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Fire damages Dane County plastics firm; no cause yet

The provision Democrats suspected was a GOP attempt to protect their top legislator was, in fact, something that nonpartisan legislative bill drafters put in the bill.

A local bio-tech giant is giving eight Badgers athletes career counseling and other benefits through a new NIL program soon to be announced.

The transmission competition bill has been opposed by consumer advocates and the free-market conservative group Americans for Prosperity.

These teams have been through the ringer battling top-ranked teams, but still found success as postseason nears on Feb. 20.

American Girl will close its Middleton corporate offices by spring, parent company Mattel said, and will cut 30 jobs as a result.

The Badgers are among four teams contacting the Mount Horeb sophomore. Here's why schools are showing interest in his game.

One business expects to open this month and the other two will open in the summer.

Hovde had long been rumored to run for the seat currently held Baldwin, of Madison, who first won her seat back in 2012 — the year Hovde came up short in the GOP primary.

Didion Milling had "a pervasive culture of regulatory defiance and dishonesty" leading to the 2017 explosion and during the investigation that followed, a federal judge said.

Dane County last year spent $1.9 million to upgrade the software system that controls the entire network of 141 sirens.

Casey Rabach was content with a quiet life after his playing career ended. Here's how football led him back to his alma mater.

The Badgers have lost their last three road games, while the Hawkeyes have two straight wins at home.

Bob Groter was killed just before noon on a Thursday in Vilas County in 2023 when he was struck head-on by a speeding, drunken snowmobile driver.

It was Feb. 18, 1996, and all that was left of the heart of Madison’s queer community was its brick ribcage, black with soot against a rainbow pride flag, flapping in the February breeze.

Steenbock's is worth a visit for its atmosphere, happy hour, and many healthy menu options.

There appear to be three possible reactions to Wisconsin Elections Commissioner Bob Spindell's claim that "there is no white Republican that has done more for the Black community than me":

I was heartbroken to learn in Anna Hansen’s Feb. 2 article, "Abuse, violent crimes linked," that Wisconsin had a high number of deaths caused by domestic or intimate partner violence in 2023. While I appreciate that the article highlighted the…

I'm sure that the Republican Party and their mouthpiece Fox News is delighted with the AP story in Friday's State Journal about Joe Biden's classified documents case.

Wisconsin’s very own U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, appeared on the news shows trying to explain why he voted against the bipartisan border deal and why he was also against further funding for Ukraine.