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The 2005 Columbus High School graduate, who was a distant 12th in the women’s heptathlon at the U.S. Olympic trials in 2012, broke through Sunday with a second-place finish for a berth in next month’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Ryan Nyhagen went 3-for-4 and drove in the go-ahead run with a broken-bat single in the top of the 10th inning as visiting Stoughton beat Albion 5-4 in a Home Talent League Southeast Section amateur baseball game Sunday afternoon.

Yes, July seems like forever from Sept. 12 when ruffed grouse hunting season opens and even Sept. 1 when ginseng digging begins, but now is the time to be gathering.

A crowd of more than 200 Black Lives Matter protesters marched down State Street in Madison Sunday.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Mitchell Kilkenny allowed six hits in seven scoreless innings and the Madison Mallards beat the Kalamazoo Growlers 6-0 in a Northwoods League amateur baseball game Sunday.

When the Women’s Western Golf Association 90th Junior Championship tees off Monday at Blackhawk Country Club in Shorewood Hills, Loren Skibba will already have a leg up on her competition.

Julie Mikaelsen, Dominique Thompson and Deme Morales spent much of the past year playing professionally in Denmark and trying to instill the Badgers’ approach to the sport.

Overhaul of civil service rules cuts from five to three the number of days a worker can fail to show up without notifying a boss.

One of the things I like best about living in Wisconsin, since my family moved here from the Chicago area last year, is the Wisconsin Idea. It's the long-held principle that the University of Wisconsin should improve lives beyond university…

FBI Director James Comey says it is possible hostile actors gained access to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s personal e-mail account. Clinton actions were, according to Comey, "extremely careless."

It seems rare that a week goes by without Donald Trump saying something completely outrageous or stupid.

There’s been much hullabaloo about Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server and her alleged culpability in the Benghazi attack. One letter to the editor suggested that since she takes responsibility for these issues she is not qualified to…

Strikeouts have been a problem Milwaukee season, and Mike Leake was an unlikely candidate to keep that going.

REEDSBURG - Alvin W. Verthein, age 87, died on Saturday, July 9, 2016. Survivors include his four children, William (Sharon) of Reedsburg, Vicky (Gary) Stein of Reno, Nev., John (Karen) of LaValle, and Paul (Judy) of Reedsburg; ten grandchildren; and…

MADISON - Donald D. Hester, age 80, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, died Friday, July 8, 2016, of complications from MSA (Multiple System Atrophy).

BELMONT - Glenn D. Reese, 81, of Belmont, Wis., died on Friday, July 8, 2016, at Park Place Assisted Living, Platteville. Glenn was born on Oct. 4, 1934, in Benton Township, Lafayette County, son of Jesse and Ruby (Arthur) Reese.…

MONROE - Alvin Kubly, age 97, of Monroe, Wis., died peacefully on July 9, 2016. He was born Aug. 11, 1918, in Monroe, Wis., the son of Martin and Magdalena Kubly. He married Lucille Marion Rees on Feb. 7, 1948.

MONONA / MADISON - Ardelle Leona "Dell" Steimel, age 99, passed away at home with her family by her side on Saturday July 9, 2016, following a recent cancer diagnosis. She was born on the family farm in Graettinger, Iowa,…

As a professional organizer I’ve often used the expression “be ruthless.” My clients and those who read my articles are urged to be ruthless while decluttering and making decisions about stuff. After discovering the true definition of ruthless is uncaring,…