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The Madison Police Department cadaver dog team and a search plane will join search teams Saturday in looking for the body of Angela Girton, 5, who fell into the Wisconsin River Monday night.  

Joshua Van Haften's mother says he makes boastful comments that can be misconstrued to try to gain acceptance.

Frank Kaminsky has some big decisions to make now that his marvelous final season with the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball career is over.

University of Wisconsin running backs coach John Settle raved about the one-two punch of Corey Clement and Dare Ogunbowale after the program’s second practice of the spring.

Morgan Zulinick is leaving the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team because love for his family outweighs his passion for the game.

After having some time to sit back and reflect on the Badgers basketball season, I am left with feeling nothing but pride.

It is not just about honey. One of every three bites of food we eat is pollinated, and honey bees are dying at an alarming rate. It is a global problem.

I, like every other Badgers fan, wish with all my heart that the outcome of the championship game had been in our favor. But what our team and our coach gave to Wisconsin far outweighs a championship.

Kudos to the writer of Wednesday's letter "Rolling Stones letter insulted people of age" for his numerous commendable senior citizen activities. However, nowhere do I see listed a sense of hum…

It's good to know they are there when you need them!

I’m writing to let readers know about a wonderful act of generosity from some the youngest citizens. Thanks to Fitchburg Girl Scout Troop 2446, 50 boxes of Girl Scout cookies were donated to t…

Both companies are receiving new funds from investors.

Badgers fans wanted one more year out of the star forward, but the junior from Sheboygan made the right decision in turning pro now.

Madison police seized more than a kilogram of cocaine and thousands of dollars in cash from a homes in Madison and Sun Prairie.

Ammerman was chosen from a list of 15 nominees for her efforts to bring health care and recreational opportunities to women in the villages of Kenya.

MAZOMANIE - Darrold L. Hook, age 83, of Mazomanie, Wis., died on Thursday, April 9, 2015, at home in the presence of his family. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ellestad Camacho Funera…

Before he started running for president Gov. Scott Walker supported a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants saying that it "makes sense." Unfortunately making sense won't win you the R…

Walker cosponsored a bill favored by gun-rights advocates, voted against a bill in 2002, then signed the law in 2011.

This spring, Wisconsin Badgers fans who grew up in the 1980s felt like they had awakened in a fantasy.

Nearly all lakes and flowages in northwestern Wisconsin became ice free in the past week and ice-out is progressing fast on waters in north-central and northeast Wisconsin and all waters shoul…