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The former area standout who starred this spring at the University of Illinois was drafted in the 17th round of the MLB Draft by the San Diego Padres.

Wisconsin football hasn't shown much progress under the man hired in 2022 to resurrect a program. But calls for his job this early in a rebuliding project are premature.

As global temperatures rise, the bees responsible for pollinating many crops are under increasing stress.

WASHINGTON — Eric Hildenbrand noticed prices continue to rise this year, even with President Donald Trump in the White House. He doesn’t blame Trump, his choice for president in 2024, but says Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats who control…

Perkins singled home the winning run in the ninth inning as Milwaukee avoided its first series sweep since opening the season with three losses to the Yankees.

Madison and Dane County government

EDINBURGH, Scotland — The United States and the European Union agreed on a trade framework Sunday, setting a 15% tariff on most goods, staving off — at least for now — far higher rates on both sides that might have…

LOS ANGELES — Marvel’s first family has finally found box office gold. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” the first film about the superheroes made under the guidance of Kevin Feige and Walt Disney Co., earned $118 million in its first…

Police are still searching for the driver, according to a statement from Monona police chief Brian Chaney.

America’s Dairyland is in trouble. Wisconsin lost nearly half of its dairy farms in the last 10 years. Small and medium-sized farms in particular continue to struggle with labor shortages, high operational costs and aging facilities.

One detail in Fred Risser’s just-released autobiography speaks volumes: In all his 64 years serving Madison in the Wisconsin Legislature, he never once used an elevator in the state Capitol, even during the time he had a broken leg.

Brady Allen Heiling, 19, was from Clara City, Minnesota, about 110 miles west of the Twin Cities. The other driver in the crash, who police say was intoxicated, already faces one homicide charge.

After watching data sets be altered or disappear from government websites in unprecedented ways, statisticians, demographers and computer scientists have joined forces to capture and preserve data sets, sometimes clandestinely.

We owe author L. Frank Baum eternal gratitude for writing “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” In addition to entertaining generations of children, the story has proved endlessly useful to columnists in search of metaphors.

Some scientists worried that maybe the Barbados threadsnake had become extinct.

A new poll shows Americans' views of the Supreme Court have moderated somewhat since overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022, but concern that it has too much power is rising.

Wisconsin's Gov. Tony Evers announced this week that he will not seek a third term. The 73-year-old former teacher has decided he's had enough time running the state and is making way for a new generation.

Coldplay, Morgan Wallen put Madison back on the map for big acts

The group seeks both legislation and a constitutional amendment to create a nonpartisan redistricting commission in Wisconsin.

Dear Doc: I have a friend who goes to a ketamine clinic for fun. He doesn’t have depression or PTSD, but heard that ketamine was a great drug to get high on and so, why not? It’s legal.