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The DeForest girls basketball team made staying perfect look easy on Saturday.

In a statement Saturday, attorney Paul Schwarzenbart, who is representing the GAB and chief counsel Kevin Kennedy, responded to allegations in a lawsuit filed earlier this year by Wisconsin Cl…

Madison’s Young Gifted and Black Coalition hosted a march Saturday that culminated with a 16-minute "die-in" held in the West Towne food court in response to recent killings of black men by po…

Since Barry Alvarez took over a struggling University of Wisconsin football program in 1990, the recruiting priorities have focused around in-state dominance.

The University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team wrapped up its non-conference season with a 70-52 win over Oral Roberts on Saturday night in the UW Field House.

Your gift goes toward ensuring every area child will receive a toy this Christmas.

A source close to the toy industry has once again leaked a copy of Santa’s perks list for Wisconsin politicians and newsmakers.

Dane and Iowa counties have a number of small lake and ponds that provide excellent early season panfish and pike fishing. 

The sprawling 150,000-square-foot new headquarters of Clam Outdoors off busy I-94 in Rogers is light years away from Dave Genz’s garage, where he started hand-making “Fish Trap” portable ice s…

The remains of a moose discovered by a hunter last weekend near Stanley are believed to be the same animal whose visit to Eau Claire and the surrounding area in early October prompted lots of …

I don’t understand all of the gnashing of conservative teeth over President Barack Obama’s move toward bettering relations with Cuba. When the United States eased its stance against the Soviet…

I recently had surgery at the Veterans Hospital in Madison. I would like to thank the staff, nurses and doctors for the quality care and professionalism.

The front-page article in Wednesday's State Journal "Despite faulty rules, DNR allows more mining" revealed that the Department of Natural Resources has been lax in updating and enforcing sand…

The letter in the Dec. 13 State Journal "Businesses should say 'merry Christmas'" voiced an all-too-common attitude among Christians: that Christmas is the only holiday during this time of year.

I just heard Jeb Bush is considering running for president. Just what we need.

There is not just a correlation between the rise of the Republican Party and the decline of the middle class: The former causes the latter.

Santa gets beer, cheese in this week’s contest

MIDDLETON - Todd W. Daly, age 46, passed away on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at UW Hospital in Madison. He was born on July 9, 1968, in Madison, the son of John and Marcia (Zurfluh) Daly.

MOUNT HOREB - Arlene C.E. Disrud, age 91, of Mount Horeb, died on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, at Ingleside Nursing Home with family at her side.