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It was a beautiful day to run a race — in San Diego, that is.

It was a golden season for John Hoch and the Lancaster Flying Arrows, who repeated as Southwest Wisconsin Conference champion and qualified for the WIAA football playoffs for the 22nd consecut…

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WAUNAKEE — Troy Laufenberg didn’t take long to show a glimpse of what Waunakee and prep football fans would be privy to over the rest of his senior season.

Running back recruit Darrin Hall told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that Pittsburgh coach Paul Chryst could remain with the Panthers if he can convince the university to make changes.

Melvin Gordon spent his entire career at the University of Wisconsin looking at a photo of the Heisman Trophy that he hung on his bedroom wall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who loves to strut on the world stage, appears intent on regaining his nation’s lost stature. But the reality is that Russia is a nation in decline.

WHITEWATER — It certainly wasn’t a steamroller ride to the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl this time.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kelly Sheffield was reluctant to use the word “warrior” to describe Lauren Carlini. But he couldn’t think of a better one.

Although he held an offer from FCS school Fordham, the allure of playing college football in a Power Five conference was too much for DeForest offensive lineman Ben Swanton to pass up.

If you ask the typical technology company executive or worker what they think about “right-to-work” laws, which say workers cannot be forced to join a union shop and pay dues as a condition of…

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Since 1918, the Empty Stocking Club has provided Christmas toys to needy children in the greater Madison area. You can help again this year. Send your gift online at emptystockingclub.com or m…

Sunday's Wisconsin State Journal article "Public workers retain some input" provided a forum for the MacIver Institute's conservative opinion that workers having input is “not following the sp…

According to last Sunday's State Journal editorial, "Give Obama a fast track to trade deals," free-trade zones will smooth commerce and encourage higher labor standards abroad.

I continue to read the paper and social media, finding myself frustrated with the "black lives matter" movement. Since when do we establish the value of life by color at the same time as askin…

Billionaire casino-magnate Sheldon Adelson seems very impressed with Gov. Scott Walker. The two recently met in Adelson's hometown of Las Vegas, Nevada. Adelson likes Gov. Walker's stance on u…

I grew up learning of horrendous war crimes of the Nazis and Japanese. Many former leaders have been brought to trial under international war crime tribunals for crimes against humanity. It is…

3 out of 10 Wisconsinites are obese. That ranks us as the 29th fittest state in the nation. 

Sam Dekker scores 17 points and Josh Gasser hits for 14 as the No. 5 Badgers (10-1) beat the Colonels (1-5) 86-43 at the Kohl Center.