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CINCINNATI — Other than a rough first inning, starting pitcher Wily Peralta did his part Monday night for the Milwaukee Brewers.

GREEN BAY — In the wake of his second concussion in a nine-month span and the fourth diagnosed concussion of his NFL career, cornerback Sam Shields’ availability is in doubt for the Green Bay Packers’ game at Minnesota on Sunday…

GREEN BAY — Mike McCarthy has heard the rumors that the Minnesota Vikings’ new place, U.S. Bank Stadium, might be even louder than the old Metrodome.

The 23 recruits, selected from a field of nearly 700, on Monday also began roughly nine months of classroom and field training.

Week Five is shaping up as Reckoning Week for some of the area’s top high school football programs, and this week’s Associated Press state rankings did nothing but build the excitement for Friday’s showdowns.

Milton fades two spots to No. 5 this week.

In Division 1, unbeaten Middleton moves up one place to No. 2 and Beloit Memorial holds on to its No. 4 ranking.

The Police and Fire Commission will hear argument about a complaints filed by Sharon Irwin, a grandmother of Tony Robinson, and one other person against Police Chief Mike Koval on Nov. 16.

A state agency that oversees public employee union re-certification elections improperly withheld data about Madison School District employees that had or had not cast ballots during an election last year, a Dane County judge ruled Monday.

Why doesn't Gov. Scott Walker have the Department of Natural Resources, the agency that's supposed to safeguard natural resources, do just that.

Let me defend Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson's miscue on Aleppo last week. The New York Times's article condemning Johnson's gaffe about the besieged city in Syria needed to be corrected twice.

As a longtime advocate for the wildlife in Wisconsin, I wish to offer a heartfelt thank you to the State Journal for Friday's editorial, "Stop payouts to bear hunters for dead dogs," denouncing the scam of hound “depredation payouts” and…

According to Donald Trump, his buddy Vladimir Putin enjoys an 80 percent approval rating in Russia. If I were the president of Russia and I controlled the media, I’d have an 80 percent approval rating as well.

Wednesday's State Journal editorial urged the Madison School Board to "Keep police in city schools." The editorial board gets an enthusiastic "Yes!" from people who respect law and order and the right of decent kids and their teachers who deserve…

Let me defend Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson's miscue on Aleppo last week. The New York Times's article condemning Johnson's gaffe about the besieged city in Syria needed to be corrected twice.

The report will be presented Tuesday to the county's Public Protection and Judiciary Committee.

The victim, a female graduate student who has since moved to another state, was beaten, strangled and raped by an unidentified suspect.

MADISON - HealthMyne, a Madison health technology company, has appointed Arvind Subramanian CEO.

Hammill, 14, a freshman at Cedar Grove High School in Greenwood, Indiana, is in line to take over the position from Sydney Hilley, who is set to succeed current setter Lauren Carlini next season.

Herrmann served 25 years in the WIAA office.