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MILWAUKEE — The breather for the All-Star break appears to have done the Milwaukee Brewers some good.

Anthony Gonsolin drilled a three-run double in the second inning to give Madison the lead and the Mallards hung on to defeat the Lakeshore Chinooks 6-2 Friday night in the nightcap of a Northw…

Police: Two teen-age girls said Mariano Cabrera threatened to kill them if they didn't comply to all of his sexual demands. 

The UW-Madison professor who tweeted criticisms of the school's tenure changes at incoming freshmen said Friday she didn't mean to discourage students from attending.

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Trent M. Flahavan was charged with two counts of recklessly endangering safety.

Police are investigating what may have been a shooting at a Southwest Side apartment Friday afternoon. 

Jason P. LaFavor allegedly texted with a 14-year-old girl in Minnesota after he was told a condition of his bail was not to have any unsupervised contact with girls. 

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As a former Madison teacher for 35 years, I know there is more to teaching than just knowing the subject. You have to know the child.

I have been on Lake Mendota to boat, ski and sail all my life. My favorite activity on the lake each year is to take my friends across the water for dinner and then a slow ride at night to spe…

If you would like to help our friends, the bees, after their population has been hit so drastically over the past few years, plant bee balm in your garden. 

A recent letter to the editor from McFarland, which is more than 10 miles from Downtown Madison, complained the homeless are keeping the writer and his guests from enjoying State Street and Downtown.

Donovan L. Stone charged with sexually assaulting a woman on the Southwest Commuter Path on Monday night.

Tess Hackworthy ran into the buzzsaw known as Emilia Migliaccio Friday in the finals of the Women's Western Golf Association Junior Girls match-play championship in Durham, North Carolina.

Po-Shen Loh, now a math professor, was a standout in high school.

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has taken an important step toward repealing the Pentagon's ban on open service by transgender troops, a discriminatory policy that has cut short the careers…

McFARLAND / MUSKEGON, Mich. - George E. Howard, age 96, of McFarland, passed away on Thursday, July 16, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He fought a courageous battle with cancer.

LYNDON STATION - Gerald "Jerry" Ryczek, age 76, of Lyndon Station, Wis., passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family Thursday, July 16, 2015.

DELAVAN - Leona D. Los Sterken Vande Zande, age 91, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015.