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As Madison warms up for a hotter stretch of the summer, you’ll have plenty of ways to welcome the sunshine this weekend.

The projected cost of taking in and caring for strays is $1.3 million this year, but with an annual county government contract of $390,000, the Humane Society is facing a $910,000 shortfall.

The MSO’s musical director will bookend his transformative tenure with the orchestra’s upcoming centennial season.

Green Bay started its push toward the regular season Tuesday with the beginning of its training camp. Here's what Brian Gutekunst and Matt LaFleur had to say ahead of practice.

These eight players, including two national player of the year winners, combine speed, power and precision and led the Badgers to multiple conference titles and one national championship.

The article in Wednesday's Wisconsin State Journal "Driver charged in fatal crash" was about a woman accused of driving drunk the wrong way on the interstate and killing another person in a head-on collision.

FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino, along with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, his sons and myriad supporters, assured voters last year that if elected, Trump would release the Jeffrey Epstein files and expose rampant sex trafficking among…

President Donald Trump recently posted an AI-generated depiction of former President Barack Obama being arrested and handcuffed in the Oval Office as a gleeful Trump looks on. I have seen more obnoxious deep fakes coming from both parties. But this…

Each of the NFL’s 32 teams received $432.6 million from the NFL, which mainly comes from the league’s TV contracts.

July 29, 1927 — July 22, 2025

Highlights from Luke Fickell's busy day in Las Vegas. From roster updates, possible surprise redshirts and more.

The Badgers athletic director gives his thoughts on Luke Fickell's new-look team and what he hopes is its identity.

Attorney General Pam Bondi faced Democratic calls to testify before Congress following a revelation she told President Donald Trump his name appeared in the files of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

The most-played rivalry in college football is in a dead heat and the Gophers' energetic coach keeps it in focus throughout the year.

The Green Bay Packers intend to move two-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman from left guard to center this season.

Milwaukee has won five of its six games since the All-Star festivities, and scored the most runs it has since a 10-6 win over Colorado on June 27.

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Above: Florida Panthers assistant athletic trainer Brian Riedel holds the Stanley Cup with Logan Bersky, 10, during a visit Wednesday at American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison. Below left: Krew Kibbel, 5, takes a shot at a miniature goal while…

LA CROSSE — After three days of searches, the body of missing Viterbo graduate student Eliotte Heinz was recovered Wednesday morning from the Mississippi River.

Lauren Carlini and a pair of others are part of the staff in charge of keeping the Badgers competitive in seasons to come.