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BadgerExtra's breakdowns of Wisconsin football's roster continues with the receivers and tight ends. The Badgers are more versatile at receiver and will creatively get those players the ball.

The Aug. 19 State Journal story "Lawyer hired to conduct probe" explained that the Sun Prairie School District hired a Milwaukee-area attorney to investigate the district’s handling of a former employee now charged in sex crimes involving students. This news…

Everyone knows the Aesop fable about the boy who cries wolf. In it, a boy gets attention and plenty of would-be rescuers by crying “wolf” when no wolves are around. One day a wolf really is there. The boy cries…

Honesty and shared values helped sway the Rice Lake senior to pick the Badgers, giving Wisconsin's 2026 recruit class a versatile, do-it-all scorer.

From dominant outside hitters to a setter on track to break program records, here are 9 girls volleyball players to follow along with during the 2025 season.

Follow along as the high school football season gets under way in the Madison area.

Things got heated during a joint practice with the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday, but even multiple fights couldn't overshadow the news surrounding Green Bay's starting quarterback.

Milwaukee took the finale in a five-game series at Wrigley Field after the Cubs won three straight.

NEW YORK — A coalition of more than 30 privacy and civil rights groups called on U.S. universities Thursday to dismantle campus surveillance and data collection to protect student protesters and others from government retaliation.

MADISON — A Wisconsin court commissioner has resigned from his job after he asked to see an immigration arrest warrant, the latest conflict between judges and President Donald Trump’s administration over the Republican’s sweeping immigration crackdown.

NEW YORK — Wall Street fell to a fifth straight loss Thursday, hurt by a drop for Walmart and dampened hopes for coming cuts to interest rates.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Just days before national Democrats gather for their annual summer meeting, Iowa’s state party officials on Thursday said it was a mistake for the party to have abandoned Iowa in the 2024 early nominating calendar and…

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Woman killed in crash identified

School’s lawyer won’t offer transparency

James Dobson, who founded the conservative Christian ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, died Thursday at age 89.

NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out the massive financial penalty a state judge imposed on President Donald Trump, while narrowly upholding a finding he engaged in fraud by exaggerating his wealth for decades.

In July, the city changed its attendance policy to require anyone under 16 be accompanied by an adult guardian or parent, after a fight involving a large group of kids.

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