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Wisconsin’s rich WIAA hoops legacy has created special memories for all who have watched. Here’s one man’s list of top tournament moments.

Once Sam Okey fell in love with the game of basketball as a second-grader in the blue-collar, southwestern Wisconsin town of Cassville, he couldn’t get enough of it — winter, spring, summer and fall.

Jonathan Lucroy homered for Milwaukee in his second spring training game and caught five innings.

Honors: Arc-Dane County, an organization that supports the rights of children and adults with developmental disabilities, will celebrate 65 years of advocacy at its annual awards banquet at th…

CHICAGO — After the University of Wisconsin was awarded the No. 1 seed in the West regional of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Sunday, the Badgers watched with bemusement as their potenti…

PLAYER OF THE GAME

The first day of spring practice for the University of Wisconsin football team brought news about its two starting quarterbacks from last season.

A man and his dog were rescued by authorities after the man fell through weakened ice while attempting to rescue the dog himself, the County Sheriff's Office said.  

Longtime Stoughton resident Mike Gilbert is challenging incumbent Michael Engelberger for Stoughton's City Council representing District 2. The general election is April 7.

A glance at the field that makes up the NCAA men's basketball tournament's East region.

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. — University of Wisconsin starting pitcher Mariah Watts couldn’t make it out of the second inning Sunday, and by the time Taylor-Paige Stewart came in relief, enough damage …

A glance at the field that makes up the NCAA men's basketball tournament West region.

A glance at the field that makes up the NCAA men's basketball tournament's Midwest region.

A glance at the field that makes up the NCAA men's basketball tournament's South region.

Nine days earlier it had been below zero, so it wasn't hard to draw a big crowd to the 18th annual St. Patrick's Day parade on the Capitol Square.

BENSENVILLE, Ill. — The Madison Capitols have had a season-long problem solving the goaltending of the Chicago Steel.

Bryan Davis, superintendent of the Columbus School District, and Erik Olson, assistant superintendent of operations for the Sun Prairie School District, have been chosen as finalists to succee…

Randy J. Fiscus, 51, of Monona, a passenger in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was was taken to UW Hospital.

My hat is off to the Madison East High School  basketball players, students and fans for showing so much class and dignity at their game Tuesday night.

On April 7, the voters of Wisconsin will decide two questions that will affect the direction of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and, through it, the political direction of the state.