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A Madison woman is out $400 after falling for one of the most common phone scams, in which the scammer says to pay up to the Internal Revenue Service or else.

Cellular Dynamics International is the company founded by UW-Madison stem cell pioneer James Thomson.

Officials hope to spend $8 million over four years on projects. 

A Madison man who allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of tools from department stores recently was arrested Monday after his latest alleged shoplifting incident.

The University of North Carolina has acknowledged that a vast scheme of fake classes operated at the school for nearly two decades.

Another sure sign winter is coming, sooner than we think: The sheriff's office will begin inspecting flotation devices on vehicles used to go out on frozen lakes for ice fishing.

U.S. Oil, a division of Appleton-based U.S. Venture, has opened a compressed natural gas station at the Middleton Farmers Cooperative facility, 1755 Pleasant View Road.

Police say they have arrested "persons of interest" in the Monday afternoon shooting that may have injured a man on Madison's Near West Side.

Homeless veterans living in northern Wisconsin and having substance abuse and mental health problems will soon be getting the help they need.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Improved prosthetics are helping Wisconsin veterans who lost limbs during tours in the Middle East maintain active lifestyles.

Buying expensive toys and gifts for Christmas can be financially easier if put on layaway, but consumer officials urge checking a store's policy before doing so.

The restaurant just added two awards from the 2015 National Fiery Foods Competition held in Albequerque, New Mexico in late October.

The Milwaukee Democrat says he is instead supporting Sen. Jennifer Shilling of La Crosse.

A convenience store in Sun Prairie was robbed Monday night by a man police believe called 911 earlier to falsely report a stabbing in a different part of the city.

Two employees of a Far West Side video game store were put in headlocks by two suspects Monday night, with the suspects taking money before fleeing.

A man sitting on a park bench Monday night on the city's Near West Side was mugged by a man riding a bicycle.

What if Mozart had been born in southern India?

The constitutional protection against illegal search and seizure doesn't appear so protective for Americans interested in paying their own way -- rather than asking the government to pay it for them.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is calling for more travel options as part of a more than $1 billion improvement project to Interstate 39-90 between Madison and the Illinois border.

For marquee value, Nebraska’s visit is the most dynamic in stadium history.