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The Madison-Dane County community is no national model, but is taking some significant steps to to end chronic and veteran homelessness.

The $8 million Rethke Terrace project will provide 60 units of permanent housing with voluntary support services for homeless single adults and veterans.

Some say the quality of life here is the main draw, regardless of income, not social services.

Andre Johnson oversees a staff of 50 people who work with minors who have run afoul of the law or appear at risk of doing so.

Time doesn't heal all wounds for the Madison Parks Division, where some war dead are worth memorializing more than others.

It’s hard to be precise, but some time in the relatively recent past — let’s call it seven to nine years ago — somebody proclaimed rosé not only safe to drink but cool to drink, and word spread.

Milwaukee could go one of several ways with its choice in the first round.

With different pitching styles, Verona junior Quin Nelson and freshman Meghan Anderson have been baffling opposing hitters.

The UW senior registers a huge PR in the final event to bolster his lead after the first five events.

The right-hander pitches brilliantly into the seventh inning and the second baseman drives in three runs.

The Mallards beat Lakeshore to win their first game of the season without scoring at least seven runs.

Authorities have not located a victim following reports of a shooting on the city's Southwest Side.

Madison City Council members and Police Chief Mike Koval may struggle to find common ground after divisive days recently.

Increases to certain payment methods could range between 5 percent and a little over 24 percent and would go in effect Aug. 28 if approved by the City Council.

A detective who was doing surveillance on Wednesday at Randall Elementary School saw a man who matched the suspect's description and arrested Erik Pillar, police said.

Six games into the 2016 season, the Verona girls soccer team could have been on the ropes.

The Wisconsin Republican-run Legislature's inability to come up with a workable solution for the state’s crumbling roads and deteriorating bridges has become personal for me.

It's funny how UW-Madison, which claims to be reeling from budget cuts by those nasty old Republicans in the state Legislature, has no trouble forking out $47 million to "upgrade" (gentrify) Witte Hall. This is merely one step (along with…

As I look at our great country and traditions falling apart, and at the extremely poor presidential candidates, I can only think we are on a road to ruin.

If you think you'll be voting for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump for president, you may not have that opportunity.