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The Chippewa Falls McDonell graduate and Minnesota recruit bounces back from a rough opening hole.

Once a presidential hopeful, Walker called for supporting Donald Trump as the only alternative to Hillary Clinton.

The University of Wisconsin football team will hold its annual Family Fun Day from 3-5 p.m. on Aug. 7 at Camp Randall Stadium.

Our political leaders once again showed that discrediting the other party is more important than serving United States citizens. Funding for Zika research and development of a vaccine is the latest victim of this disgraceful behavior.

Remember swimming lessons at the lake where you could not go in the water unless you had a buddy? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires a safety person be on site when workers are doing hazardous work. Our firefighters…

Passages in Melania Trump’s speech Monday night at the Republican National Convention were almost word-for-word identical to Michelle Obama’s 2008 address to the Democratic Convention. In response to criticism, Donald Trump's campaign manager Paul Manafort refers to "a few words…

We are experiencing lawlessness in our nation and throughout the world. It is disturbing that so many murders are occurring everywhere.

I would like to respond to Sunday's letter to the editor "'Pokemon Go' players are becoming zombies" and to the writer's worries about the future of the voting populace of America.

A Madison bicyclist killed in a crash in Highway 14 last week was on her daily commute to work in Cross Plains when she was struck from behind by a pickup truck.

Retired UW-Madison astronomer John Mathis, honored by state literacy agencies, hears about needs and then fills them.

Up to 100 volunteers from public safety agencies around the state, including the Madison and Milwaukee fire departments, assisted in last week's search.

The owners of Bellini Italian Restaurant are closing it down, ending an era of Gargano family restaurants that stretches back to the 1960s in Madison.

The Badgers, who released their non-conference schedule for the upcoming season on Wednesday, will play their home opener Nov. 13 against Saint Francis (Pa.).

The redshirt freshman played as the Badgers' fourth tight end during spring practice.

Gov. Scott Walker has said he'll name a replacement soon.

A group funded by the Koch brothers canceled $2.2 million worth of ads it had planned to run to help Sen. Ron Johnson in August and September.

STOUGHTON / CABLE - Mrs. James "Kathy" Anderson, age 74, died on Monday, July 18, 2016, as a result of a car accident. A full obituary will follow. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.

MADISON - Todd William Bruce, age 53, of Madison, Wis., passed away in Winona, Minn., on Sunday, July 17, 2016. He was born in Janesville, Wis., to Nathan W. and Rosemary Bruce of Milton, on Sept. 26, 1962. Todd has…

KIELER - Gilbert B. "Gib - Gibby" Kruser, age 91, of Kieler, Wis., passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, Iowa.

LODI - Our beautiful and beloved mother, Doris (Geddes) Bender Wipperfurth, age 85, passed away peacefully on Feb. 22, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in Lodi with her daughter and dear friend, Patti Geeslin, by her side.…