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Fitchburg police are currently investigating gunshots fired outside an apartment building on Pike Drive early Saturday morning.

Police arrested a 69-year-old Madison man for a fifth drunken driving violation Saturday morning after observing the man driving erratically in a roundabout.

Good Samaritans helped save a driver whose car had burst into flames off John Nolen Drive early Saturday morning, according to a Madison Police Department report.

A suspect got away with an undetermined amount of cash after threatening a Milio's Subs employee with a gun near East Towne Mall Friday evening, according to a Madison Police Department report.

Warmer temperatures will stick around south-central Wisconsin for most of the week, before dipping off later on, according to forecasters.

Madison fashion lover Brooke Kutz opened her online store, Daisy and Stella Vintage, in 2003. It began as a hobby and a way to cull her collection of vintage dresses on Ebay. In 2010, the hobb…

Since 1918, the Empty Stocking Club has provided Christmas toys to needy children in the greater Madison area. You can help again this year. Send your gift online at emptystockingclub.com or m…

It has been a true honor to serve in the Wisconsin Senate.

Jayne and Jon Cornwill, an Australian couple, recently came to America with a bit of trouble.

Should any of these governors join the race for the White House, their state records would become their chief qualification for higher office.

If anyone knows the path Paul Chryst is about to walk as the newest University of Wisconsin football coach, it’s Pat Fitzgerald.

Dan Small has been every Wisconsinite’s hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, canoeing, snowshoeing and birdwatching buddy since “Outdoor Wisconsin” first aired statewide on Wisconsin Public Te…

MADISON - Dr. Kenneth L. Luedtke died peacefully in his sleep on Dec. 21, 2014, in Madison, at the age of 84. He fought a heroic fight against Parkinson's disease.

MADISON - Richard "Dick" Becker, age 68, died on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. He was born on Oct. 13, 1946, in Appleton, to Norbert and Jeanette (O'Donnell) Becker.

BLACK EARTH - Barbara Elaine (Hillstrom) Walser, born on Sept. 21, 1939, passed away on Dec. 23, 2014. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister.

Both teams already are in the playoffs, but the loser gets relegated to a road game next weekend as a wild card.

The La Crosse Logan boys basketball team picked up its first victory of the season Friday — by handing Sauk Prairie its first defeat.

The Reedsburg/Wisconsin Dells boys hockey team earned a 2-0 victory over Stoughton, coached by Reedsburg product Kris Rosholt, in a first-round game of the three-day, eight-team tournament at …

The Adams-Friendship girls basketball team made all 26 of its free throw attempts — including all 14 from senior Emma Roenneburg and a perfect eight by senior Hannah Landon — to take a 42-34 v…

ATLANTA — Reserve forward Jared Dudley made all 10 shots, including four 3-pointers, and scored a season-high 24 points Friday night to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 107-77 victory over the At…