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Michael Keller had a 1 in 170,000 chance of winning. Luckily, the odds were in his favor.

As Melvin Gordon and the Badgers secured their victory over conference-rival Nebraska Saturday afternoon amid snow showers, the UW-Madison Police Department doled out 33 citations to fans in a…

A fire at the east side location of the Great Dane Pub caused more than $150,000 in damage Saturday afternoon, according to a Madison Fire Department report.

Since Sanchez replaced Nick Foles, the Eagles have scored touchdowns on each of their seven trips inside the opponents' 20 in the last seven quarters. 

Cottage Grove's Greg Dockter has invented a product that helps stop nosebleeds in a minute.

After showing proof of legal drinking age, fans can buy $20 beer cards at a cashier. After again showing an ID, fans then swipe the card at the machine.

Andy Land of Fond du Lac is climbing Mount Everest to encourage people to talk more about end-of-life decisions.

Almost two inches of snow covered south-central Wisconsin after Saturday afternoon's snowstorm, causing tougher driving conditions and much cooler temperatures

Allen Eskens, a criminal defense attorney in practice in Mankato, Minnesota, sets the scene for intrigue with the first line of his debut novel, “The Life We Bury.”

Joyful Path, faced with a loan-refinancing crisis, is making its case on an online crowdfunding site.

Services now include large-format sign-printing and non-printing work such as branding and marketing.

Scott Walker, the Republican governor of Wisconsin, took on public employee unions about to sink the state and reduced their bullying powers sufficiently to save the government billions and he…

After Dr. Carla Pugh and a resident, or doctor-in-training, cracked open the chest of a crash victim, the patient’s heart stopped.

Since 1918, the Empty Stocking Club has had one goal: to make sure that every child in our area, no matter how needy, will receive at least one quality gift at Christmas.

You can help again this year.

The Nine Springs Wastewater Treatment allegedly violated its air pollution permit 32 times.

Cameras are already in Madison police cars to record traffic stops.

Madison's history with open enrollment is one good reason the School Board might want to worry less at what's going on at the Capitol and more about what its educators are doing in the schools.

A young Madison man takes two months to go to the East Coast and back.

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.