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The Baraboo girls basketball trailed early but eventually rolled to a 56-38 victory over visiting Sauk Prairie in Badger North Conference action Friday night.

The Madison Capitols tried desperately to set the tone early on Friday night, but Lassi Yrjola would have none of it.

Breaking a tie with a 25-8 scoring run in the fourth quarter, the Poynette boys basketball team took control of the Capitol North Conference race Friday night.

Eighteen weeks ago, it was the kind of high-grade matchup you circled on your calendar with optimistic glee.

The Madison Memorial boys hockey team advanced to tonight’s championship game of the Sun Prairie Groundhog Tournament with a 9-4 victory over Waunakee on Friday.

Junior forward Tristan Shoup scored 24 points Friday night to lead host Fort Atkinson to a 47-35 win over Jefferson in a non-conference boys basketball game.

MANKATO, Min. — Entering with four weekend series remaining in the regular season, a pair of freshmen made sure the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team didn’t take its foot off the gas…

The guards, both back from ACL injuries, set the tone for the Wildcats as they try to keep pace in the Big Eight Conference.

Walker sounds familiar campaign themes of smaller government, greater accountability and general distaste for the nation's capital.

The four-week class – “The Land Ethic Reclaimed: Perceptive Hunting, Aldo Leopold and Conservation,” is part of UW-Madison’s “Massive Open Online Course” series, or MOOC.

The homeless would be protected in employment and housing, and atheism in those areas plus public places

They also raised more than $40 million from investors.

I read with interest the letter in last Saturday's paper "Reinstate baseball at UW-Madison." 

Thanks to Dana Lou's laundromat for its new Meadowood location in Madison. It is a much needed facility in the neighborhood.

The top headline in Thursday's Wisconsin State Journal said it all: "Governor to faculty: Work more."

Recently the street light in our Madison neighborhood near East High School went out. It was very dark on our street.

For groundhogs, hibernation is a must, indeed.

Recent anti-abortion letters published in Tuesday's and Thursday's State Journal need a response.

Recently I had the privilege of attending an open house at our Veterans Hospital in Madison. What a jewel in the crown of Madison.

Veterans hospital is upholding promise