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On average, Madison lakes are frozen for a little over 100 days of the year, typically freezing in December and thawing out in April. 

As they start their 50th year, the Madison Potters Guild faces a significant challenge — costly repairs to their kilns.

Madison's Lifeline jump rope inventor now owns a wedding venue business.

“The Inland Northwest Blood Center is critically low on two types of blood … The blood center has only 10 percent of the needed blood supply,” reports the Spokesman Review in Washington.

Irony filled last Monday’s Associated Press photo of Gov. Scott Walker again taking the oath of office. Overseeing the ceremony was Shirley Abrahamson, chief justice of the state Supreme Court.

Donation: The Attic Angel Association has donated $25,200 to the Urban League of Dane County. The community grant supports the 21st Century Careers program to help teens find meaningful jobs. …

PLAYER OF THE GAME

GREEN BAY — They say they’re a different team this time around.

It’s a good thing Purdue’s wrestling team didn’t have any more Welch brothers to send out against the University of Wisconsin.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team was down a starter to start the game and lost another one during the game.

State Journal columnist Tom Oates assesses the Packers' performance in Sunday's playoff game vs. Dallas.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin has had a lot to say about the “ambiance” on State Street, where he thinks too many places are serving alcohol and coffee.

Launched in 2008, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board was formed by a virtually unanimous and bipartisan vote in the legislature. The GAB was crafted in response to the caucus scanda…

Gov. Scott Walker may be heartened, as he stated in his inaugural address, that the “founders look to states and not the federal government as a source of hope.” But good news, hope and vision…

I rode with a Madison police officer as a civilian observer about a year ago. Our first call was in response to a woman calling about her drunk and abusive son.

Dear Terrorists:

The sophomore goaltender makes 29 saves to halt a 14-game losing streak to the Golden Gophers.

Junior guard Dakota Whyte scores a career-high 19 points to lead the Badgers.

Two public meetings are scheduled this week to get feedback from motorists on how to improve stretch of interstate.

A guy standing in line to buy UW-Madison basketball tickets one December night bought them all, and then sold them outside the Kohl Center to the people who were standing in line behind him. C…