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The driver, however, saw a TV report about the incident Tuesday night, and called police to say he might have been the one involved in the crash.

WASHINGTON -- How long will it be before American Muslims are forced to wear yellow badges with the star and crescent?

Payday loans are usury, pure and simple.

Three bridges spanning Interstate 39/90 in southeast Dane County will be removed this summer and replaced with new bridges by December, part of the massive rebuilding project of the interstate from the Illinois state line to Madison.

When it comes cooking, my father has never really strayed into the kitchen. Once, when my mother was away, he made himself a “salad” using a can of tuna, a red pepper and a cucumber and called me (and a…

It also calls for boosting dairy research, streamlining federal dairy programs and encouraging more young people to become dairy farmers.

Donald Trump's presidential campaign has hired its first paid staff in Wisconsin, a state that's expected to be a key target for the Republican in the race against Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The report says a key task force is upgrading its guidelines on use of the company's Cologuard colorectal cancer test.

Those who are extolling state Rep. Janel Brandtjen for her political courage in threatening to cut state funds to Milwaukee are confusing courage with political opportunism.

The poll is the first since Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton became their party's presumptive nominees.

A family living in an East Side apartment had no idea why their residence would be shot at, but that's what happened early Wednesday morning.

The drop-off came as conservative groups began raising questions about the GAB's role in a John Doe investigation.

A would-be burglar inside a Belmont home Tuesday night apologized to the homeowner when he came home, telling him he must be in the wrong house.

A gas powered pressure washer running for hours in a basement produced high levels of carbon monoxide in an eight-unit apartment building on Madison's North Side Tuesday night, forcing the evacuation of the building.

American Packaging Corp., maker of flexible packaging for a wide variety of food, healthcare, hygiene and household products, plans to build a plant in DeForest and add as many as 300 employees there over the next decade.

Our nation's obsession with guns makes it easier for terrorists to perpetrate mass shootings like the one in Orlando.

One of the great things about living in New York City is its wealth of street food, which provides us with easy access to dishes from the four corners of the earth.

A fire in a farm shed used to store straw, hay and farm equipment brought almost a dozen fire departments to an Evansville farm on Tuesday, with firefighters taking eight hours to put out the fire.