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GREEN COUNTY — A Belleville man has been charged with five counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child.

A burglar who broke into a Near West Side home took guns and a large-screen television, among other things, and most likely had a vehicle nearby to haul the stuff away.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin state representative plans to introduce a bill that would force judges to retire at age 75.

Reece Harty was just 3-days old when he had open heart surgery. He's now 19 and in college.

A man armed with a handgun robbed an East Side convenience store Wednesday morning, taking cash and cigarettes before fleeing on foot.

The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office said Jaden McRaven's death has been ruled accidental.

Salimeh Shurrush has finally collected all the recipes her family and daycare "kids" have been wanting for years. 

Wayne Louis Hoffman and Evan Alexander Johnson of Menominee died Tuesday afternoon near the Bluefin Bay Resort, authorities reported.

A De Pere man who admitted to police he shouldn't be driving was arrested Tuesday for his alleged eighth drunken driving offense.

Singular India pale ales from Karben4 and New Glarus helped raise Wisconsin brewers' game again in craft beer's most popular style.

A man who police say was raging against mixed-race couples while at a community center on the South Side was arrested last week, but continued his rant against police and allegedly threatened …

Cats can be nice, purring balls of fur, unless they are crossing a highway right in front of your car.

A man from Honduras was killed Monday while cutting down a tree in Iowa County.

This week's recipe received honorable mention in the State Journal's meat category in 1985 and was submitted by Betty Zimmerman of Marshall.

The sweet/tart seeded fruit has gained in popularity in the past decade.

Twas the night before Christmas … about 70 years ago when I was only 7 and still believed in Santa Claus. There were only a few things left to do before going upstairs to bed that night, hopin…

OREGON, Wis. (AP) — The principal of a Madison-area high school is on administrative leave after her third arrest on suspicion of drunken driving in the past month.

Folklorist Charles E. Brown (1872-1946) collected stories from our immigrant ancestors about Christmas traditions they brought from the Old Country.

In 1897, the New York Sun received a letter from a girl, Virginia O’Hanlon, asking if Santa Claus exists. It is probably the most famous letter to the editor ever published. Francis P. Church …

It tells you plenty about Richard Wiegel that when the Grateful Dead took the stage on that April day in 1970, at the Sound Storm festival outside Poynette, Wiegel and his band, the Bowery Boy…