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A 61-year-old Fennimore man was killed Saturday when he crashed his motorcycle while passing another vehicle.

An open garage door was too inviting for a couple of Beloit teens on Sunday, with the teens taking a bicycle from the garage while the family was at home having a cookout.

A 12-year-old boy escaped having an eye put out by a BB Friday evening when he allegedly was shot in the face by a 12-year-old boy who he knows from school.

Two people were killed and two suffered life-threatening injuries early Sunday in a two-vehicle crash in Grant County.

A Fitchburg man who refused to let an armed man into his residence early Sunday was punched by the suspect who then fled on foot.

A cleaning woman who appeared to be under the influence of drugs at a Middleton home on Sunday was arrested for possession of drugs.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Administrators of Wisconsin's only high school focused on helping students recover from drug and alcohol addiction say financial difficulties may force them to close it.

Members of the Wisconsin Bed & Breakfast Association have reported unlicensed lodging establishments listed on Airbnb and VRBO to health authorities. The complaints have prompted some people to get licensed.

Horizon High School will run a $10,500 per month deficit next year and likely close if donations don't come in.

My gut seized up a little when the man looked at the 8-foot bed of my old pickup truck and said, “You do realize the top bar of this swing set is 20 feet long, right?”

Pressurized air is what gives the lift to make a hovercraft work.

A long period without rain dries out vegetation making it easier to burn, and low humidity makes it easier to start a fire.

Kory Ryan went 3-for-4 with two home runs as Poynette blanked host Rio 9-0 in an Eastern Section Home Talent League amateur baseball game Sunday afternoon.

The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee says she will support the Janesville Republican's challenger in Wisconsin's August primary.

The article "America should be first on Mars" seems to gloss over the extreme resource cost of transporting human bodies with life support system to make the trip. It's a very difficult environment on Mars, likely with no hope of…

After years of delay, Congress finally passed legislation to reauthorize the Older Americans Act. Many advocates for the aged population were relieved.

Doug Erickson’s recent article “Charter czar pledges cooperation” failed to address three salient concerns in opposition to this new education initiative. First, the article suggests “critics believe independent charter schools siphon money and resources from traditional public schools.” This is…

In the recent article on emergency room waiting times, no mention was made of patients who are brought in because of severe episodes of mental illness.

Now that Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee of the GOP, how will he finance his fall campaign? His companies' several bankruptcies will make bankers reluctant to lend him more money. They've lost before. Will his supporters give him the…

What sort of society are we creating when high school students and their parents have to worry whether someone is going to bring a gun to prom?