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A rising linebacker on the Packers' roster, a short-handed secondary and quarterbacks seeking growth are among the topics ahead of Sunday's game.

Thirteen rookies have played at least one offensive or defensive snap through the Packers’ first eight games.

In 25 of the state's 72 counties, 96 people died as a direct result of domestic violence, 22 being perpetrator suicides.

Kirk Bangstad and Julie Underwood attempted to make a case against private school vouchers in their column on Wednesday, "Why we’re fighting against private school vouchers."

Most Milwaukee Brewers fans are unhappy at Craig Counsell’s decision to leave the team as coach. Predictably, many of them are acting like a high school boy whose girlfriend just dumped him out of the blue.

I run a business in Madison that is rocked, rumbled and zoomed past hundreds of times per year by F-16s and F-35s and goodness knows what else.

From Superior to Sheboygan, hardworking people in Wisconsin face the challenge of balancing careers and caregiving. This is made more difficult because of Wisconsin policymakers who refuse to enact a paid family leave program.

In the current maelstrom of national and global headlines, we must not ignore the steady winnowing of humanities courses at colleges in Wisconsin. The humanities prepare us to be informed, reflective and engaged citizens. Yet Republicans claim the humanities don’t…

This is the most dangerous time of the year for people bicycling, running and walking because of the changing from daylight saving time to standard time.

Republican senators and Assembly members are at it again in Wisconsin to push a Wisconsin Bear Hunters Association-backed agenda that is anti-wildlife and pro-hounding.

Does anyone like this darkness at 5 p.m.? And it's going to get worse until Dec. 21, the shortest day of the year when it will be dark at 4:30 p.m.

The so called “death with dignity” bill in the Wisconsin Legislature deserves to die in committee. Here are a few reasons:

Former President Donald Trump has been pressuring Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, about impeaching Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe. The only reason we hear about these reports is because Vos entertains the former president's suggestions.

I recently attended a question-and-answer session with mayors from seven communities in and around Madison, hosted by the Greater Madison Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Badgers could not pull off a weekend sweep on consecutive nights without one of their stars.

Oregon's star was "super hype" with her team at the WIAA state swimming and diving championships, which included going toe-to-toe with a Wisconsin commit.

Oscar Fox is upset about former Brewers manager Craig Counsell taking a job with the rival Chicago Cubs in this week's Mendota Marsh.

BadgerExtra beat reporter Colten Bartholomew and columnist Jim Polzin break down the Week 11 slate in the Big Ten and give their against-the-spread picks. Can Wisconsin cover -10.5 against Northwestern?

The proposals include more money for an alternative emergency response initiative, a Downtown underpass for John Nolen Drive, and the Parks Division.

Cats on Mats, a yoga class that lets participants interact with kittens, is hosted by the Madison Cat Project, a local nonprofit that deals in the wellbeing of local cats.