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A UW-Madison research team will work with Johns Hopkins University to study cell-connection methods in the eye with the hopes to reverse blindness. The teams are working with a grant from the National Institute of Health.

The culinary arts facility opened when classes began last week as part of a $31 million renovation of MATC's Truax campus.

For a day, the sixth graders in the Madison school district got their schools all to themselves.

The veteran guard wanted to act quickly with the season about to start, liked the idea of staying in the division and playing in a colder climate.

The victim was hit around 11:05 p.m. Friday at the intersection of North Sherman Avenue and Commercial Avenue, and he died Sunday morning from “severe head trauma” at UW Hospital, police said.

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A domestic incident in Sun Prairie and a hit and run in Maple Bluff resulted in the death of two men, while a man faced life-threatening injuries after a shooting near the UW-Madison campus, police said.

Sarah Bowles, 28, was arrested on tentative charges of OWI with a passenger under 16, possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia and a probation hold, while both were uninjured, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said.

A domestic incident in Sun Prairie and a hit and run in Maple Bluff resulted in the death of two men, while a man faced life-threatening injuries after a shooting near the UW-Madison campus, police said.

The first-year starting quarterback's two interceptions kept the Badgers from a bigger win against No. 5 LSU on Saturday at Lambeau Field.

Clayton R. Underdahl, 19, was thrown from his vehicle, while alcohol and speed appear to be factors in the crash, the Iowa County Sheriff's Office said.

I am voting for Gary Johnson, the libertarian candidate for president.

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Donald Trump plays the media like a fiddle.

No race is more vital this election than Wisconsin's 31st Assembly District. Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, does not represent the best interests of the people of south-central Wisconsin on many issues.

I am sorry that during the last year Wisconsin bear hunters have lost 28 hounds to wolves. But, I'm not sorry for the hunters.

Nelson, the Packers' No. 1 wide receiver, missed all of last season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

''Every decision we make is in the best interest of improving all aspects of our program,'' McCarthy said Monday. "This is not about one player. This about our football team.”

The Badgers want to carry the momentum from their win over LSU into the next two weeks.