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Dave Kriege retired from dentistry to pursue another passion -- building large deep-sky telescopes.

Drugs that seem safe in animal studies are sometimes found to be harmful in humans.

Abraham Lincoln got an early Christmas present 150 years ago this week.

Ahead of a new legislative session beginning in January, Republican lawmakers have revived a call to repeal the standards that were adopted in 2010, but are backing off of calling for a full repeal.

The math and language benchmarks can be traced back to the seminal "A Nation at Risk."

The key to addressing complex issues is to take a grass-roots approach, and to cast a wide net.

This State Journal editorial was published on Dec. 22, 1864, one day after Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had successfully marched his troops through Georgia, capturing the port of Savanna…

It was amusing as well as disturbing to read last week in Bill Novak’s piece in the State Journal that two homeless men were caught trying to sleep on the second floor of the City-County Building.

One of the most wonderfully stupid retail products ever makes a comeback.

It should be clear by now that in America the question of where people can have their guns is anything but minor.

Coming in Wisconsin this week:

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

It has been six years since the financial crisis plunged us into the Great Recession. The recovery has been slow and steady, but uneven.

Our new dog, Fargo, is chewing on my slippers. He’s showing the sort of disdain for authority that only a dog can achieve and still elicit a smile.

The Lions clinched their second playoff berth in the last 14 seasons when Philadelphia lost to Washington on Saturday.

TAMPA, Fla. — Since hanging 50-plus points on Chicago and Philadelphia in back-to-back games following their bye week, the Green Bay Packers have played nothing but close games.

Matthew Dutcher scored his second goal of the game with only 20 seconds left in regulation Saturday, giving the Monona Grove boys hockey team a 3-2 victory over Mequon Homestead in a non-confe…

The visiting Stoughton boys basketball team gave defending WIAA Division 2 state champion Wisconsin Lutheran all it could handle Saturday.

The Middleton girls basketball team survived an overtime scare against visiting Madison Memorial on Saturday night to remain undefeated and tied for the Big Eight Conference lead.