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As if the linemen needed any more motivation to protect the quarterback from the fearsome defensive front of the Detroit Lions on Sunday.

GREEN BAY — Of all the low down dirty tricks the Detroit Lions have tried hoping to snap their 23-game losing streak on Wisconsin soil, the latest one might be the lowest.

Bobbie Kelsey knew her University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team would have a challenge as it tried to climb a rung or two on the Big Ten Conference ladder this season.

For a while, Barry Alvarez’s family Christmas dinner over the weekend felt like any other year.

I always dreamed of becoming a professional cartoonist. I distinctly remember looking at a “Calvin and Hobbes” book and thinking that drawing cartoons looked like an easy way to make lots of money.

Beverly "Bev" Dunn Philumalee, who ran the diner Bev's Restaurant and embodied the East Side, died on Dec. 21. She was 83.

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A final decision on leveling tariffs on Chinese makers of trucking containers is due in the first half of 2015.

PHOENIX, Ariz. - Larose, age 83, died at 9:15 a.m. on Dec. 22, 2014, at her granddaughter's home in Scottsdale, Ariz., after a long bout with lung cancer.

DELAVAN - Delores M. Murphy, age 80, of Delavan, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg.

MADISON - Wilma Ginder, age 97, passed away on Dec. 23, 2014, at Wynwood Assisted Living Facility.

FITCHBURG - Thomas Edwin Hamilton, age 77, of Madison, died on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg.

The weather forecast might be giving us a Christmas present in Madison that everyone can enjoy: sunshine.

A former UW Hospital nurse who faces criminal prosecution for stealing morphine could also face a reckless homicide charge for allegedly fatally infecting a patient at the hospital with a path…

Matthews had 2 ½ sacks last week in Green Bay's win in Tampa and six tackles. Four were for yardage losses.

The big event is the three-day, 16-team Culver’s Cup boys and girls hockey tournaments, which will keep Hartmeyer Ice Arena and the Madison Ice Arena busy with four games each on Saturday, Sun…

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.