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The homeless are often the victims of violent crime, not the perpetrators. They form an underclass, and an underclass always gets the blame. 

As a proud Ho-Chunk and lifelong Wisconsin resident, everything I care about -- wildlife, clean water, clean air and community -- is driven by our cultural values and supported by progressive science.

On March 31, I suffered a heart attack and was treated at Meriter Hospital.

I heard with shock and dismay that Madison Area Technical College President Jack Daniels wants to close the Downtown and West Side campuses.

I remember back in 1990 Wisconsin's new football coach, Barry Alvarez, said people had "better get season tickets now, because before too long, they probably won't be able to."

I question liberals being called “progressive.”

Most lakes across the North Woods are about one to two weeks past the main walleye spawning period, so the fish should be mostly recovered and getting back to active feeding. 

In total, 39 dead pheasants were recovered and 40 more were reported missing from a total of 150 penned birds.

Wily Peralta pitches well, but rookie Addison Russell's first big-league home run is the difference Friday at Wrigley Field.

A woman convicted of providing the heroin in an overdose death of a Madison man in 2008 was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for smuggling heroin to another man who was in drug treatmen…

A van and motorcycle crashed at Highway 151 and Highway DE in Dodge County Friday afternoon, seriously injuring the Madison motorcyclist.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Willam Russell Bechtel, born on Sept. 19, 1923, passed away on March 25, 2015. He will be memorialized on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at 2 p.m. in the JOSEPH E. HAGAN CHAPEL at J…

MADISON - Maureen U. Arcand, age 86, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare, Fitchburg. She was born on Jan. 9, 1929, to Thomas P. and Mary (Statz) Dolohant…

MADISON / ATLANTA, Ga. - Lawrence M. Hilliard, of Madison, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., died suddenly at home of natural causes, on April 27, 2015. He was 65 years old.

WAUNAKEE - Dalton L. Holmen, age 49, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015.

A jury on Friday rejected a self-defense claim by a Madison man who stabbed his cousin in the skull with an eight-inch kitchen knife, finding him guilty of the lesser of two charges against him.

This year likely will be the fourth time UW athletes are selected in the first round of the NFL and NBA drafts in the same year.

Bail for Shelton Kingcade, the suspended coach of the Madison West High School girls basketball team, was set at $3,000 on Friday, but no criminal complaint was filed.

Here's how members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted on major issues this week. 

Gov. Walker's proposed cuts highlight what happens when people who really aren’t outdoorsmen and outdoorswomen dictate conservation and environmental policies.