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Madison West, Middleton and Madison Memorial are seen as the cream of the Big Eight Conference team race

Despite losing Payton Kahl to injury, the Vikings hope to unseat Madison Edgewood in the Badger South and Waunakee in the Badger North

James Kruger's 8-year prison term ordered to run consecutively with 14-year sentence handed out in Grant County.

There will be no shortage of playmakers at the outside linebacker position, led by Vince Biegel and T.J. Watt, for the University of Wisconsin football team.

GREEN BAY — Jordy Nelson's return to practice was greeted with big cheers as the Green Bay Packers got one of their big playmakers back.

Madison West is ranked fifth in Division 1 and Oregon earns the No. 5 ranking in Division 2.

Depth concerns at tight end have led the University of Wisconsin to move defensive end Zander Neuville to tight end less than two weeks before the Badgers open the season against LSU.

A Fitchburg man who police said shot two people -- including his aunt -- outside a West Side bar, and later led officers on a high-speed chase, was charged Monday with attempted first-degree intentional homicide, among other charges.

Committing to high-speed rail across the nation would accomplish two goals. It would create jobs, and it would break the airline monopoly.

A recent reader asked how a Christian can support Trump. As an evangelical Christian, I'll explain.

A mother and her children returned home to the 2400 block of Lafollette on Monday to see smoke coming from a fire in the basement, which resulted in no injuries, the Madison Fire Department said.

Rudy Ramirez-Milian received a 15-year prison sentence for second-degree intentional homicide in the 2015 death of Jacob Payne.

A former UW-Whitewater wrestling coach has filed a lawsuit against the university's athletic director and former chancellor.

The appeals court rejected a request that a lower court ruling be stayed while the appeal is ongoing.

The vast majority of women ages 50 to 74 should consider getting mammograms every three years, instead of every two years as currently recommended, to reduce the potential harms from breast cancer screening, a UW-Madison study says.

JANESVILLE - Elizabeth J. "Betty" Cullen, age 93, of Janesville, died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, at Huntington Place. She was born on July 24, 1923, in Janesville, the daughter of George and Estella (Yale) Bancroft.

MADISON - Joan Kathryn Muzzy Nagle died on Aug. 18, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. She was born on May 16, 1930, in Milwaukee, Wis. At age six, her family moved to Green Bay. She had fond memories of her years…

RURAL FENNIMORE - Elizabeth L. "Betty" Stastny, 86, of rural Fennimore, passed away on Friday Aug. 19, 2016, at the Onalaska Care Center in Onalaska, Wis.

BARABOO - Ivan Kenneth Accola, age 97, of Baraboo, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, at St. Clare Meadows.

Tuesday could be just as nice as Monday in Madison, so enjoy the great weather before rain moves in.