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A Madison man pleaded guilty Monday for the rape of a woman near the UW-Madison campus in August.

The cattle and calf inventory in Wisconsin grew to 3.5 million head while the number of milk cows stayed the same at 1.3 million.

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi said Monday the county will seek to block Gov. Scott Walker's plan to require drug testing of public benefits recipients.

Maybe Jimmy the Groundhog was just giving a little love bite to Sun Prairie Mayor Jon Freund.

Gov. Scott Walker's proposed $300 million cut over the next two years would throw the University of Wisconsin System "under the bus," according to Sen. Mark Miller, D-Monona.

The Badgers return to action Tuesday night vs. Indiana at the Kohl Center.

Cheryl Rawlings paid for her pain, but both the bill and the feeling lingered.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's new treasurer has gotten rid of his staff and says he'll donate part of his salary as state Republicans continue to try to eliminate the office.

Some of them come for the T-shirt.

The state Department of Natural Resources will begin a strategic analysis of the impact of the sand mining industry in the state in response to a petition brought last fall by an environmental…

Wisconsin's newly installed state treasurer, Matt Adamczyk, has gutted the office and plans to return one-fourth of his salary to taxpayers. His ultimate goal: kill the office.

The convention with roots in comic books has grown to become more of a pop culture event. 

Big tax cuts and revenues falling more than a half-billion dollars short of projections have left the state in a hole.

The youngest child was taken ill today, and now after supper she is still on the couch, my wife having just read her a story and rubbed her feet. The sick bay is awash in books and drawing sup…

Credit Gov. Scott Walker with coming up with a financing proposal to help build a new Milwaukee arena that offers a sound starting point for discussion. ... Credit him also with making it soun…

What in the name of Ronald Reagan is going on with the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature?

Since it takes only a minute or two to deliver a forecast on the evening news, it is easy to mistakenly view the process as taking very little effort or care.

How a reader in Wisconsin fell for a magazine devoted to the American South.

She comes to Lands' End from her role as president of Dolce&Gabbana USA Inc.