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Pumpkin-spiced everything has hit retail; pumpkin patches are vibrantly orange and full of bustling pumpkin pickers; and candy corn has found a home on my coffee table, indicating it has circled back around to spooky season — meaning it is…

Madison Ballet's upcoming program "Innovation," will premiere five new works, curated exclusively for Madison audiences.

The running back returned to practice Monday after missing three games with a hamstring injury.

Pleasnick told police that he didn't know he wasn't supposed to have the gun but carried it as protection against his ex-girlfriend.

The layoffs, announced to employees initially through email, and other cost-cutting measures come as UW-Oshkosh grapples with a projected shortfall of $18 million by 2024.

The federal funds Evers put into the program Monday represents about half the amount he asked the Legislature to spend to continue the pandemic-era Child Care Counts.

He was "just bored, I guess," he told police, and didn't remember some of the incidents because he had been smoking marijuana.

A third straight Badgers player was honored by the Big Ten Conference. It's another streak added to an impressive amount this season.

A lot of talk about Wisconsin's quarterback situation swirled around Luke Fickell's news conference Monday. Here's what the Badgers' coach had to say.

EXPO Wisconsin and WISDOM, a statewide faith-based organization, say the measures shouldn't have been on the April ballot because the Legislature missed the deadline.

The lawsuit stems from Senate Republicans' Sept. 14 vote to remove Meagan Wolfe from office despite widespread disagreement over whether Wolfe's appointment was legally before the Legislature.

The Badgers have won 27 straight sets and have a pair of Big Ten matches this week. One could lead them to finally be unanimous No. 1.

Yefferson Guzman Rodriguez, 18, of Whitewater, allegedly held a woman against her will at a nearby residence for several days.

The Badgers were 20-15 and reached the NIT semifinals last winter. They are scheduled to face six teams in the preseason top-25 rankings.

Police did not find the suspect in the church, which suffered slight damage, Madison police said.

Wisconsin has lost 12 of the past 13 matchups with Ohio State, with its last win over the Buckeyes coming in 2010.

A neighbor told police a friend was over and dropped a handgun and it accidentally fired.

“This state is vital, and it’s ground zero in this fight to save our republic,” said Reid Ribble, a Republican who represented northeastern Wisconsin in Congress until 2017.

Spontaneous combustion can occur when oily fabrics, such as rags and other cloth materials, are stored in bundles.

There are two types of waterspouts: fair weather waterspouts and tornadic waterspouts associated with severe thunderstorms.