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Gabe Carimi, perhaps as well as anyone else, understands the importance of injury prevention.

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After playing steady golf for 18 holes, Baraboo’s Dawson Hinz had to play four more pressure-packed holes Wednesday afternoon.

MILWAUKEE -- Ryan Braun missed another start on Wednesday, not with the sore right wrist that sidelined him for back-to-back games over the weekend, but with stiffness in his surgically repaired lower back.

Waunakee wins the overall Badger North team title and Madison Edgewood takes the Badger South team crown.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Judge Paul Higginbotham, the first African-American to serve as a Wisconsin appellate court judge, says he won't seek re-election to the Madison-based 4th District Court of Appeals.

The Warhawks hit a pair of home runs among their 15 hits.

I find it so hypocritical of the Republicans, but that's how they have done things for decades. They think the government can come in and tell millions of women they know what's best for us in terms of birth control…

The federal government leading from the front on transgender bathroom regulations is a brew of legacy, cynicism and election year opportunism. Talk about trolling the opposition.

The unwillingness of Donald Trump to disclose his income taxes, saying "it's none of your business," exposes a new side to the presumptive Republican presidential candidate and leaves us (the public) to only speculate.

The May 11 article, "DNR accused of overstepping," points to the incredible arrogance of the current Republican administration.

Monday's letter "Black Lives Matter needs broader view" asked: Why are there protests when a white person (a white police officer) kills a black person, and there are no protests when a black person kills another black person?

Judge Paul Higginbotham, who was the first African-American to serve as a Wisconsin appellate court judge, announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election to his seat on the Madison-based state 4th District Court of Appeals.

7th Circuit Appeals Court Judge Diane Sykes previously served on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Nathan Reuvers, a 6-foot-10 forward from Minnesota, orally committed to the Badgers during a visit to campus on Wednesday.

The pick of Michael Haas as Wisconsin's chief election official is unlikely to be confirmed by the state Senate, its majority leader, Scott Fitzgerald, predicted Wednesday.

Wisconsin continues to look at self-insuring 250,000 state and local government workers and their family members, as the board that oversees the health benefits on Wednesday reviewed information to be requested from companies when bids are sought in July.

The Green Bay Packers signed safety Jermaine Whitehead, the team announced on Wednesday.

Melinda Heinritz, currently the strategic partnerships director at the Madison Community Foundation, has been named the new executive director of the Foundation for Madison’s Public Schools.