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LA CROSSE — Nadia Williams nearly stole the show at the WIAA Division 2 girls track and field meet at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Cubans' 800-meter relay victory plays a key role in the winning the title.

Cows on the Concourse offered an opportunity Saturday for people to connect with the animals that provide the state with much of its identity.

A core reason why lawmakers have so far softened budget cuts to the University of Wisconsin System is their realization it’s a statewide economic engine – with the potential to produce even mo…

Madison Fire Department personnel responded to a call Saturday evening for a possible drowning in Lake Mendota.

My brother served in the Navy for 30 years. That was 30 years of attending classes or teaching classes. His carrier serviced in the first gulf war. After he left the Navy, he taught ROTC at Pa…

I am tired of the secular left claiming the “moral” high ground on the proposed 20-week abortion restriction. They self-righteously proclaim themselves to be the “non-religious” and unbiased p…

The recent motion from the Joint Finance Committee would allow anyone with a bachelor’s degree to be licensed to teach math, social studies, science or English in Wisconsin. Anyone with releva…

Now it can be said our governor and his Republican allies in the Legislature have become despots, exercising power abusively.

Recent letters to the editor have discussed the spending decisions between schools and prisons. To me this is simply the bell-shaped curve created as we debate the old “guns versus butter” canard.

Mark Kingsley of Madison is this week’s You Toon winner.

The sophomore didn't not lose a set the entire tournament and finished his with a 14-0 record.

The center fielder hit a two-run tiebreaking single in the seventh and an RBI double in the ninth

SUN PRAIRIE - Glenn Wright Porterfield, age 85, of Sun Prairie, passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in his home at the Lighthouse. He was born July 20, 1929, in Green Bay, to Charles M. an…

NAPLES, Fla. - Jack D. Pointer, age 89, of Naples, Fla., passed away April 15, 2015, with his beloved wife at his side. He was born on Christmas Day, 1925, to Clem J. Pointer and Mildred (Borg…

COTTAGE GROVE - Our loving and precious husband, father, son, brother, uncle and friend left us on Friday, June 5, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his family and friends to go to his eternal …

MADISON - Jean Ellen (Crow) Morgan, age 90, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 30, 2015, surrounded by family, with the comfort of knowing she led a blessed, full life serving her family,…

VERONA - Marion Brimm Rewey, age 95, passed away at home surrounded by her family on June 4, 2015. Marion was born on March 3, 1920, in Memphis, Tenn., to her parents, Wilbur and Emma (Kruger)…

BROOKFIELD - Clayton Showalter Wenger passed away early in the morning, June 1, 2015, at St Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz., several days after emergency surgery. He was born June 2, 1976,…

FAIRCHILD - Carl Nelson Schluter, age 93, of Fairchild, died Monday, June 5, 2015, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.