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This is the third annual progress report since Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham took over in 2013.

A community activist who formerly worked in the Dane County District Attorney's Office is the new diversity recruitment specialist for county government, advancing County Executive Joe Parisi's "Access to Opportunity" initiative.

PHILADELPHIA -- One of Bernie Sanders' top supporters in Wisconsin said stakes are high when the Vermont senator addresses the Democratic National Convention tonight, amid controversy over leaked emails that show top Democratic Party staffers privately disparaging Sanders and urging…

Archery hunters can apply for permits beginning Monday to hunt for deer or turkey on Dane County lands this fall.

Jones Dairy Farm in Fort Atkinson opens Jones Market

A rural Baraboo man was arrested Friday after he allegedly pistol whipped a woman in a home in the town of Delton.

A man in Fitchburg was mugged Sunday night by a person who slashed him and took his music player.

She and her party have their work cut out for them in Philadelphia

Nobody was hurt Sunday night during an armed home invasion on the city's East Side.

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The oppressive head and humidity in southern Wisconsin is finally loosening its grip on the region, and weather should be better this week, forecasters say.

A great, quick, inspirational book, “What Milly Did,” by Elise Moser of Sauk City and Montreal, is now available from Amazon and other book outlets for about $7.

Noah, a blind bichon poodle mix from Mineral Point, was a semi-finalist in the American Human Association Hero Dog Awards.

The convention's opening night speaker is U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who won the Wisconsin primary.

The volunteer Friends of State Street Family has teams of people who do street outreach, make and serve food, collect donations, and do special projects to help the those without homes.

It was good to visit my neighbor Tom this week. It had been too long. I can see his shed from my ridge — it’s just a shade under 2 miles as the crow flies, and not much farther by…

Most homeless people are not routinely causing problems for police, a study finds, but a core group of chronic offenders burns through resources.

In principle, a wormhole-like scenario is possible, but a wormhole tends to close before objects or other matter could pass through it.

In the course of a day, John Haines experiences both monotony and hardship.

A controversial proposal making its way through city committees would bar people from sleeping or lying on Downtown sidewalks during the day.