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NEW ORLEANS — Where was the luck of the Irish when Ersan Ilyasova needed some?

Crews responding to the fire at about 12:20 p.m. could see a column of black smoke from a mile away coming from the truck parked inches from the Madison Truck Sales building, 3722 Commercial Ave.

PEORIA, Ariz. — Carlos Gomez has a way of igniting the Milwaukee Brewers.

To help you better understand the extraordinary, life-altering decision that Chris Borland just made, I refer you to two moments from his time here as a member of the University of Wisconsin f…

The five senior starters on the Mineral Point boys basketball team are no strangers to perfection.

As he watched the regular-season finale play out before his eyes on March 8, Ohio State coach Thad Matta couldn’t help but admire the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team even as it w…

Duje Dukan was a late arrival to a shorter-than-usual practice for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team on Tuesday evening, and one of the first things the reserve forward did whe…

Liz Mair has criticized the caucuses.

The meteoric rise of Madison East High School's boys basketball team to state final contention came as no surprise to a dedicated few.

Michael Johnson, CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, had an unfortunately confused message in his Sunday column, "This is Madison's defining moment."

As the Sun Prairie mayoral election draws near, it is important to give the citizens of Sun Prairie insight into the candidate who will be the best mayoral choice. That candidate is Paul Esser.

Raising the speed limit to 70 mph on selected rural and interstate highways is simply a bad idea. The only rationale given for the change is: "All our neighboring states have done it." Did we …

As the lead author on a recent study on music for cats, I'd like to address concerns expressed by some readers in the State Journal.

The Wisconsin AFL-CIO and two other labor organizations shouldn't be allowed to block the state's new right-to-work law because the law doesn't unconstitutionally take union property as the un…

Scott Walker's plan to grant the UW System autonomy appears to be on "life support," although his proposed $300 million cut is unlikely to change.

STOUGHTON - Jane G. Lang, age 73, passed away at home on Thursday, March 12, 2015, after a brief illness. She was born in Stoughton on May 1, 1941, the daughter of George and Valborg (Lund) In…

LIVINGSTON - The Rev. Floyd L. Turner, age 97, died on Saturday March 14, 2015, at Bloomfield HealthCare in rural Dodgeville. Floyd was born on Feb. 11, 1918, in Wauzeka the son of Herbert and…

BELLEVILLE - James L. "Jim" Winkelman, age 51, died on Sunday, March 15, 2015, surrounded by his family and friends, at UW Hospital following a brief illness. He was born on May 26, 1963, in M…

STOUGHTON - Rose Ann Kluever, age 69, passed away after an extended illness on Saturday, March 14, 2015, at the Nazareth House in Stoughton. She was born on April 26, 1945, in Madison, the dau…

STOUGHTON / MESA, Ariz. - George Erickson Jr., age 80, passed away peacefully at his home in Arizona, surrounded by his loving family, on Thursday, March 12, 2015, after a courageous battle wi…