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It's Amphibian Week. So the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has provided tips on how you can protect frogs, toads and salamanders.

A deputy found the man, confirmed that he arrived alone in a vehicle, conducted field sobriety tests, and arrested him for a fifth offense of OWI, authorities said.

No injuries were reported in the armed robbery or pursuit that ended when police rammed a stolen car driven by one of the men, police said.

There's Brat Fest and Syttende Mai, of course, but that's just the beginning.

The Madison Edgewood senior won two WIAA Division 2 state singles titles and twice finished as a state runner-up, including as a freshman at Madison Memorial. Here's where she's headed.

Microsoft plans to build a $3.3 billion data center that is expected to create roughly 2,000 jobs at the southeastern Wisconsin site where Foxconn once planned a huge facility.

Green Bay has overhauled its front line — including with three selections in last month's NFL Draft. Here's how the staff feels about the revamped group.

Donald Trump keeps violating a gag order imposed on him by the judge in his hush money trial in New York. He seems incapable of not disparaging witnesses and other people involved in the trial.

Legal filings alleged that Panera failed to accurately advertise its charged lemonade as an energy drink, putting consumers at risk — and that it knew the drink could cause harm.

The 102-mile transmission line linking Dane County and Iowa’s Dubuque County is in the final stages of construction.

You might know some of the places -- and people -- in this "love letter" to Madison.

"My problem with the resolutions has been on accountability or pretending that any of these resolutions will yield accountability," said Council President Yannette Figueroa Cole.

Wisconsin made a good impression on the 2025 recruit amid a wild transfer portal stretch. Here's where his recruitment stands.

Vote for your favorite standout performer from this past week of boys track and field action.

As a pilot in the 380th Bombardment Wing in 1975, I sat alert in a hydrogen bomb-armed supersonic FB-111 fighter-bomber. My targets were military installations in and around Moscow. But my mission wasn’t the USSR’s destruction, but deterrence of war…

I went to the first day of the UW-Madison Palestinian campus protest, partly in solidarity, but partly to see for myself the nature of the protest.

The use of police on campuses to deal with people protesting the ruthless Israeli attacks on Palestinians reminds me all to much of the Vietnam War protests in the 1960s.

I noticed in Friday's paper that UW-Madison leaders will meet with protester groups including Students for Justice in Palestine. Reading up on this group I learned they support a one-state solution (functionally mooting Israel's existence) and oppose all forms of…

This week, May 5-11, is Public Service Recognition Week, the annual celebration of public servants, including 300,000 of our fellow Wisconsinites who work in government.

Students have no business making any kind of demands involving foreign countries, especially when they don't know both sides of an issue.