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Should any of these governors join the race for the White House, their state records would become their chief qualification for higher office.

If anyone knows the path Paul Chryst is about to walk as the newest University of Wisconsin football coach, it’s Pat Fitzgerald.

Dan Small has been every Wisconsinite’s hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, canoeing, snowshoeing and birdwatching buddy since “Outdoor Wisconsin” first aired statewide on Wisconsin Public Te…

MADISON - Dr. Kenneth L. Luedtke died peacefully in his sleep on Dec. 21, 2014, in Madison, at the age of 84. He fought a heroic fight against Parkinson's disease.

MADISON - Richard "Dick" Becker, age 68, died on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. He was born on Oct. 13, 1946, in Appleton, to Norbert and Jeanette (O'Donnell) Becker.

BLACK EARTH - Barbara Elaine (Hillstrom) Walser, born on Sept. 21, 1939, passed away on Dec. 23, 2014. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister.

Both teams already are in the playoffs, but the loser gets relegated to a road game next weekend as a wild card.

The La Crosse Logan boys basketball team picked up its first victory of the season Friday — by handing Sauk Prairie its first defeat.

The Reedsburg/Wisconsin Dells boys hockey team earned a 2-0 victory over Stoughton, coached by Reedsburg product Kris Rosholt, in a first-round game of the three-day, eight-team tournament at …

The Adams-Friendship girls basketball team made all 26 of its free throw attempts — including all 14 from senior Emma Roenneburg and a perfect eight by senior Hannah Landon — to take a 42-34 v…

ATLANTA — Reserve forward Jared Dudley made all 10 shots, including four 3-pointers, and scored a season-high 24 points Friday night to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 107-77 victory over the At…

TAMPA, Fla. — With the Outback Bowl against Auburn less than a week away, University of Wisconsin interim coach Barry Alvarez said he hopes sophomore Dan Voltz will be “full-go” at practice Saturday.

One season after setting a school record for total offense at 480.8 yards a game, UW is averaging 464.8 yards per game heading into Thursday's Outback Bowl vs. Auburn in Tampa, Florida.

A Madison man who police said stood less than 15 feet from a Madison police officer, pointing a gun at the officer early Sunday, was charged Friday with several felonies.

In 2015, I hope Wisconsin legislators will actually debate issues when drafting new bills.

I beg to differ with the letter complaining about the interest rates banks are paying on certificates of deposits and savings accounts.

When is it ethical or morally justified for a government body to insert itselves between a family and its employer? Would the interests of an out-of-state third party make it justified?

In this time of so much controversy between police and the black community, a similar experience many years ago brings back clear memories.

The unrest in the world has fermented over many years and generations. My Marine son, after three tours of duty in Iraq, wondered which coming generation might find a way to seek guidance from…