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Kevin D. Meister admitted to drug usage two days before a drug test and a preliminary test of his urine showed a positive test for a controlled substance, authorities reported.

OUR VIEW: Wisconsin has lots of smart ideas but needs to get more of them to the marketplace

Lunch on the town is all long skirts, tall drinks and sunny salads. What’s better than old friends and new outfits? We lunched, we lounged, we lingered. Sans coffee, we listed toward the car, which perversely had left.

The city's Redevelopment Authority's $750,000 offer for the MillFab property was approved in court earlier this week.

If there's ever a time when you can have too much of a good thing, it might be right now, when fresh summertime herbs are beyond abundant. Happily, this recipe for fresh herbed yogurt cheese is just the ticket when…

There’s still time to enjoy the waning days of summer at Madison’s Goodman Pool, 325 W. Olin Ave. Friday is the last day of lap swim hours (6 to 9 a.m., and 4:45 to 6 p.m.), but recreation swim hours…

Dear Doc: I need help. I’m a health care professional who, on my way to work a few months ago, had a horrific car crash — fractured rib, lots of pain, a slow recovery.

Facing a suspension threat, Matthews and Peppers met with league representatives on Wednesday, while Harrison did so on Thursday, according to the NFL Players Association.

As Plan Bs go, spending a week in Hawaii isn’t half bad.

Separately, Sharper last week was sentenced by a federal judge to 18 years and four months in a drug and rape case with victims in four states.

GREEN BAY — Aaron Rodgers’ answer could not have been more direct. Or economical.

Records show an excessive force complaint was filed against a Milwaukee police officer days before he fatally shot a suspect, which ignited two nights of violence in a north side neighborhood.

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With Nick Cramer and Luke Malmanger pushing the buttons, the Janesville Craig football team kept the Breese Stevens Field scoreboard spinning like a pinball machine on Thursday night.

MILWAUKEE — Andrew McCutchen hit a home run and a pair of RBI singles, including the tiebreaker in the 10th inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates stopped a nine-game skid at Miller Park, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 Thursday night.

To unveil their new license plate design, the Celebrate Children Foundation held an event at the Madison Children's Museum.

The four-team, three-week, round-robin tournament begins with two games on Sunday.

It speeds placement, improves lives and can save the government money

Fitchburg police are responding to a reported explosion on South Fish Hatchery Road.