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Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lilllard, playing against his former team, led Milwaukee's win over Portland at Fiserv Forum.

Jeff Post grew up amid the lead mines of southwestern Wisconsin but for 30 years was curator of minerals and gems at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C.

UW-Madison's Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, with participants now turning age 84, has produced hundreds of findings on how many life factors influence growing old.

Some conservative groups have urged lawmakers to amend the Constitution further in order enshrine GOP policies like the state's right-to-work law and private school voucher program.

How to tune in as the Badgers return to action at the Kohl Center as Fort Myers Tip-Off champions.

A pair of defensive players overcome poor starts, the future at running back and more in this week's observations.

The Badgers men's hockey team broke a three-game losing streak Saturday, and goalie William Gramme was emotional about getting the chance to start.

Instead of preparing for tight times, local officials seem to be doubling down

"It’s hard not to root for him," coach Matt LaFleur said of the quarterback, who is in his first season as the starter.

Wisconsin men's basketball has one tune-up at home before starting a daunting three-game stretch.

Since 1918, the Empty Stocking Club has provided Christmas toys to children in families in need in the greater Madison area. You can help again this year.

A Middleton-based board game company prepares to give back by helping out Empty Stocking Club, which gives toys to children who need them.

A loss to Northwestern two weeks ago left players openly questioning teammates' commitment. Back-to-back wins to end the regular season showed the Badgers still have plenty of fight.

Check out all of BadgerExtra's postgame videos as Wisconsin football players and fans celebrated with Paul Bunyan's Axe.

Wisconsin quarterback Tanner Mordecai has played in two of college football's most proud rivalries. Here's what he thinks of the Badgers and Gophers.

Pleas to President Joe Biden’s administration and Congress to stop the genocide of Palestinians have fallen on deaf ears. Despite constant protests rallying to protect Palestinians who are looking at expulsion from their land, life-altering injuries and infanticide, the president…

We must support our children’s sense of wonder of nature.

Madison City Council members show deference to colleagues on routine matters. Council members can be expected to know what’s right for their own districts.

I'm 79. When I was young, everyone watched Walter Cronkite or the Huntley-Brinkley Report for the news, so we all shared a common understanding of events. And TV entertainment was only available on three channels. So at school the next…

In a recent article in the Marquette Lawyer Magazine, Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman identified reckless driving as the biggest problem the Police Department deals with in Milwaukee.