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Joel Maturi lived in Madison for nearly three decades and had a front-row seat for the rebirth of the University of Wisconsin football program.

State regulators acted on the Madison utility's rate proposal Wednesday, adopting a higher monthly fixed rate and slightly lower rate for electricity used.

A home cooked dinner on Thanksgiving can be great, as long as the home doesn't get cooked in the process.

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The slugger said Wednesday that he is cautiously optimistic that a medical procedure performed in early October will finally fix a nerve problem near his right thumb that has nagged him since …

As a junior left tackle for the University of Wisconsin football team, Tyler Marz has stood on some major stages.

The Wisconsin Badgers and Minnesota Golden Gophers will be enemies on the football field Saturday, but they will be as one for a very special cause: epilepsy awareness.

Parker is part of a resurgent Milwaukee team that arrives at Target Center for Wednesday's game a game over .500 during a season in which it already has won three consecutive games one year af…

UW will face either No. 18 Florida or Georgetown on Thursday. The bottom half of the bracket features No. 5 North Carolina vs. Butler, and No. 22 UCLA vs. Oklahoma, and the Badgers will only f…

An Oregon company is hawking phony periodical subscriptions in Wisconsin, the Department of Justice accuses in a consumer protection lawsuit.

With all the hustle and bustle during the holidays, one gift that tends to be overlooked is one that's one of the most needed: the gift of blood.

What it is: A member of the onion family, but one that grows somewhat like garlic with individual “cloves” that are thin and papery. They’re smaller and more elongated than onions, with a mild…

The Badgers (26-2, 17-1 Big Ten) then can wrap up a sole championship on Friday by beating No. 19 Purdue before a sellout crowd at the UW Field House in the regular-season finale.

A report from Madison police on officer-worn video cameras is cool on the idea.

Two UW-Madison seniors made it to the final round for two of the top scholarship honors in the country.

Choosing the right glass for your beer is easier than it sounds -- and a set can make a great holiday gift.

A Janesville man being sought for the attempted armed robbery of a donut shop several weeks ago was arrested on Tuesday.

A man who was arrested after he posted Facebook comments calling a southwestern Wisconsin police department racist has filed a federal lawsuit alleging one of the agency’s officers violated hi…

On the night before Thanksgiving most years, cookbooks lay open between large navy blue, white speckled metal turkey roasters, bags of freshly picked cranberries from up north in Warrens and a…

The first home lit by electricity was in Appleton, where mill owner Henry Rogers illuminated his house on Sept. 30, 1882.