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Fullback Leon Jacobs has been granted a medical hardship waiver by the NCAA, according to UW, meaning he’ll be eligible to play for the Badgers in 2017.

T.J. Watt, like former University of Wisconsin fullback Derek Watt before him, must accept the frequency in which he’ll be referred to as J.J. Watt’s brother.

According to UW, running backs coach John Settle expects Taiwan Deal to be his No. 2 back behind Corey Clement this season.

Sylville K. Smith had a lengthy criminal past, but was just trying to survive in the inner city, William Brookins told The Associated Press.

Michael L. Hogan, 26, was apprehended by U.S. Marshals after a foot pursuit Wednesday and allegedly took part in a January robbery where a man was shot multiple times, police said.

Much has changed in the cannabis world since Russ Feingold lost to Ron Johnson in 2010.

Regarding State Journal reporter Nico Savidge's Aug. 11 article about the Madison Area Technical College teacher who tried to convert his students, the teacher should read the U.S. Constitution. It demands separation of church and state.

An Aug. 12 letter to the editor "Clinton presidency is terrifying" listed eight reasons not to vote for Hillary Clinton. I disagreed with seven of the eight, but wish to focus on only one.

Watching Donald Trump and his GOP contemporaries only reinforces my opinion of the Republican Party. It is not just the party of the wealthy, but also the party of making things up.

The popular list, released Wednesday, shows off U.S. companies with the fastest growing revenue over the past three years.

MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee police officer has been targeted by online threats from people who say he fatally shot the black man whose death has sparked violence in the city.

University of Wisconsin inside linebacker T.J. Edwards remained out of practice Wednesday but was no longer wearing a walking boot.

The focus will range from food to science to health care.

Federal official says a plan is almost complete to answer a top concern in Kewaunee County, where 30 percent of test wells are tainted.

MADISON - Lyle William Ballentine, age 93, of Madison, died peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, at Heritage Assisted Living in Monona. He was born July 2, 1923, in Madison, the son of William and Anna (Birrenkott) Ballentine. Lyle worked…

DODGEVILLE - Elizabeth "Betty" Wieland, age 83, of Dodgeville, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, at Ingleside Manor in Mount Horeb. She was the 8th child of 13 born to Orville and Florence (Abbott) Lee.

MADISON / MARSHALL - Tracie E. Sherman, age 57, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, following a brief battle with cancer. She was born in Madison on June 30, 1959, the daughter of Thomas Morrow and Bonnie McCloskey (Roe).

VERONA - Richard Waldron, age 54, died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016.

VERONA - Sheryl Lynn Pulver, of Verona, passed away on her birthday at the age of 69, with the comfort of her family by her side, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016.

ROCKFORD, Ill. / DEFOREST - George Jonas Schlub, age 85, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, surrounded by his family.