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Citizens have two more chances to weigh in on how to deal with the Beltline and regional transportation issues, at meetings this week conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Two teen boys leaving a South Side house party after a fight Saturday night were attacked and robbed by a group of teens, one showing a handgun.

Public health officials are looking for a dog that bit a boy a week ago on the city's West Side.

At a time when most foreign news is unremittingly grim, I have a good-news story to tell — about the first women-only restaurant in western Afghanistan, called the Scranton Restaurant.

A pet snake was rescued and the human occupants got out safely when a house caught fire Saturday on Madison's Southwest Side.

A 17-year-old boy who was killed in a single-car crash in Dodge County Saturday night has been identified at Lucas Gromowski of Jackson.

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 www.emptystockingclub.com …

An otherwise fit and athletic friend of mine once injured his back so severely that he was unable to stand upright for the better part of a week, and in fact spent the bulk of those days crawl…

Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos would be called for a flagrant foul if the debate over whether state taxpayers should help foot the bill for a new sports arena for the Milwaukee Bucks wer…

Military honors: Lt. Colonel Tonia Mahnke, of Sun Prairie, was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal while serving as deputy director of joint operations and Army Element Detachment F…

The proposal could grow to $39 million if the projects are added to the current proposal.

A new book sheds light on the birth of college football and a celebrated Wisconsin kicker.

With re-election behind him, Gov. Scott Walker is free to act upon his pre-election pledge to “Require a drug test for those requesting unemployment and able-bodied, working age adults request…

The Badgers are back in the conference title game after missing out last year, when Ohio State let a fourth-quarter lead slip away against Michigan State.

Madison artist Michael Velliquette creates an art gallery experience -- in miniature.

The windchill describes the increased loss of heat by the movement of the air.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — After Dr. Carla Pugh and a resident, or doctor-in-training, cracked open the chest of a crash victim, the patient's heart stopped.

UW will face Western Michigan (22-13) on Thursday following the first match between Marquette (24-8) and Illinois State (26-5) at 5 p.m.

GREEN BAY — The sound you hear is television executives praying.

The group is working with the Marines Corps and area businesses to host a toy drive Tuesday at the Sheraton Madison Hotel, 706 John Nolen Drive.