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A fire that took hours to put out destroyed a barn and 500 bales of hay inside at a cattle breeding company's complex in Columbia County, according to news reports.

Back in the 1940s, Sundays meant family outings. After breakfast, Mass, and a hearty lunch, we’d pile into Daddy’s two-tone Chevy and take off to explore what Wisconsin offered and that often included the Wisconsin Dells. Nearing the Dells we’d…

Two people walking on a Near East Side street Tuesday night were mugged by a robber holding a handgun.

Each week, we’re pulling a classic recipe out of the State Journal archives and sharing it here as it was originally printed years ago. Remember, ingredients and cooking techniques change over time so you may want to make some adjustments…

Cooler weather is forecast for Madison but we might have to deal with showers and thunderstorms to get there.

Dear Mainstream Media and Democrats: It’s your turn. Now that Donald Trump has been formally nominated, the formal responsibility to stop him passes from the right to the left, from Republicans to Democrats and the journalists who amplify their values.

PHILADELPHIA — For Democratic National Convention delegates, being here is about being part of history.

OUR VIEW: A modest increase in user fees to keep major road projects going is justified and more responsible than excessive borrowing

Scooter Gennett begins the rally with a two-run single.

UW-Whitewater right-hander Heath Renz threw five solid innings and the Madison Mallards supported him with 17 hits to rout the Lakeshore Chinooks 15-3 in a Northwoods League amateur baseball game in front of 6,274 Tuesday night at Warner Park.

Attempting the most difficult dive in the history of the Madison All-City Diving Meet paid off for Monona’s Henry Carman on Tuesday.

Tough job

CHICAGO — University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said Tuesday at Big Ten Media Days he has visited with the Green Bay Packers and the organization would have interest in hosting another football game at Lambeau Field.

CHICAGO — During a summer of racial tension and unnecessary violence across the country, Dare Ogunbowale felt, even more than mad or upset, disappointed in society’s inability to see through the differences in each other.

CHICAGO -- The 1987 campaign for the University of Wisconsin football program was the high-water mark of the Don Morton era, which isn’t saying much.

GREEN BAY — Some think Jared Abbrederis and Trevor Davis are battling for one wide receiver position on the Green Bay Packers' final roster.

Recently, WikiLeaks released thousands of emails belonging to the Democratic Party. And they show that, well, the Democratic Party isn't very democratic.

Some people have perceived the targeted killing of law enforcement officers as a racially motivated consequence of the Black Lives Matter movement and the naïve encouragement of this movement by President Barack Obama.

U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Glenbeulah, recently parroted the Republican talking point that President Barack Obama is responsible for the nation’s apparently worsening racial divide.

I am angry.