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The Madison developer of the noninvasive Cologuard test for colorectal cancer has more than 750 employees nationwide.

A 17-year-old male student is in custody after authorities discovered a loaded gun in his car on school property Wednesday afternoon, police said.

Over the past few weeks, several letter writers have asked for “reasonable” gun control. That phrase is liberal shorthand for disenfranchising law-abiding citizens.

The amount of blind, ignorant political loyalty in the 21st century is mind boggling. Congratulations, Fox News and MSNBC. You are succeeding in brainwashing and dividing the American public.

Since Donald Trump now seems to have sewn up the Republican presidential nomination, disaffected Republicans are looking elsewhere.

Puerto Rico's 3.5 million people have total debt of $70 billion, or $20,000 for each man, woman and child. Gov. Alejandro García Padilla has called this debt "unpayable." The government is struggling to provide basic services to its people, and…

Hillary Clinton is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, but her support is limited to some portions of the Democratic Party and independents. On the other hand, challenger Bernie Sanders has had sizeable and enthusiastic support from younger and less "establishment"…

The Los Angeles Rams released former University of Wisconsin wide receiver Nick Toon on Wednesday.

Wisconsin police departments can release full accident and incident reports with drivers' information without running afoul of federal privacy laws, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday, but a top law enforcement official says the decision could cause delays in processing…

Five of the UW System's 13 universities have now seen professors approve no confidence votes against Ray Cross and the UW Board of Regents.

I started my career at UW-Madison 15 years ago, and I’ve been here ever since. I care deeply about the welfare of this university. Though I’ve been offered jobs elsewhere, a sense of loyalty has kept me here.

FORT ATKINSON - How lucky our family is to have celebrated mom's 98th birthday and give her our love on Mother's Day. The angels then whisked Florence away on May 9, 2016.

LIVINGSTON - Aaron A. Gregory, age 32, of Livingston, Wis., passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2016.

DEFOREST - Geraldine F. "Gerry" Cooper, age 88, passed away, with her husband and son present, on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at Waunakee Manor. She was born on June 18, 1927, to Louis and Frieda (Lintner) Sommer in the Town…

The latest batch of showers and thunderstorms coming to southern Wisconsin is expected Wednesday night, ahead of a little warmup on Thursday, then cooler temperatures for the weekend.

Mismanaged countries are swinging away from leftist leaders who slowed economies slow to crawl

St. Louis Blues goaltender and former University of Wisconsin standout Brian Elliott will start Game 7 against the Dallas Stars in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs tonight.

The victim in Tuesday evening's fatal shooting was a friend of Martez Moore, the man shot to death in April outside O'Grady's Pub on the Far West Side, according to police and family members.

The list of Wednesday's weather-related varsity prep sports event postponements, as gathered from official conference scheduling websites at 1 p.m.:

Jenkins is the third two-time honoree in UW's program history.