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Apples, e-cigarettes are on opposite ends of wellness spectrum.

Dear Dr. Hanson: At my 2-month-old daughter’s recent well-child check, her pediatrician mentioned the importance of reading to her, even at this young age. I was surprised by this, since she s…

We all face challenges of one kind or another, and those challenges can change our lives in ways we never dreamed of. My challenge is living with a severe physical disability due to multiple s…

WASHINGTON — True words are often said in jest, it has long been said. But a harsher idiom has been taking shape in recent years: Jest is becoming the only way to express truth.

Bill and Hillary Clinton are to money what the Gulf of Mexico is to the Mississippi River: the inevitable destination of a large and never-ending flow, which is sometimes polluted.

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

Coming in Wisconsin this week:

Ayla Annac, CEO/president of InvivoSciences Inc. in Madison, says there’s no secret formula to becoming a bio-tech entrepreneur.

With World War I over, Madison and much of the rest of the nation turned its attention to a new battle: the fight over the proliferation of saloons.

The racing season begins today at Madison International Speedway in the Town of Rutland with the ARCA Midwest Tour Series Joe Shear Classic.

The Seymour native said he hopes the exposure will draw interest from NASCAR team.

Mayweather (48-0) uses his reach and his jab to frustrate Pacquiao, piling up enough points to win their title bout and cementing his legacy as the best of his generation.

I’m a sucker for a Little Free Library. It is, to me, an almost perfect expression of literary democracy: Take a book, return a book, reading not as commodity exchange but exchange of identity…

“I’m using my daughter’s fishing pole for the first time,” Rita G. Acker said. “She died in February while hiking in Alaska, where she worked as a marine biologist. ... Now I have her pole and…

With temperatures in the middle 70s and mostly sunny skies shining on Devil’s Lake in Baraboo, it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing in the University of Wisconsin’s first attempt at a regatta at t…

Senior Kori Keyes’ walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning Saturday gave the Verona softball team a 3-2 victory over host Madison Memorial in the second game of a Big Eight Confe…

His name wasn’t called during the draft, but an impressive Pro Day back in March secured Warren Herring a chance in the NFL.

Although the Packers already have two backups they like in Scott Tolzien and Matt Blanchard, taking a flier on a quarterback in every draft is a good idea.

A warm, sunny day attracted a large and festive crowd to the Mifflin Street Block Party on Saturday.

In Division 1, Hartland Arrowhead sophomore Bennett Knapek shoots a 6-under 66 to tie a 35-year-old tournament record.