powered devices t…

Those who are so inclined might drop a few coins in a can or donate a bag of food now and then as payment for someone else attracting the birds for us to see. 

AREA ELECTION FILINGS

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin faces four challengers, and between a quarter and half of the City Council will turn over in the spring elections.

The Grant County sheriff is still calling the case where a woman and her two sons were shot in the head a homicide investigation. 

I want to see more comments, columns or editorials about the double execution perpetrated on the New York Police Department, as the result of the hateful rhetoric spewed against police by the …

As a Christian clergy person, I was delighted to read that a local non-prophet organization has demonstrated that biblical principles always work, even for people who may not be promoters of a…

My New Year's wish is for the Republican Party to switch its gazing for new leadership from someone like Calvin Coolidge to someone like Abraham Lincoln.

Hundreds of protests around the country have occurred since decisions were made not to indict police officers. Due to their racial biases (we all have them), police reacted to perceived threat…

In college, my class had an assignment to describe and tell about our so-called “life world.”

A rural Deerfield veterinarian pleaded guilty Tuesday to practicing veterinary medicine without a license and obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and was placed on three years of probation.

The Middleton company filed the suit in U.S. District Court.

Yes, you read that headline right. Tony Romo had a higher quarterback rating than Aaron Rodgers in the 2014 regular season.

Governor Scott Walker doesn't want potential right-to-work legislation to threaten his chances to run for president in 2016. 

A proposal allowing justices to choose their own chief is heading toward its second passage in the state Legislature.

FITCHBURG - Lloyd David Malcom Dukelow, "Dave," age 62, passed away suddenly on Monday morning, Jan. 5, 2015, with his loving wife of 38 years, Peggy, by his side.