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Shop at a bodega. Listen to Words with Nerds. This weekend, there's plenty to entertain.

The Badgers hosted an NCAA Tournament game for the first time in five years, and it was the highest-attended contest of the season.

The Packers' general manager took an offensive player in the first round for just the second time in his seven-year tenure.

With $118 million in federal funding in place, construction on the second BRT route is expected to begin in 2026.

A seldom-used post player for the Badgers announced where she will play next after graduating early. Here's what we know.

The Badgers will have to replace their point guard who started 103 games. Here's where he's headed, and what's next for the Badgers.

Sun Prairie West won the Big Eight Conference boys basketball title and had the state's leading scorer. Here's why their next coach was picked.

With Wisconsin football's spring schedule beginning to wind down, here's what stood out from the team's Thursday practice.

Milwaukee has won six of eight games after taking the final two of the four-game series in Pittsburgh. Here's who delivered in the clutch for the Brewers.

The race begins Saturday on Library Mall and ends outside the Kohl Center.

This famous quotation is often attributed to Winston Churchill: "Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted.”

The University of Wisconsin football program has picked up two verbal commitments from 2025 recruits in the last two weeks. Here's what we know about this offensive lineman from Michigan.

Pearson has been on the Madison School Board since 2021 and was reelected earlier this month to another three-year term.

With Giannis Antetokounmpo's status for Game 3 still unclear, Milwaukee could be without another key starter on Friday. Here's the latest on the team's injury report.

The Wisconsin wide receiver room takes a hit to its depth with a third-year player entering the portal. Here's what we know.

The police response will include multiple drones in search of fights, vandalism and overcrowding in harder-to-monitor areas.

College campuses across the country have erupted in protests over Israel's brutal war in Gaza. While there have been some documented and disturbing incidents of antisemitism and some problematic rhetoric, the vast majority of the protesters are peaceful -- and…

The 42nd annual Crazylegs Classic, with a 5-mile run and 2-mile walk, is likely draw more than 9,500 participants to Downtown Madison this weekend.

Wisconsin's median home price increased by 10.1% between March 2023 and March 2024, according to a monthly report by the Wisconsin Realtors Association.