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A rural Beloit man, stopped by police for driving without headlights on Sunday night, was arrested for his alleged sixth drunken driving offense.

Monday's high in Madison is forecast to be in the low 70s. Enjoy it, because it might be the last of the 70s for awhile.

It’s a match made in nanny-state heaven. Having failed to ban Big Gulps in New York City, former Big Apple mayor Michael Bloomberg has dumped $85,000 into the campaign in San Francisco to pass…

Tracy Burrus recently became the first African-American woman to be promoted to lieutenant in the Madison Fire Department.

The county wants voters to sound off on the minimum wage and federal health care money, issues where Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Mary Burke clearly differ.

A new festival rides the huge wave of popularity that bacon has had in the past decade. 

We will all die, of course. It’s part of the deal. No need to dwell on it, and in fact we spend most of our time not thinking about it — which is not the same as avoiding it. Who can think of …

MINNEAPOLIS — Autumn, Keats informs us, is the "season of mists and mellow fruitfulness."

WITTENBERG, Wis. (AP) — Music from the punk-influenced Nightmare Boys, country legend Johnny Cash and hip-hop turntable specialists the Beat Junkies echoed from a boombox and filled the air of…

WITTENBERG, Wis. (AP) — Music from the punk-influenced Nightmare Boys, country legend Johnny Cash and hip-hop turntable specialists the Beat Junkies echoed from a boombox and filled the air of…

Honors: Safe Communities of Madison-Dane County has announced its recipients of the 2014 BeSafe Awards. The awards honor people and organizations that help make Dane County a safer place and r…

Tom Oates grades the Packers' performance in Sunday's game against the Panthers at Lambeau Field.

New Orleans shows that a team with a good quarterback and a balanced offense still gives the Green Bay defensive coordinator's unit trouble.

Kodee Williams’ header in the 104th minute was the difference Sunday afternoon as the No. 12 University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team edged visiting Maryland 1-0 in double overtime at McCli…

The Packers quarterback appears to tweak his left hamstring as New Orleans pulls away to a convincing victory.

Hours after the Madison Memorial girls cross country team finished second at sectionals to secure a trip to state, six runners in its program were involved in a car crash Saturday night on U.S…

The Cornhuskers had won 17 straight matches against UW dating to 1978.

High school senior Cora Rugland died in a single-car accident Friday night in Jefferson County.

Warren Herring said he’s “not much of a woulda, coulda, shoulda type of guy” so the senior defensive lineman for the University of Wisconsin football team won’t get wrapped up in what might have been.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. earned his fourth win of the season on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway in an emotional victory a week after he was eliminated from the Chase for the Spri…