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HEIDI STEVENS

Madison Police South District Capt. John Patterson and Town of Madison Chief Scott Gregory both find value in the jail diversion program.

Begun last year in South Madison, it started taking countywide case referrals a month ago, including Genele Laird's forceful arrest at East Towne Mall.

New report shows that cranberry growers reaped benefit of price increase in 2015

Erin Ruppenthal, founder of Savvy Owl Marketing & PR, says commercial and video shoots for waterparks are fun, but rarely easy.

Though rarely the public face of homelessness, children are, by some counts, the majority of Madison's homeless population.

School districts use a more expansive definition than the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

About 6 percent of homeless students in the Madison School District are living with their families in motels or hotels. Meet one such family.

The conservative Jim Crow South favored segregated public accommodations, the liberal Multicultural Student Center segregated meetings.

A multi-agency effort finds dozens of homeless children and their families living one night at a time in a city motel.

Art students are not the only creative people on Madison Area Technical College campuses. Many students in other fields of study submitted artwork to the Yahara Journal Student Art Show now on display in the Gallery @ Truax.

StageQ is producing Harvey Fierstein's show inspired by the true story of transvestite men in the Catskills in 1962.

Stenson had a pair of two-shot swings on the inward par 3s and got up-and-down on the 18th for a 3-under 68, the second straight day that no one had a better score. It gave the 40-year-old Swede his first…

Dane County mortgage rates

The Cubs, Astros, Royals and Pirates all have shown that's the best route back to contending status.

Depending on how old you are and how long you’ve lived in Wisconsin, you’ve likely heard the dismissive phrase “When in doubt, Stout!” It’s an outdated reference to UW-Stout being a college choice of last resort.

OSHKOSH — As coach Tom Swittel rode off the field at Titan Stadium on the shoulders of his all-star football players on Saturday night, the young men providing the lift knew they had accomplished their goal.

The pitchers combine to scatter eight hits and allow only one run.

CINCINNATI — The Milwaukee Brewers delivered their best offensive showing in nearly two months on Saturday night.

CHICAGO — The University of Wisconsin football team’s most controversial play during the 2015 season wasn’t one its fans moved on from very quickly.