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McCoy Smith's heroics carried No. 1 seed Waunakee to an overtime victory against No. 8 seed Chippewa Falls in the first round of the WIAA football playoffs.

The Badgers opened a three-goal lead, then had to hold off the Nanooks in the opener of a nonconference series at the Kohl Center.

The Badgers could not come back from a difficult start, falling to the Sooners in an exhibition game.

Based on their performance Friday night, the Badgers have plenty of them to address. Here's which issues stood out at Fiserv Forum.

Antetokounmpo, who scored 37 points in Milwaukee’s opener at home, gave the Raptors fits, using his combination of strength and speed to bully the defense in the paint.

The high school football playoffs get under way, so stay up to date with all the scores.

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Above: From left, Joan Armbrecht, of Madison, and Kathy Sosnouski, of Fitchburg, shop for books during an outing Friday with their book club, called “Books and Birds,” to the Friends of Madison Public Library’s Fall Book Sale at the Central…

The U.S. military will send an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, the Pentagon announced Friday.

Donation centers at each of its seven stores, including those in Madison, have been closed for a little more than a week.

Researchers think they have debunked the origin of Chicago’s so-called “rat hole,” one of the Windy City’s weirdest local landmarks, a full-body impression of an unlucky critter that got trapped in wet sidewalk cement in the city’s Roscoe Village neighborhood…

The 56-year-old Madison man was declared dead at the scene after sheriff’s deputies recovered his body.

Time is running out for Halloween thrill-seekers. From hike-and-treat at the Horicon Marsh to scary karaoke, here’s how to get your spook on between now and Nov. 1.

The site was in early stages of construction and unoccupied at the time of collapse, fire department officials said.

FEMA Acting Associate Administrator Keith Turi said damage assessments didn’t warrant federal aid.

The H-2A program now comes with higher up-front costs but is essential to keeping farms afloat amid a labor shortage.

Without the Tellurian program, police may have to spend hours at the hospital waiting for people to sober up or take them to jail, the chiefs and Tellurian CEO say.

Crawford’s recusal means the issue will be decided by an evenly split six-member liberal-conservative court.

Brian Jansen was beloved in the Madison tattoo scene and was founder of Capitol City Tattoo.