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A 19-year-old Madison man was arrested Wednesday night on charges that include use of a facsimile firearm that he allegedly pointed at a couple in a drugstore parking lot.

The class during the fall semester was a pilot and will be repeated this spring.

OSHA had cited the Lake Mills fiberglass manufacturer for exposing workers to hazardous levels of dust, chemicals and noise. 

A UW-Madison polymer engineer has been named a 2015 outstanding young manufacturing engineer.

A man sitting in a parked car at a Fitchburg service station was shot in the face on Christmas day, police report.

A rollover crash Christmas Day injured one driver on the Near West Side.

A Monona man was being nice Christmas night when he went outside to start his girlfriend's car. He apparently didn't realize it was a manual transmission.

A man who went behind the front desk at a West Side hotel Thursday night looked for and found cash, which he stole from the business before fleeing.

Despite a host of financial fears, the dollar is doing pretty well — relative to the rest of the global economy, at least.

As South Korea buckles under the enormous financial pressure of hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee recently made a practical suggestion: Move some events to …

Scott Brown of McFarland and Tim Culver of Sun Prairie both recently announced their departures, leaving the districts to search for new superintendents simultaneously.

Recent UW-Madison graduate Shannon Strader has a new non-profit, and an extraordinary story of its founding.

The Mustache is nothing if not a party. The band turns every bar, theater or festival they play into raucous, joyous celebration.

Blinded by fear and emboldened by patriotic fervor, Americans — not Democrats or Republicans — allowed our government to abandon long-held principles that distinguished our nation among others…

For a large chain, Bonefish offers a surprisingly upscale atmosphere with reasonable prices, stellar service and often excellent food. 

Dear Dr. Hanson: My 14-year-old daughter is starting to get acne and is very self-conscious about it. There are so many treatments out there that I’m not sure where to start. What do you suggest?

Understanding the nutritional benefits of different types of milk.

Madison takes its sports seriously — except for these guys. When the Harlem Globetrotters run on the court at the Alliant Energy Center Friday night, they’ll be powered by equal parts athletic…

At the end of each year, the canceled and discarded TV shows pile up like so much crumpled tissue paper, destined for the recycling bin.

Both UW-Madison basketball teams, men’s and women’s, play on Sunday at the Kohl Center.