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Digest 7-19
WISCONSIN FOOTBALL
MLB Roundup for 7-19
CHICAGO — Seiya Suzuki hit a three-run homer, and the Chicago Cubs stopped Boston’s 10-game win streak with a 4-1 victory over the Red Sox on Friday.
3 things that stood out from Wisconsin men's basketball's 1st summer open practice (copy)
The Badgers offered a first look at their new-look roster on Thursday on the Kohl Center main floor.
How and why the Big Ten men's hockey tournament could be changing (copy)
Big Ten coaches had the NCAA Tournament in mind while they were considering changes to the league playoff format, sources said. Here's what's on the table.
Brewers keep rolling out of All-Star break with shutout of NL West-leading Dodgers
The Brewers continued their dominance over the NL West leaders, having outscored them 15-4 during a three-game sweep in Milwaukee last week.
Roger Strauss
October 23, 1939—July 15, 2025
LeRoy C. "Spud" Barrett
October 30, 1944—July 2, 2025
Authorities say death of Dodgeville woman appears to be random act of violence
A man accused of stabbing a Dodgeville woman and driving with her body to Nebraska, where he was arrested, was formally charged in Iowa County on Friday.
THE FAIR IS ON
Above: Brinna Barnes, 13, of the DeForest Handy Helpers 4-H Club, shares a quiet moment with her Red Angus steer, Buster, during Friday's second day of the Dane County Fair at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. Continuing a tradition…
Wisconsin football loses 3-star safety recruit to Big 12 program
The Badgers sit at 14 recruits in the Class of 2026 after losing a three-star defensive back.
174 YEARS LATER ...
Continuing a tradition started in 1851, the Dane County Fair promotes lifelong learning and growth, both valuing tradition and looking toward the future as it brings rural and urban communities together.
21-year-old Brooklyn man gets 6 years in prison for drunken driving homicide in August crash
A 21-year-old Brooklyn man was found guilty of homicide by drunken driving Friday for an August crash that caused the death of a 33-year-old woman.
Local digest for Saturday, July 19, 2025
Shooter ID’d in murder-suicide
SUMMER PLAYTIME
Above: Samara Holmes, 2, left, and Journi Gilchrist, 3, try out a balance beam Friday during the cousins' visit with their grandma to Madison School and Community Recreation’s Play on the Move program at Elver Park.
Trump administration seeks release of Epstein grand jury records but not DOJ files
WASHINGTON — Under intense pressure from President Donald Trump’s own supporters, his administration said it will push a court to unseal secret documents Friday related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case to put to rest a political crisis largely of its own…
Obituary index for Sat., July 19
BARRETT, LeRoy C. “Spud,” 80
'Wicked' ticketholders from canceled performance being offered added matinee
Tickets from the July 15 performance were automatically transferred to the new date and time.
Madison police seeking to identify women who attacked woman for taking too long in bathroom
Both the woman and a person who intervened were attacked and later taken to the hospital for their injuries.
9 arrested, $3,200 in merchandise recovered in retail theft operation in Rock County
The retailers that participated were Target, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Kohls, Sephora, Home Depot, Menards, Hy-Vee, Ulta, Blain’s Farm and Fleet, Walgreens, Finish Line, TJX, Old Navy and Kwik Trip.
Civil War-era isthmus home, 'the filet of the neighborhood', is for sale
The house was built in 1866, has entrances on Jenifer and Spaight streets, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
