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If passed, a referendum could raise property taxes by $720 a year on the average home, according to a city report.

The November 1975 shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is probably the most famous one of the Great Lakes, thanks to Gordon Lightfoot’s hit ballad. But a new discovery is putting another ship — the Margaret A. Muir — on the…

Responses to the Wisconsin State Journal's candidate questionnaire. The primary is Aug. 13.

The Badgers went overseas for the second time in a month, adding another versatile wing to close out their roster for the upcoming season.

Madison resident Jen Rubin's search has taken her to Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Ann Arbor and Minneapolis — and now back home.

The fraudulent purchases were made June 15 around noon at Lululemon of Hilldale, Madison police said.

Here's a look at the handful of moves in the recruiting department announced by the Badgers football program Friday.

The driver, a 31-year-old Milwaukee man, fled the crash on foot, but a K9 and a drone were brought in and the man was arrested, Janesville police said.

Wisconsin's chancellor bet on athletic director Chris McIntosh being the right person to guide the Badgers through the uncertain times in college athletics.

The crash happened about 2:30 a.m. Friday in the 1200 block of Ritsher Street, Beloit police said.

The first plane landed in 1946 when it was farmland but Waunakee has grown around the 10-acre parcel.

After two decades of heavy foot traffic and performance use, the 400,000-square-foot building at 201 State St. is in need of repairs and upgrades.

There are interesting activities both indoors and out.

Great Lakers this past winter noticed something conspicuous by its absence — ice.

We'll alert you to the biggest stories of the day, but we won't overwhelm you.

"I think it’s very important that no matter what business we work for, we help those that are in need,” manager Missy Beardsley said.

The retirement of former Wisconsin men's hockey star and Plover native Joe Pavelski leaves questions about whether he'll be enshrined with the game's greats.

A Milwaukee native with experiences at all levels of college basketball brings a new set of skills to the Wisconsin men's basketball staff.

The Los Angeles Times editorial on political violence, "This perilous moment must be defused," published in the July 17 State Journal, missed one important point -- losers in athletic contests and elections must accept the results.

Now that President Joe Biden has been pushed aside, we have the delight of Vice President Kamala Harris as the presidential candidate from the Democratic Party. Of course, she is being billed as this amazing person and just what America…