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This week's standouts include a player who stepped up when his team needed him and another who won four matches in two days. Vote for your favorite as the Supernova.

Consistency and low scores highlight this week's standout golfers. Vote for your favorite performance as the Supernova.

August 27, 1952—April 25, 2025

Michael Busch hit his first career grand slam and Pete Crow-Armstrong added two solo shots as Chicago crushed Milwaukee in the first matchup of the season between the division rivals.

Badgers coach Robin Pingeton tabbed an up-and-coming former Thirty Under 30 coach as her latest assistant Friday.

The 34-year-old seven-time all-NBA guard finished 10th in the league in scoring and assists this season while earning his ninth All-Star Game selection. Here's the latest on the major injury.

The 6-foot-3 redshirt senior who has started the past two seasons for Baylor should provided some welcome assistance, and competition, at middle blocker.

Two offensive linemen have state ties and will vie for spots on the preseason and regular-season rosters after their signings.

JOLIET, Ill. — An Illinois landlord who killed a 6-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured the boy’s mother in a brutal hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced Friday to 53 years in prison.

The annual statewide competition quizzes students about government in an effort to encourage civic engagement and participation.

The sixth-year's remarkable final season saw him climb to second on the Badgers' single season-scoring list with 724 total points.

Lake Wingra holds one of the highest concentrations of muskies in the state.

"Many of these options for the city come with tradeoffs, but so do the rising costs and challenges of the status quo,” a Wisconsin Policy Forum report said.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget plan would slash nondefense domestic spending by $163 billion while increasing expenditures on national security, according to White House statements Friday.

The NCAA has taken disciplinary action against five current or former Iowa State football support staff members for combining to make more than 6,200 online bets totaling more than $100,000 on professional and college games, including men’s and women’s basketball…

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The brief document, titled "Instructions for state employees encountering ICE or other federal agents at their workplace," has provoked pushback from the Trump administration.

This month's market celebrates UW-Madison and its significance to the community.

The district has dedicated about 60 non-teaching staff and $4.8 million to the program this school year.

"Wait and see what's coming" Homan said about Evers' April memo directing state workers to contact an attorney if approached by ICE agents.