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University of Wisconsin senior Ivy Martin left the Big Ten Conference women’s swimming and diving championships on Saturday just like she entered it three days earlier: in a hurry.

HAYWARD — Familiar faces came out on top at the 42nd American Birkebeiner on Saturday.

The Spartans rack up the second-most points and second-biggest margin of victory in state meet history.

So why do some parents decline to vaccinate their children against known dangers? The reasons vary – and they help to illustrate the gap between science and society.

Richard Pitino, the men's basketball coach at Minnesota, couldn't find much to dislike about his team's play in its 63-53 loss to the University of Wisconsin Saturday at the Kohl Center.

I think the writer of Tuesday's letter "Pro-lifers should value all lives," which compared a ban on dancing with a ban on abortion, has spent too much time watching the 1984 movie "Footloose."

I hope the Democrats will not emphasize Gov. Scott Walker's lack of education and supposed Christianity. That will not earn them any votes and will be playing into the hands of the tea party w…

In response to the writer of Tuesday's letter who was begging to have his taxes raised:

It's a good sign that the employees of the Willy Street Co-op store in Middleton have endorsed right-to-work ideas in their recent round of unionization voting.

The Scott Walker initiative to reduce funding for schools and colleges reminds me of China's Cultural Revolution.

Disgusting. Appalling. Jolting. The wave of anti-Semitic vandalism and graffiti in Madison last week made me ashamed of my home state.

Fans, Ryan happy Gasser filled the void

A fire caused an estimated $110,000 damage to a home on Madison’s Southwest Side on Saturday morning.

Martius Bautista, a fifth-grader at Edgewood Campus School, won the Madison All-City Spelling Bee for the second straight year on Saturday.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

The season total ended up at 2,158 fish (1,870 from Lake Winnebago and 288 from the Upriver Lakes) -- the sixth highest on record from the 1940-2015 seasons 

Youngster Scott Resnick is taking on Soglin the grouch race to become mayor of Madison.

STOUGHTON - Chad James Burress, age 25, of Stoughton, passed away on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015.

SITKA, Alaska - Jessica Lynn Acker, age 33, passed on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, doing what she loved - hiking the mountains of Alaska. Jessica was so dedicated to living fully and passionately tha…