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Last Sunday's State Journal editorial, "Senator ‘No’ cannot go soon enough," about U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, claimed "Our brave and outgunned ally desperately needs more ammunition in its heroic fight against totalitarian Russia."

Jim Polzin consistently writes good columns, but none better than last Sunday's column, "Moore’s return bigger than basketball," about coach Howard Moore’s return to the Kohl Center.

A couple of decades ago, I had the opportunity to meet and work with Joe Gothard, then a teacher at Lafollette High School in Madison. He was a newly appointed member of the Dane County Youth Commission. I was the…

A bike path user in Madison who is walking or using a manually powered means of transportation is in danger of being run off the path and injured by someone traveling on a motorized means of transportation.

I am a Meals on Wheels delivery driver in Fitchburg. We recently started to brighten up the day of our participants with colorful, hand-decorated meal bags. These replace the standard blank bag. But what's of real interest here is the…

Until the invention of artificial ice in the 1920s, Madisonians depended on the Conklin family to keep their iceboxes stocked with ice all year long. In turn, the Conklins depended on Lake Mendota to produce a crop of clean, thick…

All friends are precious. I then ask myself who among all the precious would be the most precious.

David Silye and Anthony Kehrer scored second-period goals, and the Badgers men's hockey team evened its Big Ten quarterfinal series against Ohio State.

The Badgers tallied the most goals against the Buckeyes all season to capture their first WCHA tournament title since 2020-21.

The semi driver and eight of the nine people in the van, including the driver, died at the scene, while an injured passenger was taken to a hospital, authorities said.

Lewis Crane listens to the Brewers during spring training in this week's Mendota Marsh.

A jury found Aric L. Way, 51, and his son Philip G. Schmidt-Way, 28, of Loveland, Colorado, guilty of first-degree intentional homicide in the poisoning of Diana K. Way, 74.

How to tune in as the Badgers take on the Boilermakers in the regular-season finale on Sunday.

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Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District workers were doing routine maintenance Thursday afternoon when a broken valve caused sewer water to enter Lake Mendota.

"Doing this really intense project with them really allows me to meet more people, to feel more connected to the neighborhood and the community," she said. "You form a bond."

No other country or U.S. state racked up as many awards as Wisconsin in the contest that drew 3,302 entries from 25 countries.

Green Bay will now have 11 selections at its disposal during the April 25-27 NFL Draft.

The Badgers fell 75-69 to the Boilermakers on Feb. 4 at the Kohl Center, but they get another chance against the now-Big Ten regular-season champions Sunday.

Maple syrup farmers in Wisconsin are facing a shortened harvest season due to the warm winter conditions, with the season almost at its end after just a month.