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Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson met with about a dozen people at a town hall meeting at Gray’s Tied House on Saturday as part of his Wisconsin Supper Club Tour.

At the UW-Madison College of Engineering, the state’s largest engineering school, the past few years have seen a dramatic rise in the number of engineering students at the undergraduate and gr…

It was a classic individual mismatch with time running out in the first half but Mineral Point senior guard Turner Poad gave it his best shot – just like the rest of the Pointers did the whole game.

Badgers take note of the note-taker

Gov. Scott Walker is a master of division.

The current discussion on replacing the ancient Dane County Jail, and undertaking meaningful reforms for people in poverty and at-risk students, has been framed as an “either/or” decision, a “…

UW-Madison's complete turnaround on monkey maternal deprivation experiments highlights the lack of ethical oversight on this issue.

It didn't take long for UW-Madison to jump on the anti-fraternity bandwagon.

For more than a week I have read and watched as protesters, community leaders, family friends and students have demanded change in the aftermath of the shooting of Tony Robinson.

In response to the excellent letter "Culture war is between reason and ignorance" in the March 12 State Journal, I will say as a professional researcher that science never has had, does not ha…

After reading the response from Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, and Rep. Mary Czaja, R-Irma, I find it sad to believe they can see any logic in their arguments to pass a bill eliminating the 48-…

The Pointers follow up UW-Whitewater's 2014 national champion run by collecting the program's fourth crown with a 70-54 win over Augustana (Ill.).

Hillsboro junior forward Max Stockwell could not conceal his disappointment Saturday. The tears gave him away.

Yearling bucks made up 61 percent of Wisconsin’s antlered-deer kill in 2013, ranking state hunters dead last in the nation for passing up 18-month-old males, according to the Quality Deer Mana…

A 26-year-old Crandon man was killed in two-vehicle crash Friday morning on Highway G at Turnbull Road in Iowa County.

NEW YORK CITY - Attorney (first an associate at White & Case, then partner at BakerHostetler), photographer, world traveler, wit and friend, Timothy, born on June 16, 1969, died suddenly b…

SAUK PRAIRIE - Lucille Eleanor Adair, age 91, died on Saturday, March 14, 2015, at Maplewood of Sauk Prairie. She was born in Chicago, Ill., on July 20, 1923, the daughter of Joseph and Harrie…

MADISON - Robert S. Sandt, age 78, passed away on March 20, 2015, at Faith Living Center after a prolonged battle with lupus and cancer. He was born on Nov. 10, 1936, in Bethlehem, Pa., to the…

DeFOREST - Linda Jean Johnson, age 66, passed into eternal life on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Nazareth Health and Rehab in Stoughton, surrounded by her family after a long battle with diabet…

MADISON - Mark J. "Chico" Christianson, age 60, passed away unexpectedly at home on Wednesday, March 18, 2015. He was born on Sept. 15, 1954, in Stevens Point, the son of Leonard and Margie (S…