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The program lets qualified students enroll in most UW schools without going through the traditional college application process.

The westbound lanes of I-94 were closed from shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday until nearly 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, the state Department of Transportation reported.

Former Winona State University player Clay Schueffner has been charged with homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle in Milwaukee County after allegedly hitting 93-year-old priest David Gau.

In a May 2021 radio interview, Manjon said the group doesn't make attending court dates a condition of getting bail assistance, "because we're abolitionists."

If the NFL Players Association gets its way, Green Bay and the league’s other 31 teams are about to see their offseason programs altered in a major way.

Reigning champions and athletes looking for redemption highlight this year's list of area qualifiers. Here's what you need to know about the two-day event.

The man was arrested in Beloit by Beloit and Janesville police and jailed on a tentative charge of mistreating animal – felony, authorities said.

This year millions of cicadas will emerge across southern Wisconsin. Our brood of the harmless but noisy insects only emerges every 17 years.

Madison Trust for Historic Preservation is launching a new set of eight walking tours Thursday, including ones of the Greenbush neighborhood, Maple Bluff and the UW-Madison agricultural campus.

The next three weeks of recruits coming to Madison are important for Luke Fickell, data shows. Here's where things stand and areas to address.

The Badgers missed out on a forward target last week. From top targets to late-bloomers, here is where things stand.

I was very disappointed with Friday's letter to the editor "Only Trump can save our American way of life."

Conservatives targeted the U.S. Supreme Court for decades with their presidential votes based on abortion. Donald Trump in 2016 offered conservative voters their preferred judges if they gave him their votes.

In a much larger view than individual states banning travel for abortion, the notion that one aspect of obstetric care can be separated from a woman's body and guided by laws across 50 individual states ignores a very real health…

Phil Hands' cartoon in last Sunday's Wisconsin State Journal was way off base. It depicted current Madison residents as old fuddy-duddies and city committees as out of touch bureaucrats. His cartoon showed developers as innocent tykes building sandcastles.

Willy Adames delivered a game-tying RBI in the bottom of the ninth before Chicago's offense came alive in the top of the 10th. Here's how things shook out in Milwaukee.

The Badgers completed their coaching staff with an assistant who has over two decades of experience. Here's what we know.

Wisconsin students Nethraa Muthupandiyaraja and Aiden Wijeyakulasuriya, both 13, are moving on to the Scripps National Spelling quarterfinals Wednesday after qualifying in Tuesday's preliminary rounds.

Of course Nikki Haley now says she’ll vote for Donald Trump. A blink of an eye ago she called him “unstable and unhinged,” an individual who’s “just toxic” and “lacks moral clarity.”

The Purgolders had plenty of success under their longtime coach. Their next coach is returning to the Badger State after several seasons out West.