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The fullback position was a strength for the University of Wisconsin football team last season, with eventual sixth-round NFL draft pick Derek Watt leading a group that also included veteran Derek Straus and a talented third option in Austin Ramesh.

The University of Wisconsin football team has nearly filled its 2017 recruiting class before the start of the season, and the Badgers are already working on 2018.

Residents nearby the Fitchburg house explosion are trying to move forward from the event while debris and rubble remains in sight.

Rain disrupted some plans for the new event on Madison's Southwest Side, but organizers pushed through to provide a community-building festival.

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At this time last year, Alex Moderski was preparing to start her high school swimming career at McFarland.

After a fifth consecutive season in which the Green Bay Packers reached the NFL playoffs only to fall tantalizingly short of the Super Bowl, the residents of Packers Nation are getting restless.

Higher education institutions are evaluated on the quality of their graduates. But administrators have figured out the easiest way to control the output is to control the input -- luring students with a beautiful campus, famous faculty and resort-like amenities.

I listened to a Donald Trump speech on CNN last week. I have to admit it was a good speech, unlike what I have heard him say previously.

The liberal, candy-store political philosophy is perilous. But history and $19 trillion in debt don’t much influence voters.

An Aug. 21 letter to the editor suggested that Jesus might be pro-life even though, as the letter states, "abortion is not spoken about in the Gospels."

It's tragic that Milwaukee is the latest city to see rioting because of the fatal shooting of a young black man by a police officer.

MOUNT HOREB – Cutting meat and making sausage are what Dan Palzkill does for his livelihood. It would seem natural he might get interested in some of the daily tools he uses, including knives.

MADISON - Daniel Shapiro, age 45, passed away unexpectedly at home on Aug. 25, 2016. He is survived by his mother, Teresa Kinkner; brother, Kenneth Shapiro; sister, Stephanie Rowley; and niece, Nicole Rowley.

MADISON - Cindy Lee Williams, age 64, died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, of lung cancer at Agrace Hospice in Fitchburg. She was born on Jan. 4, 1952, in Canton, Ohio, the daughter of Edwin and Mary Myers (Hendrix). She married…

MADISON - Robert Howard Whitlock, age 52, passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 20, 2016, of natural causes at his home in Madison. He was born on Feb. 2, 1964, the son of Howard and Barbara (nee Shortreed). He graduated from…

MILWAUKEE - Derl C. Howe, the son of the late Eva and Emmit Howe, passed away on Tuesday Aug. 16, 2016, at age 86.

STOUGHTON - Judith Anne (Garey) Myers, age 76, passed away at her home on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, surrounded by her family. A full obituary will appear at a later date. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.

OREGON - Paul Everett Brewer, age 46, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. He came into life with a bang on July 4, 1970, in Palmer, Alaska. For 46 years he continued to live his life with passion and…

BELLEVILLE - Peggy Jane (Fischl) Eichelkraut, age 73, of Belleville, passed away peacefully on Friday Aug. 26, 2016, with family by her side, after a courageous three month battle with brain and lung cancer. She was born on June 12,…