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The park's shelter and other amenities help attract neighborhood children and others for a free lunch.

A silver-tongued flim-flam man convinced a Family Dollar employee over the phone Saturday that he was from corporate headquarters, then gained the card and PIN numbers to more than $4,000 worth of the store's gift cards, Madison police said.

A dispute between neighbors ended Friday night with one stabbing the other in the arm, Madison police said.

UW police say a group of bicyclists suspected of playing Pokemon Go were weaving in and out of traffic on Observatory Drive over the weekend.

A Madison man was arrested late Saturday after he stabbed a man who had stepped in to keep another man from being stabbed.

Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney will swear in nine new deputies at a ceremony at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Dane County Courthouse.

The 600 block of Howard Place will be closed for the work day on Wednesday as part of a building construction project, the city of Madison Traffic Engineering Division said Monday.

Ryan has clashed publicly with Trump, but the two reportedly have agreed to give Ryan a platform at the convention.

Willy Street Co-op bond drive continues and St. Croix Rods in Park Falls begins offering tours.

The boom that occurred in the 1990s after NAFTA took effect lowered inflation, increased incomes, cut poverty and shrunk unemployment

A $1.7 million project to build the new facility at 103 Lincoln St. broke ground last week, with work expected to wrap up in January.

BERLIN — On a trip to the beach, a German friend recently saw two teenage Afghan refugee boys stare in shock at female bathers in scanty bikinis. She overheard one youth agitatedly ask the German volunteer accompanying him: “Where are…

OUR VIEW: Better dialog, understanding can help deter violence when police interact with public

Authorities are searching for teens reported missing Sunday.

Robert Tabb died Sunday from injuries received in a June 24 crash.

Q What forces are in play when high winds knock down objects?

UW-Madison officials and others question whether students are at any greater risk of crime while abroad than they are on American campuses.

The year-end celebrity death roundups will fail to note, but we have lost the contrary farmer, Gene Logsdon. Fortunately he leaves for us an accumulation of books (including “The Contrary Farmer”) and other writings so highly stacked it would jam…

Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, refer to any plant or animal that has been genetically modified by humans.

The 2005 Columbus High School graduate, who was a distant 12th in the women’s heptathlon at the U.S. Olympic trials in 2012, broke through Sunday with a second-place finish for a berth in next month’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.