Wisconsin State Journal Local News

A man who was charged in October with a heroin overdose death that occurred nearly eight years earlier was sentenced to three years of probation Monday after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.

Downed power lines and trees from powerful storm create havoc throughout southwest Wisconsin 

Board members would receive a 90 percent pay increase under the proposal. 

As the Kremlin stokes the conflict in Ukraine and ratchets up tensions with NATO, there’s lots of talk about a Cold War redux.

“It doesn’t look real but I know it is,” student says after viewing Saturn.

Gov. Scott Walker's spokeswoman says he will give away at least $3,500 in contributions from the leader of a white supremacist group that reportedly influenced Dylann Roof, the suspect in the …

It's also the strongest five-month start to a year since 2007, before the Great Recession began.

Westerman, a three-time all-Big Ten player for the Badgers, returns to Madison after nine seasons as coach at the University of Denver.

While we fight a war on drugs, the veterans hospital in Tomah has been overusing drugs to treat our wounded warriors. 

"It has become clear to us that the candidates' organizations aim to add debates to their list of campaign-trail charades devoid of substance, spontaneity and answers to tough questions."

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Construction on one of the largest skate parks in Wisconsin is progressing swiftly in Madison.

Diverse women's group in challenged Darbo-Worthington neighborhood still growing and going strong.

Events have been placed in motion. Somewhere out there a box of fuzzy chicks is inbound. They will arrive teensy and peeping but in short order will be full-feathered and looking for lodgings.…

Games are used in several different ways, including as a form of behavioral change.

The main hall of a church is called a sanctuary.

Republican legislative leaders remain deadlocked — even sparring publicly last week — on key parts of Wisconsin’s next state budget with just over a week left until a deadline to have the two-…

Concerts on the Square kicks off Wednesday for a summer of music ranging from Brahms to Gershwin to The Eagles.

Reunion: Madison East High School Class of 1970 will hold its 45th class reunion in July. The main event will be at 6 p.m. on July 18 at Bridges Golf Course restaurant. In addition, classmates…

If you want to insult someone who has built a cedar-strip canoe, kayak or rowboat, say it’s too delicate for fishing and hunting.

Lucas Hoeschle pitched a no-hitter, walking one and striking out eight in seven innings, as Black Earth blanked host Waunakee 12-0 in a Home Talent League Northern Section amateur baseball gam…