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Two men stole a restaurant's outdoor patio heater and 4 chairs just after midnight Thursday night on the city's Far West Side, police said. 

A Madison woman was sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to pay $10,470 for stealing her husband's Social Security benefits.

At 2.9 percent, Madison, Fitchburg and Sun Prairie tied for the lowest April unemployment rate.

Junior Joey Levin earned medalist honors with a 71 as Middleton placed its four scoring golfers in the top five and broke 300 for the first time this boys golf season.

A 29-year-old Hispanic man was attacked Monday night in what Darlington Police said may have been a hate crime.

The Green Bay bank has agreed to make nearly $200 million in mortgage loans in racially diverse areas.

The national unemployment rate ticked down slightly to 5.4 percent in April — a rate not seen since May 2008 — the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported. While this is welcome news…

The game is set for Dec. 2 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

A stranger asked a 9-year-old boy on his way to school Tuesday on the North Side to get in the car and help with a box, but the boy fled and ran to school, Madison police said. 

A Viroqua man jumped out of a moving pickup truck Friday around 3:30 p.m. and left behind a passenger in the truck bed, who said he was trying to get back his stolen vehicle.

Wisconsin State Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, is holding a fundraiser the day before she makes key final budget votes in the Joint Finance Committee. 

WASHINGTON — Rand Paul took a left turn on his journey to the Republican nomination, and now his hopes seem to be headed south.

Complaints from parents led to the firing of Lussier, who had a 97-53 record at Waunakee and led the Warriors to the state tournament this year.

Two burglars allegedly robbed a 27-year-old's Dayton Row home while he was throwing a party early Monday morning, police said.

Complaints from parents led to the firing of Lussier, who had a 97-53 record at Waunakee and led the Warriors to the state tournament this year.

A Monroe 14-year-old boy crashed in Green County around 3 p.m. Tuesday when he swerved to avoid a large bird, he told deputies.

Which commodity generates the most farm income in their respective state?

A new Monroe Street market will be held on Sunday mornings. 

Dane County is hosting a construction recruitment event in collaboration with Camosy Construction, the Building Trades Council of South Central Wisconsin and Wisconsin Regional Training Partne…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A system that clears up surface-level algae by slurping it away and depositing it into a dumpster will make its debut this summer in Madison lakes.