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Dane County eyes drop-in center, safer use site for drug users

Tue, 05/28/2024 - 5:50am
A proposal for a center to reduce harm among drug users, and a study of a potential drug consumption site, involve money from the county's opioid settlement funds.

Why Packers’ new defense could be a game-changer for former first-round pick Devonte Wyatt

Tue, 05/28/2024 - 5:45am
The third-year defensive tackle said he's ready for a "monster leap" after his first two seasons in Green Bay. Here's why the Georgia product feels his time has come.

How MLB velocity has reached high school baseball and why 'it isn't everything'

Tue, 05/28/2024 - 5:37am
Injuries run rampant as the highest level of baseball tries to throw harder and harder. Verona's star throws harder than some pros. Why he and others take measured approaches.

Open Jim: Where will Wisconsin football finish in the 2024 Big Ten standings?

Tue, 05/28/2024 - 5:25am
BadgerExtra columnist Jim Polzin answers a question from a reader in his mailbag.

Polzin: It wasn't all jeers for Craig Counsell during his unhappy homecoming

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 7:35pm
The former Brewers manager predicted an "interesting day" in his return to American Family Field. He got that — and a loss — in a game against his former club.

Brewers break scoreless tie in 8th, spoil Craig Counsell's return to Milwaukee

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 6:12pm
The former Brewers manager, who moved on to the Cubs in the offseason, was booed by the sellout crowd Monday.

5 Wisconsin track and field athletes headed to NCAA Outdoor Championships in Oregon

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 5:30pm
Here's who will represent the Badgers as they look to add to their success from the Big Ten championships.

Cameron Huss caps stellar Wisconsin golf career with solid effort at NCAA Championship

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 4:30pm
The Badgers senior fell short of the final round of the National Championship after reaching new heights in his career.

4 teenagers dead after pickup truck collides with semi near Columbus

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 4:15pm
The victims included two Sun Prairie teens, ages 19 and 17; a 16-year-old Madison boy; and an 18-year-old woman.

Man sentenced to 18 years for 2016 firebombing in Fond du Lac

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 3:39pm
FOND DU LAC — A Wisconsin judge has sentenced a man to 18 years in prison in connection with a 2016 firebombing incident.

Tallest waterslide in U.S. opens at Mt. Olympus in Wisconsin Dells

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 2:29pm
The Rise of Icarus opened at Mt. Olympus Water and Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells on Saturday.

5 people displaced from their Madison apartment after electrical fire early Sunday

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 11:45am
Five unnamed people are displaced from their home after an electrical fire early Sunday morning caused $150,000 worth of damage to their two-flat apartment building on Madison's Near West Side.

Tom Still: Founders can follow different strategies to entrepreneurial success

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 10:55am
If there’s a common trait among effective entrepreneurs, it’s their tendency to follow unique paths to success.

SOS: Customer waits to see if Keurig makes good on promise to replace defective coffee maker

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 8:00am
As of Friday, it's been six business days, and still no coffee maker.

'Simple act of justice' targeted 'narrow prejudices' 150 years ago

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 7:35am
This State Journal editorial ran on May 27, 1874, 10 months before the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law, guaranteeing to all people, regardless of race, access to theaters, schools, churches, cemeteries and jury service:

Possible tornado in Milton area damages residences, downs trees and power lines, authorities say

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 6:55am
The National Weather Service will be surveying the area to determine if it was a tornado.

2 Wisconsin spellers competing in Scripps National Spelling Bee. Here's how they are preparing

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 5:50am
"It's less of speller versus speller and rather individual speller versus the dictionary," said Aiden Wijeyakulasuriya, one of two spellers representing Wisconsin at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

'Plenty of motivation' for Packers kicker after 'painful' playoff miss

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 5:45am
There is competition for second-year kicker Anders Carlson, who believes he found the issue of his missed field goals.

How MLB's PitchCom impacts high school baseball teams avoiding sign stealing

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 5:37am
Teams have invested hundreds of dollars in electronic communication devices in an effort to provide smoother communication and avoid sign stealing. Here's why teams use it and others haven't.

Ask the Weather Guys: Why is Memorial Day weekend weather highly variable?

Mon, 05/27/2024 - 5:30am
Perhaps no other major holiday suffers such a Jeckyl and Hyde split, and there are really good scientific reasons that underlie this duality.

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