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Badgers sports: Wrestling team beats Rutgers via tiebreaker
Ricky Robertson scored a decision in the final match, and the University of Wisconsin wrestling team closed out its home slate with a 19-18 Big Ten Conference victory over Rutgers on Friday at…
Prep boys basketball: Sean Chislom's last-minute shot sends McFarland past East Troy
Senior forward Sean Chislom hit the winning shot with 15 seconds left to send host McFarland to a 56-55 victory over East Troy in a Rock Valley Conference boys basketball game on Friday night.
Prep boys basketball: Sy Staver, Mineral Point pull away from Cuba City
Mineral Point sweeps the regular-season series with Cuba City, but the teams are likely to see each other in the postseason.
Badgers women's hockey: UW escapes Duluth with shootout point
The No. 3 University of Wisconsin hockey team remains unbeaten this season against No. 7 Minnesota-Duluth.
Bucks: Fourth-quarter comeback falls short against Rockets
Near defeat turns into fifth straight win.
Badgers men's hockey: Penn State pulls away with four straight goals
Four unanswered goals lead to another defeat for the University of Wisconsin men's hockey team.
Patrick Durkin: With 38 years at the DNR, Ron Bruch was a keeper
“We decided I had to give up those 800-mile, 60- to 70-hour work weeks,” Ron Bruch said of conversations with his wife Kathy, after suffering an ailment the past two years. “It was the hardest…
Religious abortion views impose on society -- Alan Gold
The paper is again full of letters concerning abortion and religion.
Judge Doyle square is unsustainable -- Mike Neuman
The whole idea of the city of Madison demanding that the Municipal Building be replaced by a hotel having a minimum of 250 rooms for the convention center is asinine.
Some ways to find efficiencies at UW -- Len Rogan
It seems to me that if UW faculty put their minds to it, they could come up with any number of ways to increase their output and cut waste.
State tax officials responding to tax fraud threat
Wisconsin's taxing authority was on "high alert" Friday in response to a report that income tax software giant Intuit briefly stopped filing state income tax returns through its Turbo Tax software.
Republican lawmakers push to repeal 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases
A bill currently being circulated by GOP lawmakers would eliminate so-called "48-hour rule" for handgun purchases.
Two Madison start-ups are in gener8tor's winter class
The Madison and Milwaukee business accelerator kicked off its sixth program on Friday.
Former Madison man convicted of tax evasion, harassing IRS agents
A former Madison man was convicted Friday of 26 criminal tax-related charges that included harassing IRS agents and impeding their investigation of him by filing false documents, the U.S. Atto…
Tech and Biotech: PPD adds space and jobs; Alfalight wins Raytheon contract
PPD is one of Middleton's largest employers and one of the biggest biotechs in the Madison area.
Reckless injury charge issued in North Side stabbing death
A Fitchburg man was charged Friday with first-degree reckless injury for the stabbing death of a Chicago man during a fight last month in a North Side apartment, instead of a homicide charge r…
Albro, Donald B.
ONSET, Mass. - Donald B. Albro, age 83, of Onset, Mass., formerly of Monona, died peacefully at his home on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. Donald was born on Sept. 11, 1931, to Howard I. and Florence (…
Sweeney, Robert J. Sr.
FITCHBURG - Robert J. Sweeney Sr., age 87, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015.
Ballweg, James A. "Jim" "G.I."
COLUMBUS - James A. "Jim" "G.I." Ballweg, age 55, died on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, at his home.
Miller, Rev. Loran Donald J.
MADISON - Rev. Brother Loran Donald J. Miller, age 77, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, at Waunakee Manor.