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OUR VIEW: The governor has to fix problems at home before dreaming of another run for the White House

Dear Doc: I love your radio show and because I can’t listen on Saturday mornings, I podcast it (thank you for that). I would love if you could comment on the recent colon cancer screening discussion of finding out procedure…

Sunflower Days gets underway Saturday at Pope Farm Conservancy, 7440 Old Sauk Road, Verona. From sunrise to sunset, visitors can view a 9-acre field with more than half a million sunflowers.

The inside linebacker, who started all 13 games last season and led the Badgers in tackles with 84, is expected to be sidelined indefinitely because of a foot injury, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Thursday.

The former Badgers star, the NFL sacks leader last season with 17 1/2, will miss the start of training camp, but is expected to be ready for the season opener.

Best-selling books for the week ended July 17.

The annual summer competition takes place Monday and Tuesday.

The teams will play a doubleheader today

A landmark of State Street returned Thursday night after the Orpheum Theater's new sign lit up for its first time. The 55-foot-tall fixture, consisting of 2,000 light bulbs, is modeled after the building's original 1920's-era marquee.

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Matt Joyce hit a three-run homer off Matt Garza in the first inning and finished with four RBIs for Pittsburgh.

A small group of protesters blocked a major Madison intersection for two hours Thursday, forcing police to reroute traffic -- including "several ambulances in emergency mode," Madison police said Thursday.

With just three weeks left in the Home Talent League regular season, the Southeast Section’s West Division has come down to a three-team race for one playoff spot.

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Officially, first-year coach Jonathan Tsipis has six freshmen on his University of Wisconsin women’s basketball team roster.

The main purpose of the modern political convention is to produce four days of televised propaganda. The subsidiary function, now that nominees are invariably chosen in advance, is structural: Unify the party before the final battle.

Heavy rain and strong winds have prompted the National Weather Service to issue a flood advisory for parts of South Central Wisconsin as approximately 3,000 Madison Gas and Electric customers are without power.

Some have shifted from opposing Trump to supporting him, while others remain steadfastly in separate camps.

Some have shifted from opposing Trump to supporting him, while others remain steadfastly in separate camps.

I am a former teacher so it kind of hurts to say this: There can be no more convincing proof of our national educational system's abject failure to impart logical reasoning and critical thinking than to look at the lead-up…