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Firefighters who came upon the crash immediately began helping the driver as other responders were called. EMS pronounced the driver dead at the scene.

It doesn't always look great for Badgers coaches to receive a contract extension after a losing season, but it's part of a longtime strategy.

Milwaukee’s lone usual starter to play was Kyle Kuzma, who scored 22 points in the first quarter before sitting out the rest of the game.

WISCONSIN MEN’S BASKETBALL

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Scottie Scheffler came to Augusta National this week looking to join Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win three Masters in a four-year span.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Rory McIlroy turned another major collapse into his grandest moment of all, hitting a wedge into 3 feet for birdie in a sudden-death playoff Sunday to finally win the Masters and take his place in golf history…

Arizona overcame a two-run, first-inning deficit as Milwaukee finished a 3-3 trip that started in Colorado.

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.

Special thanks to sports columnist Jim Polzin for his beautifully written April 5 column, "Light in the face of darkness," about former Wisconsin men's basketball player and coach Howard Moore.

It may sound like a pipe dream. But fusion voting used to be commonplace in America and could help 'turn down the temperature' in politics, group says.

A modest pedestrian mall in the lower half of State Street in Madison was a hit last summer. Just imagine how popular it would be if trees, winding paths, sidewalk cafes, music and art were added in a reconstructed space.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has identified two GOP-held congressional districts that it plans to target in the upcoming 2026 election.

The Badgers top coaches share thoughts on how their team has to create a different mentality to avoid the late-game meltdowns seen in 2024.

There is promising research that shows reduced cholesterol can help out.

Contributors on the rosters of reigning national champions — Tennessee (baseball) and Oklahoma (softball) — are among the players from Wisconsin who are making a statement at the collegiate level.

This is a personal account of my miscarriage. While I have no medical background, I urge women to be informed and make their own choices. Miscarriages affect many women, yet the system is not built for our health — pain…

I am writing on behalf of a group of more than a dozen current and former Madison poll workers who want to express our solidarity with City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl.

Now that the Supreme Court election is over, people are talking about the huge amount of money spent and the political leanings of the candidates.

I have a suggestion that I think most would not be able to argue against.

I disagreed with last Sunday's letter to the editor "Bikes and buses only work for the privileged." It read: “Believing people can bike or bus everywhere is also a shockingly privileged concept.”