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Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson couldn't identify the city of Aleppo which has been at the center of civil war in Syria. But President Barack Obama's inability to address the entire crisis is more problematic.

Buzz for the big coconut porter from the Fort Atkinson-based brewer has built throughout the summer beer festivals.

Four people were arrested in Richland County for allegedly running a methamphetamine operation.

A suicidal man who reportedly was armed was taken into protective custody in Sun Prairie early Tuesday morning, after police made a traffic stop on his vehicle.

Perhaps more than any other area of Madison, the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood is going through a metamorphosis.

Whether the election-year proposal has a chance of passage is unclear.

Minnesota's defense dominated Tennessee in its opening game, holding the Titans to 64 rushing yards.

Coach Mike Zimmer said Monday he has not yet decided whether Shaun Hill will stay in the lineup or be replaced by Sam Bradford on Sunday night in the long-anticipated matchup between the border-state rivals that will break in Minnesota's…

BOYS SOCCER

CINCINNATI — Other than a rough first inning, starting pitcher Wily Peralta did his part Monday night for the Milwaukee Brewers.

GREEN BAY — In the wake of his second concussion in a nine-month span and the fourth diagnosed concussion of his NFL career, cornerback Sam Shields’ availability is in doubt for the Green Bay Packers’ game at Minnesota on Sunday…

GREEN BAY — Mike McCarthy has heard the rumors that the Minnesota Vikings’ new place, U.S. Bank Stadium, might be even louder than the old Metrodome.

The 23 recruits, selected from a field of nearly 700, on Monday also began roughly nine months of classroom and field training.

Week Five is shaping up as Reckoning Week for some of the area’s top high school football programs, and this week’s Associated Press state rankings did nothing but build the excitement for Friday’s showdowns.

Milton fades two spots to No. 5 this week.

In Division 1, unbeaten Middleton moves up one place to No. 2 and Beloit Memorial holds on to its No. 4 ranking.

The Police and Fire Commission will hear argument about a complaints filed by Sharon Irwin, a grandmother of Tony Robinson, and one other person against Police Chief Mike Koval on Nov. 16.

A state agency that oversees public employee union re-certification elections improperly withheld data about Madison School District employees that had or had not cast ballots during an election last year, a Dane County judge ruled Monday.

Why doesn't Gov. Scott Walker have the Department of Natural Resources, the agency that's supposed to safeguard natural resources, do just that.

Let me defend Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson's miscue on Aleppo last week. The New York Times's article condemning Johnson's gaffe about the besieged city in Syria needed to be corrected twice.