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Exercising or playing sports in extreme heat can be extremely dangerous (copy)

Wed, 06/25/2025 - 12:00am
Extreme heat makes it especially hard for your body to cool down, so you need to be extra careful if you exercise or play sports when it’s baking outside.

Hockey Hall of Fame elects its 1st Wisconsin women's hockey member (copy)

Wed, 06/25/2025 - 12:00am
The hall of fame parade for Brianna Decker continued, and there isn’t a bigger honor in hockey than the one the former University of Wisconsin star received Tuesday.

Wisconsin women's hockey star selected in first round of 2025 PWHL draft

Wed, 06/25/2025 - 12:00am
Casey O'Brien's incredible 2025 continued when the former Badgers star's name was called in the first round of the PWHL draft.

Pirates' Skenes and Brewers' Misiorowski will test hitters and radar guns in 1st MLB matchup (copy)

Wed, 06/25/2025 - 12:00am
MILWAUKEE — There’s going to be plenty of hard throwing Wednesday in the first pitching matchup between Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes and Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski.

Sandra "Sandy" Marie Larson

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:00pm
March 30, 1948—June 17, 2025

Philip Dowling

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:00pm
November 5, 1930—June 6, 2025

William Edwin “Bill” Brendler

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:00pm
June 14, 1937—June 17, 2025

John R. Goodman

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:00pm
PRAIRIE DU SAC—John R. Goodman, age 73, of Prairie du Sac, passed away at University Hospital in Madison on December 27, 2024. As per John’s wishes, a Celebration of his Life will be held on Sunday, June 29, 2025, from…

Heidi Stauffer Klasna

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:00pm
September 9, 1945—June 17, 2025

Charles G. Schwoerer

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:00pm
August 17, 1938—June 17, 2025

John Robert Edmunds

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:00pm
September 13, 1956—June 19, 2025

Kathleen Stoikes

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:00pm
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, Kathleen Stoikes, who left us peacefully at home on June 22, 2025, at the age of 81, after a valiant battle with…

Elizabeth Ann Stoffel

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:00pm
July 2, 1943—June 19, 2025

Elvis broke up a fight at a Madison gas station 48 years ago. Onlookers were all shook up

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 9:54pm
Read eyewitness accounts from the time Elvis broke up a fight at a Madison gas station.

Bottom of the lineup shines as Brewers power past Pirates

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 9:40pm
Joey Ortiz and Caleb Durbin combined for three home runs Tuesday as Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh at home.

US Senate should strike AI regulation ban from budget bill | Seattle Times

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 6:40pm
In the current national political climate, bipartisanship is extremely rare, especially when it comes to important topics such as states’ rights and regulating the use of artificial intelligence.

Wisconsin women's hockey star selected in first round of 2025 PWHL draft

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 6:39pm
Casey O'Brien's incredible 2025 continued when the former Badgers star's name was called in the first round of the PWHL draft.

Fragile ceasefire appears to hold between Israel and Iran

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 4:30pm
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to hold Tuesday after initially faltering, and President Donald Trump expressed frustration with both sides, saying they fought “for so long and so hard” that they don’t…

Funding cuts lead to program changes at Wisconsin Public Radio in Phil Hands' cartoon

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 4:15pm
Wisconsin Public Radio is facing potential federal funding cuts and has cancelled some of its programming. One of the victims of the cuts was the locally produced show "Zorba Paster On Your Health," where Madison area physician Zorba Paster offered…

US stocks approach their all-time high

Tue, 06/24/2025 - 3:20pm
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose Tuesday after oil prices eased further on hopes that Israel’s war with Iran will not damage the global flow of crude.

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