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Why it will take a team effort for Packers to overcome loss of key player

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 5:35am
While some players will be called on more than others after an offensive leader's season-ending injury, the reality is that overcoming the setback will take everything Green Bay has.

'Operation Mincemeat' musical has lessons for our real struggle | John Bollig

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 5:00am
Millions of Americans collectively participated in the "No Kings" protests, and for that I commend them.

5 keys for Wisconsin football game vs. Washington

Fri, 11/07/2025 - 4:45am
The Badgers are searching for their first Big Ten win of the season. Here are things they'll need to accomplish to have any shot against the Huskies.

Madison Country Day tri-op fails to fully overcome early nerves in WIAA Division 4 state debut

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 8:03pm
The Prairie Hawks shook some early timidity but failed to fully recover in their WIAA Division 4 state semifinals debut..

Self-inflicted errors doom Verona girls volleyball in state quarterfinal loss

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 7:43pm
The Verona girls volleyball team’s postseason journey ended at the Resch Center on Thursday.

Dane County Board approves 2026 budget but warns of difficult choices ahead

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 6:02pm
County supervisors said this was the first of several compromised budgets, as Dane County grapples with a structural deficit that will lead to additional cuts to the region’s government next year.

Madison 18-year-old sentenced to 3 years for shooting friend to death

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 5:15pm
Montrae K. Stalling was 17 when he shot 19-year-old De’Shawn L. Sturkey once in the heart on Madison’s Near West Side on April 16. He pleaded guilty in September to negligent homicide.

Middleton boys volleyball overcomes adversity to seal spot in state title match

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 5:10pm
The Cardinals hadn't lost more than a handful of sets entering their state semifinal match against Waukesha Catholic Memorial. However, they had to fight through a third-set loss to advance.

Polzin: Can Luke Fickell be both the Don Morton and Barry Alvarez of Wisconsin football?

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 4:03pm
The Badgers have gone backward since Chris McIntosh decided to swing for the fences in 2022. But the Wisconsin athletic director is doubling down on his choice.

Luke Fickell will be Wisconsin football coach in 2026. Badgers AD McIntosh explains why

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 3:49pm
Badgers athletic director Chris McIntosh explains why he still believes in Luke Fickell, what changes will be made to improve the football program and more.

Rush-hour lanes are not coming back to Willy Street

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 3:45pm
Madison began testing the change in early September in an effort to stop cars from crashing into buildings on Willy Street.

Madison West boys soccer cashes in on errors for upset win in Division 1 state semifinal

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 3:07pm
The fourth-seeded Regents took advantage of a pair of mistakes to punch a ticket to their first WIAA Division 1 state championship game since 1990.

How Madison will be affected by flight reductions at 40 major airports

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 2:30pm
At Dane County Regional Airport this week 15 of 16 nonstop destinations are on the list of affected airports.

Jury exonerates sandwich thrower

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 2:05pm
WASHINGTON — A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump's law enforcement surge in Washington was found not guilty of assault Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention.

Wisconsin governor candidates weigh in on data center boom

Thu, 11/06/2025 - 2:00pm
The forum marked the first major gubernatorial candidate forum before next year’s election for the seat held by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

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