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UW-Madison golf course proved itself as a Midwest jewel over eight years as American Family Insurance Championship's host.

Waunakee and Oregon garnered the top spots, while McFarland earned a No. 2 seed for this week's state championships in Milwaukee.

The Badgers men's and women's teams wrapped up the collegiate season with a strong showing in Eugene, Oregon.

The eight-run inning was a season high for Detroit, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Here's what went wrong for Milwaukee.

Packers quarterback Jordan Love was an "incredible human" Sunday as he met with a Sun Prairie family whose son Titus has been an honored guest at the AmFam Championship.

Another Chicagoland standout intends to become part of the Badgers football program. Here's what to know about this three-star cornerback.

"It is truly a miracle that no one is dead," Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said following the mass shooting atop a Madison high-rise early Sunday.

Finding the right financial help can lead to the completion of a long-dreamed-of degree.

It’s hard to imagine the Waupun prison rehabilitating criminals if it can’t even provide the basic necessities of life.

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

Criminal charges were brought against the recently retired warden of the Waupun Correctional Institution, as well as eight other staffers. Four inmates have died in the prison in recent months under terrible circumstances. One had been dead in his cell…

As many of the graduates adjusted their rain-spotted caps and tassels or fixed errant shoelaces it started to settle into their minds that Saturday was to be their last memory of high school.

My favorite columns to write at this time of year are my “fun in the sun” columns. Most of my family and I love the winter because it’s ski time; schussing down the hill is ecstasy for us. If we…

After Green Bay added 11 players in the 2024 NFL Draft, Jordan Love took it upon himself to reach out to his newest teammates. Here's how that gesture resonated.

Paul Phelps, owner of Sun Sport Aviation, resigns from his positions as manager, and FBO of the Portage Municipal Airport.

In his opening address at the Second Vatican Council, St. John XXIII warned against “prophets of doom” who only saw disaster, darkness and failure on the horizon. Last Sunday's letter to the editor "Catholic diocese could learn from rural church,"…

A recent letter to the editor proclaimed that the trial of former President Donald Trump was “rigged,” and that the only fair way to judge the former felonious president is at the ballot box.

When somebody makes an ambiguous statement, or uses an ambiguous symbol or gesture, the reasonable thing to do is to ask the person what they meant by that. When they clarify their statement, we should accept their clarification, unless there…

Last Sunday's letter to the editor "Catholic diocese could learn from rural church" was critical of the Catholic Church and of its local bishop, asserting that the bishop is hierarchical, prioritizes "sin over salvation" and only wants to "empty the…

As I listened to President Joe Biden deliver his remarks on the 80th commemoration of D-Day, I could not help but wonder whether he was honoring and upholding democracy or hypocrisy.