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Middleton police are looking for two men who robbed a tobacco store Sunday night, with one of the men showing a weapon.

The Madison Marathon went well for Janet Hagen, who is moving on to other pursuits now.

The new culinary facility will be paid for with leftover funds from the school's $133.7 million  referendum, which passed in 2010 and paid for the most expansive building boom in the school's history.

Lately I have been considering life’s imperfections. These ruminations generally commence in the morning, which is to say, the moment I face the mirror.

A new book on a notorious Hollywood murder leads to a trip down memory lane.

The city of Monona requested the name of the Beltline's South Towne Drive exit be changed to West Broadway. 

While November has gotten off to a cold start leading into winter, it is unlikely we will have the extreme cold we saw last year.

The latest performance by University of Wisconsin junior tailback Melvin Gordon demands some perspective.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Johnny Walsh, who is nearly blind, stood before an audience at the Comedy Club on State and joked about whether he wants to have children.

Honors: The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has honored several of its volunteers with the 2014 Volunteer Service Awards. Area recipients include: Thomas Dobbins, Thomas Parslow, Patricia Ponty…

Gun deer hunting season routinely and unfortunately resurrects the sadness of Nov. 21, 2004, when six people with Rice Lake ties were killed and two others wounded in a Sawyer County woods.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Kevin Harvick charged through the field, picking off car after car, passing two other title contenders on a series of restarts. As he aggressively chased the victory and his …

It would be hard to argue that Gary Andersen’s tenure as University of Wisconsin football coach hasn’t been a success.

The UW-Whitewater football team will host Macalester (Minn.) College in the first round of the NCAA Division III playoffs at noon Saturday at Perkins Stadium.

Green Bay has posted four straight laughers at home, which bodes well for a postseason run if they can secure home-field advantage

MIAMI — Brandon Knight looked right at home.

The Badgers come out of the locker room and reel off a 20-3 run in a win over Illinois State.

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Officers encounter the suspect around 10 a.m. Sunday as he was exiting his apartment. He was taken into custody without incident, McFarland police said.

Tom Oates assesses the Packers' performance in Sunday's game against  Philadelphia at Lambeau Field.