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From Make Music Madison to Burgers on the Bay, the Madison area is capitalizing on summer big-time this week.

The gadgets on display Thursday came from Axon, an Arizona company that develops weapons and technology for law enforcement, military and civilians.

Lightning strikes some 37 million times each year in the United States — especially during summer. It kills 21 people a year in the U.S. on average.

Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell is warning fellow election administrators of what he's calling intimidation tactics that claim clerks who send out new absentee ballot envelopes are committing voter fraud.

BadgerExtra columnist Jim Polzin answers a question from a reader in his mailbag.

June 14 was Tamarack Trails’ 50th anniversary as a homeowners’ association in Madison. For six months, a committee had worked hard on the celebration. They invited dignitaries, planned a program, designed a logo and ordered hats, shirts and cupcakes. All…

Milwaukee evened things up with a pair of runs in the top of the ninth, but San Diego provided more fireworks with a game-winning home run with two outs.

History wasn't on the side of the 'underdog' Badgers as Kelly Sheffield tried to lure one of the premier players in the 2026 class to a state she’s never visited.

Former chancellor Joe Gow and UW-La Crosse officials wrapped up closing statements Thursday in a two-day faculty hearing over Gow's role as a tenured professor.

Jakira Anderson is serving a life sentence for the shooting death of a Middleton car dealership employee.

Some future salary bumps in Badgers volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield's contract extension are tied to the team's chase for championships.

In the past month, Madison area received 8.74 inches of rain.

Police believe the woman is connected to Jerome Jacobs Jr., who is wanted in connection with a June 9 shooting that injured two people on Madison's East Side.

One person is dead after a house fire Thursday morning in the town of Mazomanie along the Wisconsin River.

Republican claims that Joe Biden is too old, senile and mentally unfit to be president could easily backfire. Given how low the bar has been set, if Biden doesn't completely fail in his upcoming debate against Donald Trump, it will…

The idea was simple enough. Many genetic disorders are caused by malfunctioning genes. Gene therapy lets doctors correct those errors.

Vernon County authorities are investigating after receiving reports of two snowmobiles that were taken from a storage unit in the village of Coon Valley over the weekend.

The Badgers have been hot on the recruiting trail and are looking to add to their staff. Here's what we know about the changes.

The building, built in 1914, is one of several that are being moved or razed to make way for a 12-story 232-unit apartment building.

An unnamed driver was arrested after they crashed their vehicle several times and lead officers on a chase early Thursday morning, according to the Madison Police Department.