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Winningest Big Ten women's basketball coach retires after Iowa's Caitlin Clark era
The Hawkeyes were twice national runners-up in the past two seasons. They will usher in a new era with a familiar face as next coach.
Kickoff time, TV channel revealed for Alabama's anticipated visit to Wisconsin football
The Badgers will host Alabama in September. A new Crimson Tide staff includes a former Wisconsin assistant. Here's how fans can watch.
Fight over 'forever chemicals,' hospital funds ramps up in Wisconsin with GOP veto overrides, Gov. Evers' lawsuit
Senate Republicans plan to vote Tuesday override Evers' vetoes of three dozen bills. Republicans don't have the votes in the Assembly to successfully override a veto.
Ask the Weather Guys: Do tornadoes occur over all parts of Earth?
Computers began powering forecasts in 1955, leading to a golden age in weather science.
Man arrested for attacking speaker during demonstration, UW-Madison police say
The Madison man reportedly was yelling and agitated when he punched one man twice in the back of the head and another in the face and on the shoulder.
Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal justices appear poised to flip ballot drop box ban
The court's eventual decision could have considerable impact on Wisconsin's upcoming August 13 primary and November 5 presidential election.
Madison's 'Chimney Doe' finally has a name, after nearly 35 years
The DNA Doe Project has identified the person whose bones were found at the bottom of a chimney in a since-demolished building on University Avenue in September 1989.
Madison School District hires new communications director
Edell Fiedler most recently worked as director of communications and engagement for the city of Elgin, Illinois. Fiedler's first day was April 22.
Much of Wisconsin under alert as Canadian wildfire smoke chokes upper Midwest again
Nearly 90 fires are currently burning in Canada, and northeastern British Columbia, northwestern Alberta and the southern Northwest Territories are suffering from an intense drought
Tom Still: Why has Microsoft picked Wisconsin for its AI data center? Just ask AI
The project at the Foxconn site in southeastern Wisconsin, on paper, offers oodles of potential for the state's manufacturing.
Man on probation for robbery arrested after fleeing Janesville police on dirt bike
The 20-year-old driver of the dirt bike was arrested and jailed on tentative charges of fleeing/eluding officers and a felony probation violation, Janesville police said.
Arrest made after man shot, critically injured at Reindahl Park on Far East Side, Madison police say
A gathering was taking place at Reindahl Park at the time of the shooting and it appears that the man who was shot was targeted, Madison police said.
Motorcyclist hospitalized after crash that closed Highway 18/151 near Dodgeville, authorities say
The crash happened about 1:50 p.m. Sunday on Highway 18/151 near milepost 53, about 10 miles east of Dodgeville, the Iowa County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
SOS: Vrbo's handling of condo cancellation leaves couple short $3,701.96
Expedia was telling the Cychoszes that it bore no responsibility for a reservation made on its platform and botched by its business partner.
Exact Sciences blood test for many cancers is going to patients this summer
Meanwhile, a competitor has received federal approval for a stool-based colon cancer screening test to rival Exact Sciences' similar Cologuard.
As Madison Children Museum prepares to welcome world conference, MCM's president says goodbye
A key requirement for hosting the international conference of the Association of Children's Museums? You have to be a great museum everybody wants to see.
Wisconsin man gets 15-year prison sentence for 2022 building fire that killed 2 people
The February 2022 fire killed two tenants who lived above a Sturgeon Bay bar and seriously injured a third tenant.
5 questions with Oregon boys lacrosse player Israel Mikkelson
From his favorite music to what he enjoys about lacrosse, meet Israel Mikkelson.
Democratic ads try to chip away at Trump support among rural voters in Wisconsin, 2 other key states
The ads, from American Bridge 21st Century, will begin airing Monday in the northern battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.