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MADISON, Wis. -Home Savings Bank has hired Andrew Garner as a commercial banker and Eric Sweeney (NMLS #: 1113922) as a mortgage loan officer. Garner is based at the bank's Downtown location. His focus is on the growth of commercial…

Call it inclusion through Balkanization.

A chance encounter in college laid the groundwork for what has become a family restaurant mainstay in Madison.

For the first time in four years, Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Dave Caldwell believes his team doesn't have to be perfect to win.

UW gained a measure of respect from top 25 voters — if not national pundits — after beating the Tigers, and the Badgers don't intend to squander it.

The group, sparked by the play of linebacker Ryan Connelly, is coming off an impressive performance in last week's victory over then-No. 5 LSU.

BOYS SOCCER

Football

The Badgers traveled to the Twin Cities area for a quadrangular meet at the site of next month's Big Ten Conference championships.

The sophomore scores off an assist from Rose Lavelle to give the Badgers their 100th win under coach Paula Wilkins.

North Carolina defeats UW in five sets with Lauryn Gillis sidelined by a sprained ankle.

Half of the 10 teams in the Rock Valley Conference are tied for the league lead four weeks into the season, and part of the credit for that goes to Jefferson’s Hunter Milbrath.

Keegan Harder scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 3-yard run with 4 minutes, 47 seconds left in the fourth quarter Friday night and the visiting DeForest football team held on for a 28-27 victory over Baraboo in Badger North Conference…

MONROE — Jacob Kind and his teammates saw this night coming — or at least they thought they did.

Madison Memorial football coach Adam Smith was not surprised.

Drew King returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a score and returned a punt 55 yards for a touchdown later in the first quarter, helping Verona open a 20-point lead on its way to a 27-6 victory over visiting…

Jimmy Nelson allows both homers and falls to 0-7 in eight career starts against St. Louis.

Sun Prairie girls swimmers swept every event Friday on their way to a 136-34 victory over visiting Janesville Parker/Evansville in a Big Eight Conference dual meet.

According to Johnson, a veteran was found dead of an apparent suicide after reportedly being denied treatment at the VA Medical Center's mental health clinic in Tomah.

Joan Rubens, the matriarch of the family, has volunteered in each of the first 15 Ironman Wisconsin events and has been on hand to greet three of her children at the finish line. She’ll be there again Sunday when her…