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The Wisconsin River is still getting wider and shallower with another spring of minimal water from up north because of lack of much snow melt.

Baseball

The Purgolders score two runs in the sixth inning to earn a non-conference victory over Oregon in Milwaukee.

A small business owner and attorney, Kahl, 44, said he intends to return his focus to those pursuits.

It will remain a serious challenge for Obama's successor

The Spartans senior beats his Cardinals rival in a playoff to claim medalist honors at University Ridge.

The Reds scored five runs in the first inning and two in the second to take control against the Brewers in Cincinnati.

Madison West High School student Gabriel Saiz and Cambridge High School student Kendra Spier have been named Presidential Scholars.

The Madison utility company reported its first-quarter earnings.

WASHINGTON — What lies behind Donald Trump’s nomination victory? Received wisdom among conservatives is that he, the outsider, sensed, marshaled and came to represent a massive revolt of the Republican rank and file against the “establishment.”

BRYAN, Texas – Junior Brooke Ferrell shot a 6-over 78 in the first round of 54-hole NCAA regional play Thursday in Bryan, Texas.

All correctional officers, sergeants and youth counselors will receive 80 cents more an hour starting June 26.

I will miss working the deli counter at Pierce's Northside Market. A small group of loyal and mainly low-income customers propped up the store over the past decade. We shopped at Pierce's because it was our neighborhood store.

The letter writer of “‘Carbon tax’ just means higher taxes” in the April 28 State Journal questions whether a revenue neutral carbon tax would be effective.

After reading Monday's front-page article about elephants being freed (finally!) of their years performing in the Ringling Bros. Circus, I found it ironic to turn to page 5 and see that Baraboo Circus World is now going to incorporate performing…

John Gilbert, already facing child sexual assault charges in state court, now charged in federal court with exploiting a 15-year-old girl.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 1st.

Hintze starred at Oshkosh North.

Burke is from Albany, New York, and joins former Badgers Madison Packer and Brooke Ammerman in New York.

In yet another example of government waste, bureaucratic bloat and excessive regulation, Americans complete more than 23,000 forms for 68 federal agencies each year, according to a new analysis by the American Action Forum. Just filling out all these forms…