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A Madison woman walking on an East Side street was mugged early Thursday, losing her purse to the attackers.

This is a list of most of the books that have been read by the Books for Cooks book club since it was founded in 1999. The group has kept track of all but about a half dozen of them, and somet…

A Madison book club focuses on food and all the topics surrounding it. 

University of Wisconsin System president Ray Cross said it's time for a fresh look at how the statewide system does business, calling for changes in how it doles out student segregated fees, h…

Hugh Bob and the Hustle's brand of country music evokes their Wisconsin heritage, but they'll be soon taking it to Nashville.

The price of oil has fallen around 40 percent since summer, with widespread consequences. It is very good news for American consumers, for example, who are saving more than $4 billion a week c…

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning in Portage because of rising water in the Wisconsin River.

Teens and young adults having problems transitioning to adulthood could benefit from a new program coming to Jefferson County.

Drivers in Dane and three other south-central Wisconsin counties will be under tighter scrutiny through the end of the year, thanks to a new grant to put more deputies on the road.

A Reedsburg man has been arrested for allegedly rifling through about a dozen cars and stealing items from those vehicles.

Jim Wills, owner of Middleton-based The Storage Guy, wants to develop the former landfill and an adjacent property into a business park with storage units and office space.

Since 1997 police in Wisconsin have received $25.6 million worth of equipment from the federal government.

Plenty of jazz this weekend from local and international talents.

OUR VIEW: Pushing right-to-work legislation would reignite the labor battle Wisconsin is finally getting past

A visit to Miami Beach never fails to entertain.

Healthy gifts for the holidays

Fall finale, winter finale ... those phrases are just code words for “your show is taking the rest of the year off.”

The State Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony is noon to 1 p.m. Friday in the Capitol rotunda. The 40-foot balsam fir is from Schoeneck Tree Farm in Pelican Lake, near Rhinelander.

You can help again this year.