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ASHWAUBENON — Milwaukee Pius XI didn’t play a perfect first quarter, which gave Jada Dayne and her Waunakee teammates hope.

CHICAGO -- It turns out Duje Dukan is the mayor of the United Center.

I often find myself correcting people who are displaying our nations colors incorrectly. Not only at private homes, but many public places have worn, faded, torn or flags displayed backwards.

The article in Wednesday's paper about professor Charles Snowdon and his study of cat-pleasing music caught my eye. He teamed up with a composer and a Ph.D. student and visited 47 homes to see…

It’s 10:30 p.m., and I’m not in my bed.

"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union." It is unfortunate that most of us grew up during a time when the noble tradition, philosophy and purpose of unions became tainted.

Because I have a skin color, I am automatically suspect of being a racist.

So Hillary Clinton says she obeyed all the “rules and laws” relative to her emails. Who cares?

47 Republican senators wrote a letter telling Iran's leaders that the nation might not honor a nuclear arms deal after Obama leaves office.

Madison Vaccines is working on a three-pronged attack to keep prostate cancer from spreading.

Bail was set at $1 million Friday for a man who fired a hail of gunshots at police officers who tried last week to coax him out of a room at a Gammon Lane apartment after family members report…

With the passage of right-to-work the power of unions will melt away like a snowman on 65 degree day. 

Imagine a big neon beer sign on the top of Wildcat Mountain State Park — make that Budweiser Mountain State Park.

A gun that was used to shoot a teenager on Russett Road last month and during a gang dispute at West Towne was stolen from a Milwaukee man during a bogus Valentine's Day date that was set up t…

Make no mistake: The DNR isn’t hiding this information. It just isn’t sharing or explaining much of it. 

MADISON / PINE BLUFF - Hannah Jean Zoromski, age 26, passed away unexpectedly on March 10, 2015, at her home. Hannah was born on Feb. 14, 1989, to Jeanne and David Zoromski, Mount Horeb.

WILD ROSE - Dixie L. Edgren, age 77, of Wild Rose, Wis., passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2015, at Wisconsin Veterans Home, King, Wis. Dixie was born in Wild Rose on April 2, 1937, the daugh…

MADISON - Aileen Ruth (Slocumb) Irwin, age 89, entered the Glory of God at Agrace HospiceCare on March 10, 2015.

BARABOO - Richard Dean "Dick" Lusby passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2015, in Baraboo, at the age of 90. Richard, son of Rollo and Hilda (Blakeslee) Lusby was born Sept. 19, 1924, in Baraboo.

Jackson, out since Jan. 11, hopes to be cleared to practice Monday and be in uniform when UW begins NCAA tournament play next week.