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A gun was recovered, but no injuries were found, Chief Shon Barnes said.

With enrollment in public schools declining statewide, districts are scrambling to retain students and the precious funding dollars they bring with.

A Dane County deputy and a Monona Police officer will not face criminal charges for their roles in a Jan. 1 vehicle chase that ended in a crash that killed the three people in the car being pursued.

Two people were taken to area hospitals, including one with serious injuries, following a three-vehicle crash on Highway 33 near McKinley Beach Road outside Beaver Dam on Wednesday.

COVID-19 cases and deaths internationally have fallen to their lowest levels in four years. The data now permits a comparison between the controversial laissez faire strategy of Sweden and the more restrictive approach of the United States, which emphasized lockdowns,…

Under state law, election clerks must reject absentee ballots that are missing a witness' address or signature.

Although he's a kickoff traditionalist, Rich Bisaccia acknowledged that the NFL's rule change provides him with a rare opportunity to learn something new in his 60s.

Robert Gasser, who turns 25 on May 31, joined the Brewers in the 2022 trade that sent star closer Josh Hader to San Diego.

This State Journal report ran on May 11, 1991:

After offense wasn't working well with Wade Bryan, the senior picked up a long stick. That coupled with his football skills makes him a lethal weapon for the Warriors.

Sarah Shulze's death by suicide two years ago rocked the Badgers track and field team. The only way to overcome that trauma was to do it together.

The Badgers had a boost in offensive efficiency with the addition to their coaching staff, and the assistant is being rewarded in his new deal.

It's the latest move to make the remedy widely available to curb the opioid epidemic, which killed a record 1,464 people in Wisconsin in 2022.

Jalmar Nukala, a Finnish singer from Superior, will never be confused with Ric Ocasek of the Cars.

Goalies are often measured for the bad, not saving shots, than all they bring to their teams despite often being far from the action. Here's why their importance is high.

I am a 1974 graduate of UW-Madison. I played hockey for the Badgers, and we won the first national championship for the Big Red.

Mild-mannered St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Lynn Schmidt may have a point in Monday's column, "Vitriol shows society is failing our kids,” that the current wave of campus protests “continues the narrative that elite universities have been hijacked by the far…

I have concerns about U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde's soundbites:

The comprehensive plan to address the shortage of affordable housing in the Dane County area seems to have missed an obvious solution: mobile homes, RVs and campers.

The NBA said Beverley was getting punished for “forcefully throwing a basketball multiple times at spectators and an inappropriate interaction with a reporter during media availability.”