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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Melvin Gordon added another entry to his massive highlight reel Saturday afternoon, and the junior tailback for the University of Wisconsin football team couldn’t wait t…

ASHWAUBENON — Top-ranked Milwaukee Divine Savior Holy Angels was down Saturday, but not out.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For two series in the second quarter Saturday afternoon, the University of Wisconsin football team’s passing game looked practically Baylor-esque.

WASHINGTON — Back in July, when President Obama was deciding whether to take executive action on immigration before the midterm elections, I got into one of those cable-news debates that offer…

Someplace, Mitt Romney must be smiling.

Joel Stave and Tanner McEvoy get plays during the same series for the first time.

Now that the voters of Wisconsin have elected Gov. Scott Walker for a third time in four years, I hope the Democrats and liberals would accept that the voters of this state approve of him and …

Gov. Scott Walker has declared he will be aggressive in pursuit of his agenda now that he has won his second term.

There is finally a full generation for whom the Berlin Wall is only unfortunate history, not grim reality. For those of us whose childhoods were defined by the Cold War, it hardly seems 25 yea…

As a Burke supporter and a progressive, I suffered a predictable Election Night malaise, especially since the political swing has been trending to the right for a long time, ever since Reagan. 

Hunting is conservation. Without hunters, species are devastated and habitat destroyed.

I take issue with a recent letter insisting evolution cannot be reconciled with the Bible. And I take issue with anyone who insists science and religion are incompatible.

ASHWAUBENON – Michelle Budden knew she and her Southwestern volleyball teammates had a tall task ahead of them Saturday.

“This is amazing,” said Waterloo senior Hailey Chittenden, who finished with 11 digs. “I never in a million years would have thought we’d win state."

Signs, old pumpkins litter today’s contest

Joshua Ripp is resigning from his position as Maple Bluff Fire Chief.

UW wasn’t great in any of the three phases and was minus-2 in turnovers, but that was still good enough to take care of a young and injury-riddled Purdue team.

Game ball to UW linebacker Vince Biegel, thumbs up to UW wide receiver Jordan Fredrick and thumbs down to Purdue coach Darrell Hazell.

The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, an 88-foot white spruce from Minnesota, will make a stop at the Forest Products Lab in Madison on Monday.