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WASHINGTON — To borrow a popular question from the swing era, “So you want to lead a band?”

Sanders recently completed a 10-game suspension for violating the league's anti-drug program but has not returned to the team and is not expected to play for Milwaukee again, ESPN's Marc Stein…

International films come to Beloit, with more to follow in Madison and beyond

I was two sentences into this column when the fire pager went off. I had just done the morning chicken chores and was going to compose a piece deciphering the animal tracks I saw in the fresh …

It's still unknown who will be on the hook to replace the uninterruptible power supply, a roomful of batteries that power a data center on Dayton Street.

This season appears destined to break last year’s record as the “warmest” winter since records began in 1948-49..

The 11th annual Madison Winter Festival used 90 truckloads of man-made snow to create the race track around the state Capitol, according to the event's director. 

A number of Madison attorneys gave their time helping Central American refugees in family detention centers in New Mexico and Texas. 

Award: McFarland High School will receive $2,500 from Liberty Mutual Insurance as part of its Play Positive Pledge program. The school rallied parents, coaches and supporters to pledge their c…

After losing a tight game to UAB on Saturday, the University of Wisconsin softball team closed out play at the Islander Invitational in Corpus Christi, Texas, in similar fashion Sunday morning…

A scant 6 minutes into the game, it looked like yet another double-digit runaway for the fifth-ranked University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team.

LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team ran out of comebacks Sunday as the Badgers fell to No. 22 Nebraska 70-63 in a Big Ten Conference game.

Cody L. Rader, 22, died after he was thrown from his vehicle along Highway 11 near Potter Road in the town of Spring Valley.

One of the attractions in the state has always been its beautiful and varied natural resources. In the past it was easy to take this for granted because it was valued by most in power.

A wow moment:

I was disturbed to hear about the Wisconsin Dairy Industry and Rep. Lee Nerison's proposed new bill. It would criminalize photography and video of farms taken without the owner’s permission.

Born and raised in Wisconsin, I subsequently lived for a number of years in Hawaii. The private schools in Honolulu rank among the best in the United States.

I graduated from UW-Madison Business School in 1969 and still financially support this world-class university. Both my wife and I are now retired. We can honestly state that our retirement yea…

In June, it will be 52 years since George Wallace stood in the schoolhouse door.

The day after Gov. Scott Walker released his budget, I attended a forum on entrepreneurship hosted by the UW-Madison Business School where Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch spoke.