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Several people stopped to assist the injured moped driver, a 54-year-old man who was taken to a local hospital, Madison police said.

The Regent Street building was constructed in 1922 for the Italian Workmen's Club that had formed 10 years earlier.

Before he was caught, the fleeing 13-year-old boy discarded a realistic looking BB gun in a yard, Madison police said.

Voters across Wisconsin will have the opportunity to approve two constitutional amendments Aug. 13 that will ensure all our state-level elected officials have control and oversight of government spending, and it will give power back to voters through their elected…

Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro has claimed victory in an election that appears to be anything but free and fair.

The Madison-based electric and gas utility company said it had earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, of $0.57 per share, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate expected earnings of $0.71 per share.

Butterfly Action Day: Olbrich Botanical Gardens’ Bolz Conservancy, 3330 Atwood Ave., is holding its annual event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday to observe more than a dozen butterfly species and spread awareness of the importance of butterfly conservation.…

David Swartz, 59, of Highland Park, Illinois, also was sentenced to pay $181,915 in restitution to his unnamed victim by Judge William Conley.

The first, east-west Madison Bus Rapid Transit, or BRT, route will launch this fall, stretching from roughly the East Towne Mall to Junction Road on the Far West Side.

Wisconsin still needs to eliminate the possibility of one political party controlling state government and gerrymandering Wisconsin.

Library officials expect tough conversations in the months ahead over where to cut other services in order to staff the Reindahl Park library.

Exxon Mobil shut down its refinery in Joliet, Illinois, last month after a power outage caused by storms, and it can take weeks to restart such a facility.

BadgerExtra columnist Jim Polzin answers a question from a reader in his mailbag.

The Cream Puff Pavilion at the Wisconsin State Fair is getting a $12 million upgrade and this year, there's also new flavors to consider.

What are the best road trips? Which school's fans and coaches might annoy you? What venues to avoid? Consider this a school-by-school guide on orientation day.

"Why would you want to cover the best cropland in the nation with solar panels?" This seems to be the latest rallying cry, whenever a proposed solar development is slated for some of our Midwest farmland.

I was glad to read the article about Jerome Frautschi's support for upgrading and repairing Overture Hall.

Thank you to the Wisconsin State Journal for the full-page story July 25 on the destruction of claimed illegal structures and the harassment by settlers in the West Bank village of Umm al-Khair. That description is a microcosm of what…

When Joe Biden became president, this nation had two choices. We could ignore COVID and watch businesses close, their suppliers collapse and millions of people lose work. It would have been worse than the Great Depression. Over 25% of all…

Greg Joseph has been turning heads in training camp, making all his field goals Thursday in his competition with incumbent kicker Anders Carlson.