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After Jesse Sparks died from a drug overdose in Madison July 25, his obituary didn’t mince words.

Students across the Madison area temporarily swapped typical warm weather activities this summer for the chance to work with cutting-edge technology and expand their science skills.

Around 2:45 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to a two vehicle crash at Mother Fools Coffee House, 1101 Williamson Street, that left multiple people pinned in a vehicle, police said.

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.

This summer Jane Schmieding biked 650 miles — 10 for every year of her life — on a red hand bicycle.

An estimated 30,000 to 40,000 people will hunt doves in Wisconsin with an average hunter harvesting five birds.The predicted fall harvest based on estimates is 100,000 to 150,000 doves -- a relatively small number considering 4 to 5 million birds…

Soglin says his intent is two-fold -- which is believable by about half.

First impressions — what you notice about another person the first time you meet. Recollecting that quick, immediate feeling, artist Adria Kaufman draws the baristas, bartenders, servers and other individuals she encounters in Madison.

In previous columns, I’ve written about what it was like raising our daughter Jamie and son Andrew (from birth to 13) while I was living with chronic disabling multiple sclerosis (MS). Today’s column is devoted to those tough years of…

Wisconsin Republicans are still tormented by Donald Trump.

"He'll go through the individual (drills), and then we'll kind of take it from there," coach Mike McCarthy said. "So first things first."

The 21-year-old South Korean has an 18-under 192 total at Sedgefield, a stroke off the tournament 54-hole record set by Carl Pettersson in his 2008 victory.

Thin on veteran outfielders after losing Shin-Soo Choo to a broken left forearm last week, the Texas Rangers signed free agent outfielder Carlos Gomez on Saturday to a minor league deal.

PITTSBURGH — Children are not only expensive — they can turn the financial lives of many mothers, especially single moms, upside down, complicating financial planning or making it harder to keep up with the bills that go along with parenting.

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Car owner Rick Hendrick said injured star Dale Earnhardt Jr. “looks great,” but the organization will wait until the driver is 100 percent before he returns to the track.

There are 25 Wisconsin athletes competing at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

Elias Sobah ran for 155 yards and six touchdowns as host Madison La Follette rolled past Janesville Craig 63-48 on Saturday afternoon to complete a Big Eight Conference prep football season opener that was suspended on Friday due to lightning…

What Brent Suter described as a "dream come true" didn't end up a nightmare, but it likely wasn't how he imagined his first taste of the big leagues.

Nicholas G. Reding, 30, had been thrown from the vehicle found Friday several hundred feet off the roadway at the intersection of Highway K and Pheasant Branch Road, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said.

It grows increasingly difficult to evaluate the Green Bay Packers’ readiness for the regular season based on exhibition games that are becoming a bigger joke — and ripoff — every year.