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BBQ feels the Bern this holiday weekend in our You Toon caption contest
Fill in the caption with a clever quip by Wednesday and win publication of your line with the cartoon in next Sunday’s newspaper. You’ll also receive a signed print of the cartoon by artist Phil Hands.
Ask the Weather Guys: What can we learn from the recurrence of extreme weather events?
There is little doubt that such events are among the fingerprints of a changing climate.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: 'Roots' kindles courage in us to confront the history that made us
Everything was different, the day after.
Scrapbook May 30
Scholarships: The Thomas B. Jones and Grace Stevenson Jones Charitable Foundation awarded $74,700 in scholarships to students in southwestern Wisconsin. Recipients from Iowa County include: Tayler Bowser, Hollendale; Abby Dunbar, Austin Gough, Kaylee Sparks, Theresa Oberhauser, Scott Pittz, Mineral Point;…
NASCAR:
CONCORD, N.C. — Martin Truex Jr. didn’t avoid ladders or black cats, never worried about cracking mirrors or stepping on cracks. He knew his bad luck on the Sprint Cup circuit would change.
NCAA Division III World Series:
GRAND CHUTE — UW-Whitewater failed to play sound defensive baseball in the NCAA Division III tournament and made an uncharacteristically early exit.
Home Talent League: Nick Rather's homer helps to lead Fort Atkinson over Waterloo
The two-run blast was part of a five-run seventh inning
Badgers women's rowing: UW finishes ninth at NCAA Championships
Coach Bebe Bryans calls the performance it a "landmark day" for the program.
Tom Oates: Jimmy Nelson looks like big part of Brewers' new foundation
The big right-hander has been much more consistent in his second full season, and delivered another solid outing on Sunday vs. Cincinnati.
Remember our veterans every day -- Wayne Alden
It is proper and right to acknowledge the supreme sacrifice of our war heroes who have fought for everyone's freedom over the years. We should honor all veterans who have given so much for the safety and security of our…
Yelling at cyclists slows down traffic -- Murray Schukar
Wisconsin Department of Transportation statute 346.80 (3)(a) states: “Persons riding bicycles or electric personal assistive mobility devices upon a roadway may ride 2 abreast if such operation does not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.”
Lawmakers are 'more equal' than faculty -- Randy O'Connell
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos talking tough about UW faculty reminds me of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" where: "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others."
Cuts will cost the state in the long run -- Dolores Klein
I am always amazed when the people of Wisconsin are angry at the staff of our wonderful university over salaries and tenure.
US has history of segregated restrooms -- Henry St. Maurice
I read with interest Thursday's letter to the editor "Men in the ladies' room an affront to privacy," defending the right to privacy in public restrooms.
Cross has failed to protect UW System -- Ginny White
Ray Cross’s selection as UW System president in 2014 sounded promising. He had a Ph.D. in university administration and experience as an engineer, business owner, consultant, professor and college president. He’d been with the System since 2011 and seemed to…
IndyCar: Unheralded rookie Alexander Rossi wins the 100th Indianapolis 500
The 66-to-1 long shot coasts across the finish line moments before his engire cuts from lack of fuel.
Brewers: Jonathan Lucroy sparks victory over Reds in series finale
The catcher drive in three runs to raise his total to nine in the three-game set.
African prof Daniel Kunene remembered as 'loving,' 'humble' and 'regal'
"There won't be anyone like him, ever," Marci Kunene said about the man she called her soulmate.
Blessed to survive the USS Gambier Bay but the memories haven't faded or Clete Ring
Ring remembers well the 147 sailors who died when the escort carrier sank during a 1944 battle with the Japanese in the South Pacific.
Norris Burkes: Remember the fallen soldiers on hero’s highway in Iraq
Chaplain stood on sacred soil in Iraq where blood, and 'near beer,' were spilled