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A report of a suspicious package has shut down a section of the bike path between Odana Road and Commonweath Avenue, the 911 center said.

CINCINNATI — Craig Counsell was hopeful his big bats would create some noise in the 10th inning Saturday night.

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The University of Wisconsin softball team wrapped up the regular season with a Big Ten Conference doubleheader split Saturday against host Nebraska.

GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers and their fans aren’t likely to forget last season’s overtime playoff loss at Arizona for a long time.

More than 60 games were played in the two-day event organized by Poynette's Bob Tomlinson.

Georgia, Arizona, Furman, Miami and Texas advanced to the NCAA meet.Only Indiana's Camille Chevalier (8-over 224) and Ana Sanjuan (9-over 225) fared better than Brooke Ferrell among Big Ten competitors.

The State Journal's Tuesday story on the economic woes of Community Pharmacy revived memories of 1971, when its doors opened, and I walked in. I've been buying my vitamins and other supplements there ever since.

The May 1 letter to the editor “Justice Kennedy is rewriting God’s laws” makes some good points. But as a Christian, I want to point out the difference between man’s laws and God’s laws.

It was interesting to hear the news about several million dollars coming into Wisconsin from the billionaire Koch brothers and their associated super PAC to run attack ads against Russ Feingold for the fall election for U.S. Senate.

Realtor.com just rated Madison the fourth-best city in the nation for working moms. A key factor was the availability and quality of day care facilities for children under age 5.

As a lifelong science fiction fan, I hate to rain on the Mars parade. But the cold reality is no one will be going to Mars in the 21st century.

Steve Chapman's column last Sunday, "Prince and Schilling show speed of history," is one of the best I have read.

Nearly a century of agitation was needed before the British enacted their great Parliamentary Reform of 1832.

Packers trade for Cutler promise in winning caption Ernie Hanson of Madison is this week’s You Toon winner.

TOWN OF BRIGHAM – Conditions were near perfect Saturday for area trout anglers hoping to take a few trout home for the grill, frying pan or freezer.

Why don’t turkey hunters take advantage of foot tracks and wing drag marks gobblers leave in fields, on dusty roads and driveways, and on muddy trails?

States including Wisconsin are pushing to ensure Internet access to maximize uses for the explosion of connected devices.

One individual is hurt after a tractor reportedly rolled over them on Saturday afternoon, according to Dane County Communications.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Cottage Grove man will be on probation for five years for setting fire last year to the future home of a convicted sex offender.

VERONA - Steve Wood, age 70, formerly of Verona, Wis., was born Sept. 4, 1945, in Waterloo, Iowa. He died on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at Trinity Center at Luther Park, Des Moines, Iowa.