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WIAA softball: Natalie Dillon pitches Monroe to victory over Edgerton

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 11:15pm
Pitcher Natalie Dillon struck out five in a complete-game outing Tuesday to lead the Monroe softball team to a 2-1 victory over visiting Edgerton in a WIAA Division 2 regional quarterfinal.

WIAA track and field: Madison La Follette's Finn Gessner coasts to long-distance sweep

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 11:15pm
STOUGHTON — Madison La Follette sophomore Finn Gessner certainly did not mind the hand he was dealt Tuesday night.

WIAA track and field: Distance trio get job done for Sun Prairie girls

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 11:15pm
MIDDLETON — With dark clouds hovering overhead and swirling winds presenting another challenge, Sun Prairie distance runners Katie Hietpas, McKensey Van Wie and Trista Pringle didn’t miss a be…

Brewers: Three home runs power Giants' victory at Miller Park

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 11:15pm
MILWAUKEE — The promise the Milwaukee Brewers showed immediately after changing managers has quickly disappeared.

WIAA track and field: Edgewood's Amy Davis runs to three distance victories, but McFarland girls win regional team title

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 11:15pm
Once again, senior Amy Davis went the distance for the Madison Edgewood girls track and field team. But it wasn’t enough to lead the Crusaders to victory in Tuesday’s WIAA Division 2 McFarland…

Mallards: Anthony Gonsolin powers Madison to victory in season opener

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 10:30pm
The leadoff batter knocks in five runs in his Mallards debut, but may not be with the team for long.

WIAA track and field: Edgewood's distance stars begin the run to state with comfortable victories

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 10:02pm
MCFARLAND — Morgan O'Flahrity went with comfort over conformity in his running attire Tuesday and comfortably was how Madison Edgewood's senior won his races, too.

WIAA boys golf: Nick Baumann's clutch finish gets the Cheesemakers to sectionals

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 9:09pm
LAKE GENEVA — Nick Baumann doesn't look like a guy big enough to carry a prep boys golf team on his shoulders, but the Monroe sophomore learned Tuesday it's easier when you don't know how heav…

DNR to increase allowable air pollution to remedy digester violations

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 6:30pm
The manure-to-energy plant near Waunakee wants a new air emission permit as the state weighs water pollution penalties. 

Charter buying Time Warner Cable as TV viewers go online

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 6:30pm
UW-Madison professors offer insight into the deal.

Cops don't need to carry at the hip -- John Morgan

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 6:00pm
It's possible for police to avoid shooting an unarmed person, such as Tony Robinson.

VFW offers great resources to veterans -- Erika L. Bobzien

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 6:00pm
After reading the story in Saturday's paper on the local VFW selling its building because of finances due to membership decline, I cannot help but reach out to all Veterans of Foreign Wars. Jo…

Motorcylsts, like bicylists, buck the mainstream -- Chico Buller

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 6:00pm
In reading Chris Rickert’s column Tuesday, "Bicyclists could end up ahead of drivers," I think I can shed light on why mainstream America belittles his sport.

Police: No gunfire in Madison over Memorial Day weekend

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 5:45pm
While the previous five weekends had each seen multiple instances of gunfire, there were no confirmed reports of gunshots during the holiday weekend.

Couple invades 85-year-old's home for afternoon tryst

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 5:25pm
A 13-year-old Madison boy walked in on two naked strangers when he checked his great grandmother's basement for intruders Friday afternoon, police said.

MATC students create system to slurp, remove algae

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 5:05pm
"Think of it like an algae lawnmower," said Jason Yogerst, who grew up on Lake Waubesa and has not-fond memories of kayaking through pea soup.

College baseball: MATC exits early from NJCAA World Series

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 5:00pm
The WolfPack fall in six innings in an elimination game in Enid, Oklahoma.

Memorial High School, MATC campus locked down after bank robbery

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 4:30pm
Police were called to an Anchor Bank about three blocks from the high school for a report of a robbery.

Man charged with sex assaults for allegedly grabbing teen girls in April

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 4:22pm
A Madison man was charged Tuesday with two counts of sexual assault of a child after police said he grabbed the buttocks of a 15-year-old girl outside East High School and a 13-year-old girl o…

Restaurant News: Take Five takes off from Willy, That BBQ Joint coming in

Tue, 05/26/2015 - 4:13pm
The new place will give owners Maureen White and Clement Henriques about double the space.

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