Wisconsin State Journal Local News

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Aaron Rodgers made the most of his only appearance of the preseason, throwing a touchdown pass to Randall Cobb in the Green Bay Packers’ 21-10 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Friday night.

The Mount Horeb/Barneveld football team, which has built a fearsome reputation because of its offensive prowess, is now 2-0 because of a terrific defensive performance.

The Warriors take control with a 28-point second quarter.

Terrell Carey picked a good night to come up with a pair of big picks for the Madison West football team.

MIDDLETON — When the game was finally over Friday night after four overtimes, Middleton football coach Tim Simon felt he had been right there on the field, taking every hit.

Junior forward Tom Barlow scored in the 55th minute and the University of Wisconsin men’s soccer team won its season opener, 1-0 over Santa Clara in a non-conference game Friday night at McClimon Field.

MILWAUKEE — It was a big game for Brewers shortstop Orlando Arcia but it was a bigger one for Pirates shortstop Jody Mercer.

The Madison Memorial girls swimming team survived a tough early Big Eight Conference test on Friday, defeating host Madison West 102-5-67.5 in a dual meet.

Less than two weeks ago, the starting quarterback job was slipping away from Bart Houston.

Lynx Biosciences wins a pitch contest.

The announcement came hours before nearly 2,000 people showed up for the funeral of a black man fatally shot by police.

How to vote -- Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? This is the conundrum.

China is squabbling over islands in the South China Sea claimed by Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan. And they are going about it all wrong.

I suspect the oak tree on the Capitol Square snapped after years of trying to cope with the increasing overload of the fumes from the buses, methane gases from the cows and humans, and carbon monoxide from the cars, and…

It feels like summer just started, but already we prepare for autumn and the fall equinox.

Panhandlers don't want jobs. Why should they when they have people handing them money all day long.

A Madison Area Technical College teacher is ridiculed for sharing his faith in God with a couple of students. Meanwhile, President Obama would prefer to play golf rather than visiting or aiding the people of flooded Baton Rouge.

This letter is for bicyclists.

Gov. Scott Walker requested a $1.3 billion loan for the transportation budget. Wisconsin legislators reduced the amount of the loan to $850 million. Now 20 cents out of every dollar in the transportation budget goes to debt payments.

Steven Avery's attorney wants to date blood and DNA evidence to see if it was planted and says the results will show that someone else killed Teresa Halbach.