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The two will vie in November to replace former Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, who served in the role from 2011 until he stepped down in May.

The two proposals were the latest effort by GOP lawmakers to have voters decide on changes they have been unable to pass through the legislative process.

Ratcliff, D-Cottage Grove, beat out her fellow Reps. Jimmy Anderson, D-Fitchburg, and Samba Baldeh, D-Madison, to represent the newly drawn district.

Local artists and speakers will teach you how to repair and care for household items.

After calling Saturday “my worst game since being a Packer,” this second-year receiver can't shake the smile off his face. Here's how he's getting his game where he wants it.

Here's what to know about Tuesday’s practice at Ray Nitschke Field as Green Bay prepares to travel to the Mile High city for a joint practice with the Denver Broncos.

A criminal complaint alleges the McFarland Soccer Club's ex-treasurer took more than $264,500 over a 5-year period.

The Badgers added the Italian freshman forward after incomplete paperwork prevented Serbian forward Andrija Vukovic from joining the program.

In the 1960s, the average person could own a home, send kids to college, save for retirement, take a vacation and afford health care. Now the average person can’t afford these.

A letter to the editor in last Sunday's Wisconsin State Journal "AFSCME didn't endorse diversity in candidates" called out AFSCME and the Democratic Party for not supporting and endorsing candidates of color.

Instead of better traffic enforcement, we see an increasing number of main thoroughfares in the city of Madison reduced to 25 mph zones. I have a couple of what I think are better, safer solutions.

Like other Wisconsin Badgers fans, I want to support name, image and likeness funding for our athletes.

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says a structural budget deficit has existed since 2012 when the Republican-run Legislature and governor imposed harsh revenue restrictions.

Madison's latest budget proposals include cuts to a wide variety of valuable programs that will negatively affect city residents now and into the future.

A friend and neighbor of a woman who killed her children and herself admitted making an illegal "straw purchase" of a gun.

"It was human error," the Douglas County clerk said. "It was a mistake. I made that mistake. ... It was an oversight in one municipality."

"In today’s climate, where universities like (UW-Milwaukee) are seen less as public investments and more as tuition-dependent businesses, tenure must be balanced with demand," Chancellor Mark Mone wrote.