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Taylor Duncan ran for two second-half touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 1 minute, 31 seconds left to play, to give the Monona Grove football team a 26-21 victory over visiting Oregon on Friday night.

Chase Katzenmeyer had a rushing touchdown, a receiving touchdown, returned a punt 45 yards for a score and caught three passes for 86 yards as Evansville/Albany defeated Edgerton 41-3 Friday night to move into a tie with Clinton and East…

A pair of narrow victories gave the Waunakee girls tennis team a 2-0 start Friday in the two-day Big Eight/Badger Challenge tournament.

The UW legend's son racks up 250 yards and three scores as the Warriors win a battle of Badger North Conference unbeatens.

The freshman outside hitter smashes the team record for kills in a three-set match, equaling the record for kills in any match.

GREEN BAY — The process began the first day of training camp, though the conversations started shortly after he arrived. The Green Bay Packers never intended for Julius Peppers to play an inordinate amount of snaps for them after his…

After growing up in a rough neighborhood and overcoming a flurry of personal tragedy, cornerback Derrick Tindal is playing the best football of his career for the Badgers.

The three-day event started Friday and features some of the best cheese in the world, including the winner of the World Championship Cheese Contest.

The case, involving one of the Madison area's most successful, home-grown biotechs, is being fought in Dane County Circuit Court.

CHICAGO — Miguel Montero homered in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs celebrated the NL Central title with a dramatic 5-4 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday at Wrigley Field.

Nearly 3 million Wisconsinites have registered as organ, tissue and eye donors, and 98 percent of them said “yes” at a Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles Service Center. To show gratitude for the monumental role the DMV plays in saving…

As a Ph.D. scientist with experience in zoonotic viruses, I received an invitation from the National Institute of Health to participate in a study section for emergency Zika virus funding. I also participated in an initial first round of reviews…

From the new leak of John Doe documents, it is incontrovertible that laws were broken by Gov. Scott Walker and his staff when they embraced the bottomless pockets of the Club For Growth.

WASHINGTON — She didn’t want to say she was sick.

MADISON - Gary A. "Mac" McElmurry, age 77, entered into eternal life on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, at LAKEVIEW LUTHERAN CHURCH, 4001…

MADSION - Allen Herman Haas, age 90, of Madison, was called to the Lord on Sept. 15, 2016, fulfilling God's plan. He was born on June 19, 1926, in Roxbury, the youngest son of George and Meta Haas.

COTTAGE GROVE - Lawrence Sydney "Larry" Shapiro passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. He was born on May 1, 1943, to Louis and Florence (nee Zadovnik) Shapiro in Chicago, Ill.

STOUGHTON - Kathleen M. Hoffman, age 71, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, at Nazareth House in Stoughton. She was born on Dec. 7, 1944, in Madison, Wis., the daughter of Matthias and Blanche (Mills) Wipperfurth. She married Gerald…

SURPRISE, Ariz. - Bruce Allen Cotter, age 54, of Surprise, Ariz., passed away peacefully on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016. Bruce was born Feb. 15, 1962, in Madison, Wis., to Robert and Bonnie Cotter.

CRESCENT CITY, Ore. - Ethel Dresdow Christensen, age 90, of Crescent City, Ore., joined her beloved husband, Chris, in Heaven on Sept. 2, 2016.