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Madison School Board balks at contract for police officers in schools, seeks more negotiations

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 11:35pm
The school district and the city appear to be at an impasse over the length of the contract for the officers.

Brewers: Throwing error allows Cardinals to escape with win at Miller Park

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 11:30pm
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers had the St. Louis Cardinals on the ropes but couldn’t apply the knockout punch Monday night.

Prep sports: Lucas Caminiti runs to individual title at Monroe cross country meet

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 11:00pm
Senior Lucas Caminiti of the Wisconsin Heights/Barneveld cross country team ran to individual honors in Monday’s 11-team Bruess Invitational at Twining Park in Monroe.

Pro golf: Erin Hills figures to be another tough U.S. Open test in 2017

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 10:00pm
TOWN OF ERIN — The United States Golf Association took a leap of faith six years ago when it selected Erin Hills as site of the 2017 U.S. Open.

It's a go: Madison School District to seek more operating money from voters in November

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 9:45pm
The measure would allow the district to permanently exceed state-imposed revenue limits by $26 million each year into perpetuity.

Prep girls golf:

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 9:00pm

Packers: Incumbent Tim Masthay appears to retain punting job

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 8:00pm
GREEN BAY – Tim Masthay didn’t talk like a man who’d won the Green Bay Packers’ punting job Monday. He understands the life of an NFL punter and the way the league works far too well for that.

Badgers football: Inside linebacker T.J. Edwards ruled out for season opener

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 8:00pm
University of Wisconsin inside linebacker T.J. Edwards has been ruled out for Saturday's football game against LSU at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

Badgers football: LSU star running back Leonard Fournette presents major challenge in opener

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 8:00pm
Leonard Fournette wasn’t even a footnote in LSU’s 28-24 victory over the University of Wisconsin football team in 2014.

EatStreet moves to bigger digs

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 7:30pm
The mobile restaurant-food ordering company is a new tenant of the AT&T building, just off the Capitol Square.

Family of man who died at Tomah VA medical center files wrongful death lawsuit

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 7:15pm
The family of Jason Simcakoski says that despite accepting responsibility for his death, the VA not acted on a claim filed nearly a year ago.

Ignore social issues this election -- Thomas B. Jones

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
I would like to suggest an appropriate way to choose a political party. Pretend that abortion or gay marriage are not issues.

Apply tolerance test to all Americans -- Jeff Virchow

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
In outlining his proposals to address what he sees as a problem with certain immigrants coming to our country, Donald Trump may have inadvertently hit on a solution to the divisiveness that is spreading across our nation.

Enjoy summer because fall is coming -- Janet "J.B." Grosse

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
I was musing there must be something else to talk about besides politics, and the following came to my head:

We should be able to stop scam artists -- Roger Remus

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
OMG! I just got a call from the IRS telling me to call a certain number because the agency is going to sue me. I have also run across an "error" on my computer telling me that I had to…

Climate change is like a runaway train -- Steve Lewis

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
Climate change is like a runaway train headed for a cliff. Like a train, the climate system is big and hard to stop after you send it in a certain direction. Also, like being on a train, it's easy not…

Climate activists should walk the walk -- Ray Unger

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
All the letters telling global warming deniers to accept global warming fail miserably because climate change activists are poor examples.

Packers leadership took the high road -- Dean McGuire

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
When Brett Favre started talking about retirement in 2006, it put in motion a chaotic decade for Green Bay Packers fans that ended on a stage in Canton, Ohio the evening of Aug. 6, when Favre was inducted into the…

Man pleads guilty to heroin delivery in overdose-related case

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 5:20pm
A Madison man pleaded guilty Monday to delivery of heroin in a case related to the 2014 death of a Janesville woman on Madison's East Side.

Vacant house in town of Burke starts on fire

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 5:15pm
Around 4:20 p.m. on Friday, firefighters responded and quickly put out a fire at 6081 Portage Road while the cause is still under investigation, the Sun Prairie Fire Department said.

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