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State bankers groups merge
Community Bankers of Wisconsin will join with, and take the name of, the Wisconsin Bankers Association.
Boys & Girls Club to expand Taft Street location
A $625,000 donation will expand the space, and add new administration offices.
Man arrested at Inaugural Ball after touching woman, headbutting man
An unruly Madison man marred Gov. Scott Walker's Inaugural Ball on Monday when he touched a woman inappropriately and headbutted a man.
Alliant Energy seeks buyer for Cassville power plant site
The coal-fired Nelson Dewey power plant will be turned off by the end of 2015.
Area new vehicle sales take big December leap
Sales were up by double digits throughout the south-central Wisconsin region, including Dane County.
Mazomanie shooting death garners 20 years behind bars
A man who admitted to shooting his girlfriend to death in her Mazomanie home last year was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison.
Madison's director of Planning, Community and Economic Development to leave for East Coast position
Steve Cover to leave for top-level planning job in Arlington County, Virginia.
Badgers men's basketball preview: No. 4 UW vs. Purdue
The Badgers (14-1, 2-0 Big Ten) play host to the Boilermakers (10-5, 2-0) at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Kohl Center.
Packers: 300 standing-room-only tickets available for Sunday's game
The Green Bay Packers say they will make 300 standing-room-only tickets available for Sunday's NFL playoff game against Dallas at Lambeau Field.
Police: Photo released of Lake Delton Walmart bomb threat suspect
Lake Delton police have released a surveillance video image of a man believed to have made a bomb threat while trying to rob the local Walmart Superstore.
Monroe man arrested on drug dealing charges
A Monroe man was arrested Monday for allegedly dealing cocaine, following a lengthy police investigation into area drug activity.
Slippery roads causing plenty of runoffs in area
It didn't take a lot of snow to cause traffic headaches Tuesday morning in the Madison area.
Chris Rickert: A new way for neighbors to stay in the loop — if not always in the know
Neighborhood goings-on are great. They're just not always as immediately important as work, dinner, childcare or watching reruns of “30 Rock”.
Laura Menefee: Court right to stop wolf hunting in Wisconsin
The recent federal court ruling returning endangered species status to wolves in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota indicates the United States Fish and Wildlife Service was premature in removi…
La Crosse Tribune: Minnesota is winning this border battle
The governors of Wisconsin and Minnesota each presented their versions of new year’s resolutions in various media interviews last week. The comparison paints a stark contrast of where the stat…
Packers: Focus turns to Cowboys as marquee playoff matchup looms
Mike McCarthy had his team back on a normal game-week schedule after a three-day break last week to celebrate the new year.
Packers: Does Cowboys comeback win end playoff woes for Tony Romo?
The Dallas quarterback has a history of gut-wrenching postseason failures.
Bucks: Jabari Parker has surgery on torn knee ligament
Bucks general manager John Hammond said Monday night that Parker had surgery in New York to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament. There is no timeline for a return to basketball activity.
Brewers: GM Doug Melvin, pitcher Jimmy Nelson to headline Dugout Club's winter banquet
The Dugout Club Winter Baseball Banquet is set for Monday, Jan. 26, at the Madison Marriott West Hotel in Middleton.
Andy Baggot: Smashing kickoff of CFP likely means expansion is coming
First impressions, second thoughts and the third degree: