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How do you treat a cold? I get this question all the time. I could never keep straight the advice from the ’50s — was it “feed a cold and starve a fever” or the other way around? But it…

Green Bay's general manager and coach saw the team start out 2-5 and stage a turnaround leading to an unlikely playoff spot this season.

Bald Eagle Watching Days, hosted by the Ferry Bluff Eagle Council, returns for the 38th time throughout the day Saturday.

Ruby Westhuis, of Waupun, has not let age slow her down. The 106-year-old gets up early every morning and bakes and cooks for herself and her baby Jim, now 84.

The shootings around 12:10 a.m. Thursday killed 37-year-old Gina Weingart and 33-year-old Emerson Weingart, the Elkhorn Police Department said.

The Jan. 25 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association -- Internal Medicine includes a gut punch of a report. It says that in the 14 states with total abortion bans, about 65,000 pregnancies were forced -- 26,000 in…

I've been seeing plow trucks out moving snow recently. I’d like to know the financial and carbon costs of the excessive moving of snow in 40 degree temperatures.

The Jan. 18 letter to the editor "Rise as one to defeat Trump at the ballot box" recalled the words of Thomas Paine during the American Revolutionary War, calling for unity in repulsing British oppression.

I understand former President Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal. An iron-forearmed roofer I used to bowl with, back when you had to swing a hammer to be a roofer, once told me, “I’d take a benevolent king over a president any…

The Badgers women's hockey team won its 10th straight game, with Caroline Harvey providing the winner against St. Cloud State in overtime.

Fill in the caption with a clever quip by Wednesday and win publication of your line with the cartoon in next Sunday’s newspaper. You’ll also receive a signed print of the cartoon by artist Phil Hands.

The unruly scene featured two damaged vehicles, two people stabbed and one other injured after being a passenger in one of the crashed vehicles.

What to know about the Boilermakers ahead of the Badgers' biggest game of the season Sunday.

A play coming to Madison College details a fictional meeting between Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

A recruiting process that began with Wisconsin and other Power 5 schools almost two years ago ended Monday. Here's where the lineman plans to start his collegiate career in 2025.

How to tune in as the Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team hosts Purdue, its biggest contender in the Big Ten title race, Sunday at the Kohl Center.

Lewis Crane brags about his prowess at the Sudoku puzzles in this week's Mendota Marsh.

The Badgers gave up two goals on odd-man rushes, and that gave them one of the lessons they have to absorb quickly before a rematch with Minnesota.

Broadcaster Paul Braun experienced some dark times while his wife struggled with Alzheimer's disease. Here's how his return has helped.

The gritty and grimy work isn't for everyone on the ice, but it's crucial to a team's success. Here are some area players thriving in that role this season.