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The Monona-based health insurer on Wednesday said about 30 of the hires would be in Madison.

Melvin acquired Lind, who will be the Brewers' everyday first baseman, from Toronto in a trade for pitcher Marco Estrada last weekend.

Workman, a 5-foot-5 senior from Los Angeles, played in 19 matches for the Badgers this season, primarily as a server and back-row defender.

The mutiny started in West Virginia, and within four hours, Republicans had seized control of the U.S. Senate from President Barack Obama’s Democratic Party.

It's snowing Up North, but Madison is only going to get rain as cold air starts blowing in overnight.

The city already has an agreement with the village of Shorewood Hills.

After nearly 50 years as a golf rules official and advocate of the game, Madison's David Cookson has been named as the 2015 recipient of the Joe Dey Award from the United State Golf Association.

"I have no desire to," he said of talk of retirement. "I just want to catch more big bass and hunt more big deer and hear more turkeys gobble."

The Republican governor will return for a second term with broader GOP majorities in the Senate and Assembly.

Citizens for a Responsible Government and the state Government Accountability Board are asking a federal judge to let the state Supreme Court decide what type of campaign coordination is illegal.

Gov. Scott Walker, fresh off a resounding victory in the gubernatorial election on Tuesday, made a very important decision on Wednesday by selecting the Christmas tree that will stand in the S…

A scammer who doesn't want to hear the word "no" continues to call a Madison woman even after she's called police.

Dane County totals were down nearly 2% compared with last October, but still up slightly for the year.

A motorcyclist died Tuesday night from injuries suffered in a collision with a deer in Columbia County.

Police say Aaron Bouzek admitted to sexually assaulting four young girls, including a newborn infant, and taking nude photos of them. 

An 11-year-old boy walking on a Far West Side street Tuesday afternoon ran away from a stranger who mimicked his moves, Madison police said.

UW-Madison students trying to complete a Bucky Bucket List might want to think twice about some of those essential "things to do" before graduating, police say.

The Cross Plains Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its fifth-annual business fair from 4 to 7 p.m. Nov. 13 in the fellowship hall of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 2939 Thinnes St. 

A one-vehicle crash in which the driver was seriously injured closed down the southbound lanes of Highway 151 in Sun Prairie for several hours Tuesday night.

A convenience store clerk was struck in the head by a suspect wielding a hammer Tuesday night in Middleton, with the suspect fleeing the store without taking anything.