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Gov. Scott Walker wasted no time after his re-election Tuesday doing what he does best — getting out in Wisconsin to talk about his priorities.

A Madison man who told police he was only trying to be funny was arrested Saturday after allegedly jumping on a police squad car, denting the hood.

A Madison man was mugged on the city's North Side Sunday night by two men carrying guns.

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For the third time in four years, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers proposes changing the way public schools are funded and increasing state aid.

A Madison man proclaiming to be Spartacus was arrested early Sunday for allegedly breaking windows with a fire extinguisher Downtown.

The UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health has been given it's largest grant ever, a $70 million, seven-year grant to continue research on asthma in inner-city children.

An electrical fire in an empty house in Janesville caused about $2,500 damage and no injuries Sunday afternoon.

Two men who broke into a North Side store thought they hit the smoking jackpot by taking cartons of cigarettes, but the cartons were empty and they fled empty-handed.

An 18-year-old man who tried to hang himself at the Dane County Jail early Monday was found by deputies and taken to a hospital where he recovered.

A Fitchburg restaurant was robbed at gunpoint Sunday night by a man who fled with cash.

Enbridge's huge 2010 spill in Michigan has officials worried about a rupture when the company triples the flow of crude through the county.

Nothing captures the changing seasons like that moment when your cousin the carpenter calls and says he wants his torpedo heater back.

While the official name of Madison's local government is Common Council, it is referred to by the Wisconsin State Journal and in most common conversation as City Council. 

A highly touted new film, opening Friday in New York and Los Angeles, stars Mark Ruffalo as Dave Schultz, who spent several years as assistant wrestling coach at UW-Madison.

What location has the lowest average wind speed in the United States?

Volunteers put together about 100 backpacks filled with essentials for homeless youth during a benefit Sunday night.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Gary Andersen doesn’t hide it. He’ll admit that he worries about everything.

Republicans around the nation enjoyed a night of election results in which they finally defeated Barack Obama, a man who has twice won national election.

Dean Gullickson, a retired Chippewa County warden, said he doubts the drop in citations over the past three years was caused by the public suddenly complying more with conservation laws.