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Many children are dreading going back to school this week. Perhaps they will take a cue from Kamala Harris' campaign message about Donald Trump's administration: "We are not going back."

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

The summer of 2024 has been "active" in severe storms, rain and tornadoes, but previous summers have seen more extremes like high temperatures, according to the National Weather Service.

CODAworx serves as a tech-based platform for introducing artists to entities that might want to commission their art ... all while trying to find a match that works for all.

State and school leaders need support in restricting devices for better learning

Wisconsin football will look for a big jump from Week 1 to Week 2. But this FCS opponent has faced a few Power Four programs in the last several seasons.

The aging schools each year got major facelifts. Dated hallways and cramped classrooms have been replaced with bright and airy spaces geared toward modern learning.

Exercise at all ages can be a positive for your brain, too.

It took some fans two minutes to buy a beer at the Badgers football opener. Others at Camp Randall waited a lot longer.

In her presidential candidate acceptance speech, Vice President Kamala Harris presented a list of items in part of her speech by saying, “America, we are not going back.” Missing in her list of things we are not going back to…

In his column in Sunday's State Journal, "Harris’ shiny housing plan is backward," Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann wrote that he felt his county’s plan for providing access to home ownership was superior to Kamala Harris’s federal plan that would…

I’ve received three mailers from the Republican Party of Wisconsin since the Democratic National Convention.

Regarding last Sunday's letter to the editor "Effort to colonize Mars is pure science fantasy," I've been thinking for years about how foolhardy the "space race" is.

Remember back when the Affordable Care Act was initially being discussed and Nancy Pelosi infamously said, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it?"

This is a personal story. My father, a former player for the Badgers in both football and baseball, has a brick memorialized at Camp Randall. But these tokens aren't just about my father -- there are hundreds more, each signifying…

Do Madison traffic engineers ever drive a car? I am beginning to doubt it when I see the dangerous decisions they make.

I am writing this letter endorsing the candidacy of Rich Johnson for the Wisconsin state Assembly.

Roughly 20 years ago I was very active in a Universities of Wisconsin System committee that advocated for liberal education at all System campuses. The initiative was wildly successful, but its success was short-lived.

It was just less than a year ago that Saige Damrow made her debut with the University of Wisconsin volleyball team in front of a sellout crowd at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

Jackson Chourio continued his torrid post-All Star stretch with a blast that sent Milwaukee past NL Central rival Cincinnati on Saturday night.