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The near-record rainfall in Milwaukee last weekend ranks is among the most damaging and costly in Wisconsin history and is part of a trend of devastating floods likely to continue in the future.

Tips for your flowers, plants, trees and shrubs.

On the eve of the Badgers’ new football season, Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell is definitely in the hot seat. The last two seasons have been mediocre, to say the least, and UW fans are running out of patience with the…

A Dane County organization is kicking off its campaign season with an annual volunteer event set to draw hundreds.

The South Side home — a two-bedroom, 2.5-bath house — initially was supposed to be finished in 2021.

Milwaukee did it again Saturday night, winning its 14th consecutive game with an 11-inning victory against the Reds. Here's how they made club history.

Diet and exercise are still very important.

“Rights of nature” laws allow humans and organizations to sue on nature’s behalf and would give it legal standing to let any lawsuits proceed.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order July 31 resurrecting the presidential physical fitness test.

In his "Letter from the Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King Jr. wrote that ”injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

The Aug. 3 letter to the editor "Donald Trump's tariffs are working for America," which spoke glowingly about tariffs, missed the mark.

I am frustrated and angry over the terminating of National Institutes of Health grants and arbitrary slashing of funding to many institutions in our country that have been studying treatments and groundbreaking research for ALS.

As a 48-year season-ticket holder for Badgers football, I canceled my season tickets two years ago because TV money has game times moved for them, not for us fans.

I wrote a letter to the editor in March about the litter that accumulates at the bus stop on the corner of University Bay Drive and University Avenue in Madison. Nothing has changed to improve this situation.

Not needing to campaign for reelection, Gov. Tony Evers can drop the "Mr. Nice Guy" image he’s embraced during 50 years of public service. Our state and the nation have been in crisis, and just being nice doesn't cut it.

Robert Kennedy Jr. is a disaster as secretary of Health and Human Services. His baseless opposition to the development and use of vaccines will cause a drop in the overall health of the next generation of Americans.

Sadly, I’m discontented rather than excited with the approach of Badgers football season. What new "fan experience" has been concocted in an effort to fill Camp Randall in Madison? More glitz, fireworks and larger video displays do nothing for me.

When you drive on Segoe Road between University Avenue and Regent Street on Madison's West Side, the experience parallels that of a demolition derby.