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One person was killed and five people were injured in the two crashes on I-39/90/94 near DeForest, authorities said.

The race for the 2026 Wisconsin governor's race is starting early. Two Republicans, Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann and manufacturing executive Bill Berrien, have entered the race, and Berrien has already purchased airtime and put out ads touting his campaign.

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

Former council president becomes latest community member to help shape our opinions and endorsements

Madison Area Technical College said it identified the land that is across from its Watertown campus as surplus.

The 28-year-old British band's two-hour "Music of the Spheres World Tour" was a hit parade loaded with special effects.

An area typically known for Badger Red turned an uncharacteristic shade Saturday, at least in mood: It was all yellow.

A reader rightly is concerned about misinformation.

Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity -- including victims of crime.

I reread the Gettysburg Address recently. Honest Abe asked the same kind of national and global existential questions that haunt me.

For years, U.S. Sen. William Proxmire conferred the "Golden Fleece Award” to government organizations and individuals recognized for squandering public money.

If a deep state protects the wealthy and famous, our justice system would be a major part of it. But then, President Donald Trump is one of the biggest beneficiaries of the deep state, and a charter member of the…

Programs such as BadgerCare are not just abstract government initiatives. They are lifelines for Wisconsinites caught in the tentacles of circumstance.

Children learn through play. We can observe this in action when they roleplay as superheroes or mommies and daddies. We can see it when they take turns on the slide at the playground. We watch it when they start a…

Republicans lack helpful plans. For example, the rising national debt will produce an economic disaster when investors finally realize the values of treasury bonds are falling.

Thousands of dogs are used in research facilities across Wisconsin each year — most of them beagles, chosen for their gentle, trusting nature. These dogs live confined to cages, subjected to painful tests and denied the most basic joys of…

Both liberals and conservatives are being inconsistent about government involvement in gender issues.

President Donald Trump and his cronies are trying to turn over the responsibility to the states for the forecasting of severe storm warnings and disaster relief.

President Donald Trump and the Republicans who control Congress recently passed a big budget betrayal. Their tax-and-spending plan is the largest "reverse Robin Hood" ever.

With the fall semester and football season approaching at UW-Madison, the city needs to better address timely garbage collection.