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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state of Wisconsin paid an estimated $9.7 million in one-time bonuses or various pay increases for state workers in fiscal year 2016.

These common organizing mistakes make it more difficult to banish bathroom clutter.

Wally Meyer of Madison is this week’s You Toon winner.

CHICAGO — Like millions of children across the country, I’m heading back to school.

After graduating from high school in California, Blair Braverman followed her dreams of leading a dogsled team and enrolled in a boarding school in Norway. She writes about her love of adventure in “Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing…

The Food Allergy Association of Wisconsin connects parents with newly diagnosed children to parents who have dealt with allergies for a while to help them learn to cope.

MINNEAPOLIS — Mentorship is getting turned on its head in today’s multigenerational workplace. Technology has flipped traditional roles, and the younger workers now have a thing or two to teach the veterans.

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

GMO proponents hope consumers use science instead of emotions to form opinions

Jason Galloway's position preview series continues with the wide receivers and tight ends. Then, The Zone's Zach Heilprin joins the podcast to discuss the biggest surprises from the Badgers' first depth chart of the season.

Despite immense goodwill and new initiatives, Madison's service network is strained if not overwhelmed, hampered by a lack of leadership, organization and resources.

More than 4,600 state workers received the awards.

DNR officials said they would complete a reorganization by June to help fend off more GOP budget cuts, but the plan is postponed.

Gray wolves were wiped out by Wisconsin hunters decades ago and only reemerged in the last couple of years. Now hunters are complaining of unsatisfying deer hunts, because the wolves are killing so many deer.

With no options, Brannon Prisk and Adria Mackesey built an encampment in the woods, enduring frigid and sweltering temperatures.

The Dane County Homeless Services Consortium's new 21-page community plan to prevent and end homelessness sets first-time housing benchmarks.

Some don't access care until illness or dental needs become acute. Mothers with newborns and those recovering from surgery can be discharged to the streets. The terminally ill may have no place to die with dignity.

OUR VIEW: Members show they’re more interested in playing politics than settling disputes fairly or holding leaders accountable

Admittedly, it's a savvy bit of political triangulation.

Tuille and grosgrain ribbon sounds like the makings of an elegant Victorian ball gown. Printer Katherine Kuehn did not create a ball gown, but instead used the ribbon as a foundation for an art piece in her exhibit “Close Reading:…