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You thought last Sunday's Packers game was bad? Try the 1972 WIAA state tournament semi-finals. 

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

The problem with the Wisconsin Supreme Court isn’t the age of some members. Nor is it the process for picking a chief justice.

Just over a dozen miles from Downtown Madison’s art scene lies The Artisan Gallery in Paoli, which is hosting three new exhibits until Feb. 22.

Pondering the looming specter of a nuclear-armed Iran, some Americans are deeply worried we won’t reach a deal to block that possibility. Some people have a different fear: that we will.

Coming in Wisconsin this week:

Several years ago, I was on my Amigo scooter wheelchair outside my dentist’s office waiting for my ride to pick me up. A nice gentleman came toward me. As he came closer, I could see that he w…

WASHINGTON — Forget E.F. Hutton. It’s P.F. (Pope Francis) these days who, when he talks, people listen.

GILMAN — Wisconsin discovered chronic wasting disease in free-ranging deer over a decade ago. Since then, the state has expended a lot of resources trying to manage the disease and contain it …

"My dream is for this sport to really have an international flavor," he said Saturday during a half-hour interview with The Associated Press.

This State Journal editorial ran on Jan. 27, 1915:

MILWAUKEE — For Jason Kidd, the first half of the Milwaukee Bucks’ season was never about wins and losses.

In his first throw of the 2015 indoor track and field season, Michael Lihrman picked up right where he left off.

MILWAUKEE — O.J. Mayo scored 20 points, and the Milwaukee Bucks relied on perimeter shooting and defense in a 101-86 victory Saturday night over the Detroit Pistons.

Colin Butler delivered the game-winning goal with 42 seconds left in overtime Saturday night, giving the host Verona boys hockey team a 3-2 victory over Middleton.

A strong second-half charge Saturday afternoon vaulted the Verona girls basketball team into the Big Eight Conference race with a 53-45 victory over first-place Janesville Craig.

The state’s top-ranked Division 1 boys basketball team, Stevens Point, strutted its stuff Saturday during a 71-55 non-conference victory over Big Eight Conference leader Middleton at JustAGame…

PLAYER OF THE GAME

REEDSBURG — When Mount Horeb senior guard Drew Fredrickson sank a 3-pointer just before the first-half buzzer, it proved to be just a warm-up for when the Vikings would need him the most.

If this isn’t the lowest, most humiliating point of the season for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team then some sadistic tendencies might well be in play.