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5 of the most intriguing Wisconsin football players to watch in training camp (copy)

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 12:00am
Quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. will deservedly have eyes focused on him at Badgers training camp. Here are some players around QB1 who will determine Wisconsin's ceiling.

'I was mad': How La Follette softball's quest for 1979 state title ended in devastating fashion (copy)

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 12:00am
Karen Christensen is one of several Madison La Follette players who experienced the agony of defeat in a state title loss in 1979. Here's the story of how it unfolded.

How Wisconsin men's basketball's star guard used NBA Draft process to grow (copy)

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 12:00am
John Blackwell tested the NBA Draft waters before returning to Wisconsin with hopes it would help him grow. And he feels it worked.

MLB Roundup 7-29

Tue, 07/29/2025 - 12:00am
CINCINNATI — Shohei Ohtani extended his hitting streak to nine games with a two-run double in the fifth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 on Monday night.

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Tue, 07/29/2025 - 12:00am
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Tue, 07/29/2025 - 12:00am
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Ronald Amerson

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 11:00pm
November 22, 1953 — July 20, 2025

Lavon Geasland

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 11:00pm
December 12, 1948 — July 26, 2025

Brewers launch trio of homers to down Cubs for top spot in NL Central

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 9:53pm
Andrew Vaughn, Sal Frelick and Christian Yelich homered as Milwaukee overcame a shaky start from All-Star Jacob Misiorowski and moved into the division lead.

Packers lineman taking his position change in stride

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 7:53pm
The two-time Pro Bowl guard is moving to center after Green Bay signed former San Francisco lineman Aaron Banks. Here's what the 29-year-old had to say about the move.

Medical examiner identifies man shot and killed on North Side

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 6:48pm
Medical examiners identified Lee Scott III, a 30-year-old Madison man, as the victim of a shooting on the North Side last Tuesday.

5 things that stood out from Wisconsin football coordinators' pre-camp availability

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 5:57pm
Here are the takeaways of what Badgers defensive coordinator Mike Tressel and offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes had to say at local media day.

Complaint: Hundreds of inappropriate photos found on phone of former school official

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 4:22pm
Rumors about about Gilkey-Meisegeier having inappropriate relationships with girls at the school had been swirling for the last two school years, according to the complaint.

Obituary index for Tue., July 29

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 3:55pm
AMERSON, Ronald, 71

UW-Madison suspends Students for Justice in Palestine organization

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 3:55pm
Students for Justice in Palestine comes after Columbia University's recent agreement with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million over investigations into its handling of student pro-Palestinian protests.

Inmate sentenced by judge

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 3:35pm
FOND DU LAC — An inmate at Wisconsin’s women’s prison accused of brutally beating her cellmate to death will spend the rest of her life behind bars.

GOP bill would cap Universities of Wisconsin tuition raises to inflation after latest increase

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 3:32pm
"Now more than ever, the Legislature must implement a common sense law placing controls on these types of skyrocketing tuition increases," the bill's authors wrote.

Verona man identified as person pulled from Lake Mendota

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 1:36pm
Medical examiners identified Aponte Tafur, a 44-year-old man from Verona, as the man found dead in Lake Mendota Tuesday.

DIGEST

Mon, 07/28/2025 - 1:04pm
Man, 76, to hospital after attack by bull

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