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We like to think we're in control of our lives, but this past year showed it's often people in robes who run the show.

“Christmas was not the day to give and receive presents,” recalled Elizabeth Baird (1810-1890), who came to Green Bay as a teenage bride in 1824. “This was reserved for New Year’s.”

Liberals, conservatives and centrists.

This week's recipe received honorable mention in the State Journal's casseroles category in 1991 and was submitted by Janet Butler of Madison.

A compilation of little facts that could have a big bearing on the outcome of the 2015 Outback Bowl.

It’s only natural for some fans to want to skip ahead to March to see if the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team can return to the Final Four and perhaps even win a national title th…

The Biloxi Shuckers will pay for two high-tech video boards at the new baseball stadium.

EVANSTON, Ill. — Senior Timmy McCall finished second and junior Connor Medbery took third to lead the University of Wisconsin wrestling team to a seventh-place finish (80.5 points) in the 30-s…

SUN PRAIRIE — Cassidy Byrd is a work in progress when it comes to talking about her game, preferring to let her work on the court speak volumes.

The Madison East boys basketball team had a couple of chances to hand Racine Horlick its first loss in Tuesday night’s championship game of Brookfield Central’s Luke Homan Memorial Tournament.

With four individual championships and five other top-three finishes, the Stoughton wrestling team powered through the 32-team field Tuesday to win the two-day Mid-States Classic at UW-Whitewater.

Senior guard Emily Bergum made three of her four 3-point baskets in the fourth quarter Tuesday to help the Middleton girls basketball team rally for a 59-50 victory over Waunakee in a consolat…

Record: 11-14.

The University of Wisconsin football team has played in 25 bowl games in its history and that translates to a lot of intriguing details.

TAMPA, Fla. — Time hasn’t healed the wounds, not by a long shot.

Peter Barca, a Kenosha Democrat, announced committee assignments Tuesday ahead of the upcoming session, which begins Jan. 7.

TAMPA, Fla. — Konrad Zagzebski knows he has already played his last football game.

Mayor's proposed request for proposals would require a hotel for Monona Terrace but no public money for non-parking elements of project.

I hope this is the year when people will stop dumping chemicals into the environment we all share.