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If as Shakespeare wrote, "All the world's a stage," Make Music Madison turns the whole city into a stage Tuesday as it celebrates the summer solstice.

OUR VIEW: Unlike Donald Trump, the governor understands the opportunities for state products and jobs

Dear Doc: You were right! Again! I took my prescriptions to several local pharmacies and none of them, not one of them, would tell me prices unless I let them run prescriptions through. I couldn’t get the price without having…

When it began on U.S. television in the summer of 2000, “Big Brother” – which put 12 “house guests” in a house without outside contact and tracked their every move on camera – seemed like a crazy experiment.

Before there were “Dance Moms,” there was Gypsy Rose Lee. Don’t miss out on “Gypsy,” the musical tale of one of America’s favorite stage mothers. Local and New York talent blend harmoniously in Capitol City Theatre’s performance 7:30 p.m. Friday…

Even a rain-soaked Oakmont didn't keep the U.S. Open from delivering its usual dose of frustration.

The struggling rookie ended his first day ever in a major tournament at 3 under with the rest of the 156-player field looking up at him.

Scheffler's 1-under 69 gave him the clubhouse lead, such as it was on a soggy day when only nine players managed to finish and half the 156-player field didn't even get a chance to start.

Jonathan Lucroy has grown weary of hearing his name continually pop up in trade rumors. As long as the Milwaukee Brewers veteran catcher continues to produce at the plate like he has most of the season, though, the chatter isn’t…

Noisy dogs alerted a homeowner to a fire reported at 2:13 a.m. Friday at 301 Crescent St. in Mazomanie, according to Dane County Sheriff's Office reports.

MILWAUKEE — The Waukesha Catholic Memorial girls soccer program found itself in a familiar spot on Thursday: Waiting to play for another WIAA state championship.

MILWAUKEE — Vanessa Narveson had no idea how it happened.

The shortstop's three-run blast helps Madison improve to a a South Division-leading 11-6.

GRAND CHUTE — The Prairie du Chien baseball team was its own worst enemy Thursday, and the cost was a WIAA Division 3 state championship.

A suspect left the area but was later taken into custody in Madison, the release said.

One hundred of the top girls basketball players from Wisconsin’s Class of 2016 will take to the Court of Champions at JustAGame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells today for the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Classic.

An 18-year-old DeForest man who was driving nearly 100 miles per hour last year when he struck another car in Windsor and killed a 77-year-old woman, was sentenced Thursday to five years of probation for the woman's death and a…

A Monona man who prosecutors said dealt the heroin that killed one Waupun man in February and caused the near-fatal overdose of another was found guilty Thursday of first-degree reckless homicide and several other charges.

WASHINGTON — When in his 1964 GOP acceptance speech Barry Goldwater declared that “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice,” a reporter sitting near journalist/historian Theodore White famously exclaimed: “My God, he’s going to run as Barry Goldwater!”

Donald Trump and U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, realizing their political fates are intertwined, have chosen to focus on the common ground between them (very mature) and managed to negotiate compromise without sacrificing (not too much) their separate principles.…