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Wingra Boats’ annual Duck Dash paddle and run is 8:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday. The race begins at Vilas Beach with participants paddling a canoe, kayak or paddle board down Lake Wingra to Wingra B…

Death is familiar turf for television.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin wildlife official says the state's gray wolf population has gone up by about 13 percent in the past year.

With Tom Brady’s four-game “Deflategate” suspension awaiting appeal, New England agreed to a contract with former Green Bay Packers quarterback.

Madison Edgewood boys tennis coach Jamey Vorlander took time for personal reflection after last season.

"Oh, The Places You'll Go" by Dr. Seuss tops this week's fiction list.

The Madison Mallards’ Northwoods League game against the Lakeshore Chinooks at Warner Park was suspended in the second inning on Thursday due to rain.

MILWAUKEE — Scooter Gennett grinned sheepishly at first base following an RBI single in his first game back in the major leagues.

EUGENE, Oregon — Only one huge throw kept University of Wisconsin junior Kelsey Card from winning the women’s shot put Thursday at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

It wasn’t a rain hat, which would have come in handy.

The senior midfielder scores two goals for the Cardinals, who will play host to Kettle Moraine on Saturday for a state berth.

News recently came out that Gov. Scott Walker would sign a state budget that cut as much as $1.3 billion over the next two years in transportation borrowing.

Pickarts had coached the Norskies for 28 years, earning WIAA state trips in both sports.

WASHINGTON — The Republican nominating rac‘e is a mess: a strong field, but with 10 declared candidates and a half-dozen more to come, we need a bouncer to keep order.

YWCA USA awarded its local Madison affiliate the national Association Excellence Award for its racial justice work.

About $13.6 million in unclaimed property will be returned to 97,000 claim-holders by the Department of Revenue via a new information integration program.

An old joke describes Republicans as folks who keep telling us government doesn't work -- and then they get elected to office and prove it.

Lawmakers are considering moving some state offices out of Madison. I’ve got a better idea. Move the state Capitol out of Madison to a more centrally located area such as Stevens Point or Wausau.

Have our values changed, or are we allowing the media to influence our beliefs?

Several years ago a long-time friend's daughter was faced with, after the 20th week of her pregnancy, the discovery that she was carrying a hydrocephalic fetus.