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Woman faces second OWI after crash with 3 kids in car on East Side

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 8:10am
The two-vehicle crash happened around 4:30 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Commercial and Packers Avenue.

Lawmakers see new momentum to study why Black women go missing, are murdered at higher rates

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 7:10am
What's changed? The make-up of the Legislature, and the absence of a lawmaker who previously held the bill up in committee.

Sheriff says driver in fatal OWI crash should face justice, not deportation

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 6:53am
Deporting Noelia Martinez before her trial would also deny the family of the victims in the fatal drunken-driving crash justice, Sheriff Kevin Barrett said.

The big stinky corpse flower is back at Olbrich Botanical Gardens

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 6:40am
For the first time at the gardens, curators have pollinated a corpse flower hoping to produce two seeds that will grow more flowers.

Madison Savoyards' bring comic opera 'Iolanthe' to Bartell stage

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 5:50am
Since that initial performance, the company has found its footing in a big way. August's production of "Iolanthe" will mark the seventh time the group had performed the operetta.

Madison races to catch up with the pickleball game

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 5:45am
Pickleball was invented 60 years ago, but now it's a national craze. Does the city have enough courts to keep up?

Scoring in pickleball is unlike scoring in tennis

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 5:30am
Scoring is often one of the most difficult adjustments for tennis players who take up pickleball.

Meet our Wisconsin football's All-Badgers Quarter Century Team defense

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 5:30am
BadgerExtra football beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down his picks for the Wisconsin football All-Badgers Quarter Century Team's defense, which features a who's-who of stellar front-seven players.

Overstaffed Sauk County jail costs more than nursing home | Tom Kriegl

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 5:00am
When Sauk County Board members say the county nursing home lost money, they are hypocritically criticizing the Sauk County Health Care Center in Reedsburg for what other county departments and services do: use some property tax dollars.

Donald Trump's policies aren't making America great | Richard Peidelstein

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 5:00am
We are six months into the current Trump administration. The plan to "make America great again" is now enshrined in executive orders and legislation. Let us examine the plan for greatness:

Don't let Sauk County shut down my nursing home | Robert (Bob) Leopold

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 5:00am
I'm a retired teacher and resident at the Sauk County Health Care Center in Reedsburg. It has been my home for the last 18 months and will be for the rest of my life.

Let's make a more welcoming future for transgender children | Mark Stover

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 5:00am
I am the grandparent of both a transgender child and a nonbinary child. They are ages 10 and 7. My wife and I often struggle to remember to use the appropriate pronouns (or no pronouns, as the case may be).…

Trump administration Christians must read a different Bible | Ellis Felker

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 5:00am
It greatly offends me to see women in the Trump administration conspicuously displaying little silver crosses around their necks.

Ex-Packers receiving great Sterling Sharpe joins tight end Shannon as first brothers in Hall of Fame

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 4:30am
Sterling Sharpe averaged 85 catches in his injury-shortened career — an unheard of number for his era and 10 more than Jerry Rice averaged in his first seven seasons.

Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers is leaning into what might be his final training camp

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 4:15am
Aaron Rodgers' somewhat late arrival means there isn't a lot of time to build the kind of chemistry required to thrive once the games start to count.

3 things that stood out from Luke Fickell as Wisconsin football's training camp begins (copy)

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 12:00am
The Badgers football coach addressed several topics following the first day of training camp in Platteville. Here's what information from Fickell caught our eye.

Vaughn emerges as one of league's hottest hitters with Brewers after slumping with White Sox (copy)

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 12:00am
MILWAUKEE — When Andrew Vaughn joined the Milwaukee Brewers last month with a chance to rejuvenate a career that had gone sideways, the message he received from his new team was simple.

Durán to Twins and twin pitchers dealt on same day, but big names remain as MLB trade deadline looms (copy)

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 12:00am
The Philadelphia Phillies acquired hard-throwing reliever Jhoan Durán while identical twin relievers Tyler and Taylor Rogers got dealt on the same day, signaling that teams are willing to pay a hefty price for bullpen help as the Major League Baseball…

4 observations from Wisconsin football's 2nd training camp practice (copy)

Thu, 07/31/2025 - 12:00am
A quarterback shined despite tough weather conditions, two edge defenders were all over the backfield and more from Badgers training camp.

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Thu, 07/31/2025 - 12:00am
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