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Skibba had five birdies and an eagle in a 1-under-par 71 at Dretzka Park Golf Course and held off playing parter Mikayla Hauck of Cottage Grove by two shots to win the state's most prestigious…

Molly Haggerty, a 6-foot-2 outside hitter, commits to UW coach Kelly Sheffield.

Middleton sophomore Jake Van Emburgh wrapped up his Wisconsin high school tennis career at the WIAA state boys team tournament earlier this month at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.

The village's board president said he expects the golf course will be re-zoned so it can attract developers.

Two major critiques are leveled against Gov. Scott Walker as a presidential contender -- that he didn't fulfill his promise of bringing 250,000 jobs to Wisconsin, and that he lacks foreign pol…

In September, Pope Francis will be making his first trip to the United States, with a major speech at the United Nations in New York City, an address to a joint session of Congress in Washingt…

I would never fault a person who has the desire to be president. I have a problem, however, when a person has been given a job by the public to run the affairs of a state and is not giving his…

A June 5 letter "Private vouchers raid public schools" from the co-president of Madison’s Freedom From Religion Foundation opposed giving parents more choices when it comes to education.

Tony Frank's Tavern closed Monday after 86 years, its owner saying it just got too tough to hang on.

Waunakee school board has final approval in July 

The Wausau area bank has had a smaller loan office in Madison since 2010.

DNR veteran Jack Sullivan says severe pending budget cuts played a role the timing of his retirement.

Authorities say there is no ongoing danger to the public from the spill, which happened around 1 p.m.

Matthew Reineke is charged with first-degree reckless homicide for the 2013 heroin overdose death of Travis Barnett in DeForest.

STOUGHTON / ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP - Roger W. Gunnelson, age 86, passed away on Monday, June 22, 2015, at Moundview Memorial in Adams-Friendship. He was born in Cambridge on Dec. 12, 1928, the son o…

WAUNAKEE - Alfred Karls, age 89, of Waunakee, died on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at the Waunakee Manor Health Care Center.

DeFOREST - James Edward Black, age 67, passed away at his home on June 18, 2015, from a heart attack.

MADISON - Lyle Ross Siebert Jr., age 45, died unexpectedly June 19, 2015. He was born July 3, 1969, to Ruth Strand and Lyle R. Siebert Sr. His mother and stepfather, Gordon Strand raised him.

MADISON - Daniel Urban Imhoff, age 82, born in Madison, Wis., passed away peacefully on June 24, 2015, after a short illness.

WAUNAKEE - Christopher James Ziegler, age 49, of Waunakee, beloved husband, father, son, brother and friend, died unexpectedly on Sunday, June 21, 2015. He was born on Aug. 11, 1965, to David …