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The fifth-ranked Cardinals advance to face Poynette on Tuesday in a sectional semifinal contest.

Me & Julio in Fitchburg garnered unexpected attention after a pair of alligators visited the restaurant Thursday night.

The 10th-ranked Badgers' varsity eight, second varsity eight and varsity four remain alive at the national meet in Gold River, California.

Senior Hannah Schwartz becomes the first Badgers rower to earn the accolades twice.

The senior 800 runner and freshman hammer thrower qualify at the NCAA West Preliminary meet in Lawrence, Kansas.

Senior Judge Kenneth Ripple of the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago, gave each side two weeks to file final briefs, and then 10 days after that to respond to one another's briefs.

Language, like a house, needs to have the cobwebs swept out of it from time to time. A language, over time, acquires words that turn out to be meaningless, absurd, irrational, confused and sometimes deliberately misleading. These can be considered…

Three cheers for former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson. His recent praise of the University of Wisconsin System was a joy to hear.

More chronic wasting disease research and a new fence inspection regime for deer farms, announced by Gov. Scott Walker recently, are not an adequate response in a state that harbors one of the most infected whitetail deer herds in the…

Does the writer of the May 20 letter to the editor "Bathroom bans defend American morality" know that many people with excellent morals do no call themselves Christians?

Former University of Wisconsin players Joe Pavelski and Derek Stepan had already been named to the roster.

Public Health Madison and Dane County announced Friday that the Zika virus has been found in a non-pregnant woman in Dane County.

MCFARLAND - Albert LeRoy Hund, age 89, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on May 25, 2016. He was born on April 1, 1927, in Bartlesville, Okla., son of Preston and Golda (Dishong) Hund. He married Bertha Ogle on Feb.…

Judge Amy Smith on Friday said Walker's office erroneously withheld 12 email exchanges and six of nine attachments.

In addition to Rockwood, forwards Alex Shuchuk, Zac Keryluk and Tanner Barnes, and goaltender Gabe Grunwald will not return to UW next season.

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN — I recently took my 4- and 7-year-old granddaughters to “Princess for an Evening,” a local fundraiser for the Rivers and Bluffs Animal Shelter.

MIDDLETON — Ever since Donald Trump became the “presumptive” nominee of the Republican Party, there’s been a lot of chatter about how he needs to build bridges to the conservative base of the party that has, so far, been largely…

If the colorful display of scoops of ice cream in the freezers at La Michoacana don’t entice you, the list of unique flavors will. Thirty flavors including tequila, cajeta (caramelized goat’s milk), corn, pistachio, coffee, pine nut and other unusual…

Jindra, 33, was the assistant coach for the University of St. Thomas last season. He also spent four years at the University of Alaska-Anchorage and one with the University of Notre Dame.

Eaves, who led the Badgers for 14 seasons and won the 2006 NCAA title, was fired in March after a second consecutive losing season.