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Coming off a game where he could do no wrong, Melvin Gordon was reminded of when nothing went right.

Following the gubernatorial election in 2010, 14 of the state's finest Democrats ran off to neighboring Illinois. Little did we know the repercussions of this cowardly act.

Only some media outlets are covering Obama consultant and MIT economics professor Jonathan Gruber’s repeated statements that Obamacare passage depended on “stupidity of the American voter.”

I was greatly disturbed by the article in the Nov. 14 Wisconsin State Journal "Warning to Bucks’ owners questioned" about Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, suggesting the Legislature mi…

Madison's mayor was a cab driver decades ago, and apparently his eyes well up for the days of yore when he sees a cab. Things have changed and a technology rift has opened, leading to the emer…

It’s hard to believe 15 years have passed since that memorable night when Ron Dayne ran into the record books and Wisconsin's football team embarrassed the Iowa Hawkeyes. We thought we would n…

So Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, threatens to deny Milwaukee Bucks owner Marc Lasry possible funding for a new basketball arena because he supports Democrats.

The mayor and nine council members want to add electronic cigarettes to Madison’s smoking ban, which prohibits smoking in most indoor places.

The Badgers will have a chance to improve their RPI this week when they face Illinois at home on Wednesday and travel to Ohio State on Friday.

UW-Madison's police department sparred with a well-known college football parody account as Wisconsin beat Nebraska on Saturday.

UW running back Melvin Gordon had a historic night on Saturday and broke the single-game college rushing record. 

Peggy McClelland is out to the heal the earth – one nut at a time.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison-based company will receive an additional $5.2 million from the federal government to build a medical radioisotope manufacturing plant.

WHITEFISH, Mont. - Jean Moore (née Heller) died peacefully at her residence at The Springs in Whitefish, Mont., on Nov. 8, 2014. She was 87 years old at the time of her passing.

FENNIMORE - Leonard Cottingham, age 91, of Fennimore, died on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 15, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Society in Fennimore. Leonard was born on June 16, 1923, in Mount Ida Tow…

ROCKBRIDGE - Clara Marie Clark Berry, age 83, of Rockbridge, died on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014.

MADISON - Gene L. Henry, age 87, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. She was born on April 28, 1927, in Chippewa Fal…

SUN PRAIRIE - Anna M. Reinen, age 96, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, at the Lighthouse in Sun Prairie. She was born on June 19, 1918, in the Town of Bristol, and was the daughter of Jos…

MIDDLETON - Edwin Ernest Henleben Jr. passed away on Nov. 10, 2014.