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Poll: How would you grade the Brewers' performance vs. Cubs in NLDS Game 3

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 7:43pm
How do you think the Brewers performed in Game 3 of the NLDS in Chicago?

Instant analysis from the Cubs’ Game 3 victory over the Brewers in the NLDS

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 7:37pm
CHICAGO — The Milwaukee Brewers will have to wait at least one more day before punching their ticket to the National League Championship Series.

Senate vote tests Trump's authority to strike vessels he says are carrying drugs

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 6:50pm
Senate Republicans voted down legislation Wednesday that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels after Democrats tried to counter the administration’s extraordinary assertion of presidential war powers to destroy…

Israel, Hamas agree to 'first phase' of plan to end fighting, release hostages, Trump says (copy)

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 6:02pm
Israel and Hamas agreed to the "first phase" of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday.

Trump says Illinois governor and Chicago mayor should be jailed as they oppose Guard deployment

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 5:39pm
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor should be jailed as they oppose his deployment of National Guard troops for his immigration and crime crackdown in the nation’s third-largest city. The officials said…

Parking fees might go up at Dane County Regional Airport

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 5:06pm
Increased parking rates could be used to build additional parking structures, according to the county.

Plan for new data center is set aside

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 5:00pm
"Based on the community feedback we heard, we have chosen not to move forward with this site," a Microsoft spokesperson said.

Here are the proposed rate increases for parking at the Dane County airport

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 5:00pm
Dane County is considering raising the prices for parking at the Dane County Regional Airport and simplifying the pay structure.

Nobel Prize winner has strong ties to UW-Madison

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 5:00pm
John M. Martinis, whose company was incubated at UW-Madison and got WARF funding, was one of three physics winners this year.

These UW-Madison faculty have been awarded MacArthur fellowships

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 3:45pm
Eight UW-Madison faculty have been given the prestigious “genius awards” since the MacArthur Foundation started giving them out in 1981.

2 UW-Madison professors named MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ fellows

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 3:45pm
Fellows, who don’t apply for the award, receive $800,000 paid out over five years, for any use.

5 high school girls sports stars of the week: Oct. 8 edition

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 7:03am
The postseason is here for several high school sports. This week's 5 stars features several athletes ready to carve a path to the state tournament.

Golden Nest Pancakes & Cafe opening Madison restaurant

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 6:40am
The popular restaurant specializing in breakfast is opening a restaurant on Madison's West Side, which will be its fourth.

How Jackson Chourio’s red-hot postseason start compares to Brewers greats

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 6:37am
The second-year outfielder has only played in five playoff games, but the success he’s had in those high-stakes matchups puts him in elite company.

5 athletes who have become area high school girls tennis teams' top singles player this fall

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 6:07am
Physical and mental challenges emerge when rising up the high school girls tennis flights. Here's how several area athletes have adjusted to the No. 1 singles player responsibility.

Rising antisemitism is a reason Jews need their own land | Joseph L. Davis

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 6:00am
I disagree with Sunday's letter to the editor "Criticizing acts of Israel isn’t antisemitism.” Over the last two years, we've seen a rise in anti-Jewish rhetoric and violence, most recently the murder of two Jews in England on the holiest…

He sat in the nosebleeds for the Cubs' historic World Series. Now Quinn Priester can end their year

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 5:50am
Milwaukee's pitcher has a chance to beat his childhood team as the Brewers visit Chicago for Game 3 on Wednesday.

Cubs again turn to Jameson Taillon to avoid postseason elimination

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 5:45am
The Brewers have a 2-0 lead in the series following 9-3 and 7-3 wins in Milwaukee when they ambushed Chicago's thinned pitching staff and limited the Cubs to 10 hits.

Why this player with heavy Minnesota ties committed to play for Wisconsin women's hockey

Wed, 10/08/2025 - 5:37am
The Badgers women's hockey team added to its 2027 recruiting class with a high-scoring forward from Minnesota whose family has strong ties to the Gophers.

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