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RACINE, Wis. -- A Racine widow is suing the county on allegations that her husband didn't receive adequate medical care at the jail before he died.

The Green Bay Packers can now offer official team tweets after setting up a Twitter account along with a Facebook fan page.

MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to decide Tuesday whether more than 16,000 former Milwaukee County Jail inmates should be compensated for being subjected to crowded and filthy cells.

A Wisconsin prison inmate has been killed and two others seriously hurt after a transport van carrying 10 inmates from a job site rolled on a state highway Friday.

Beloit police are investigating a shooting that critically injured a teen early Saturday morning.

In a first step toward creating a high-speed rail line in the Midwest that would include Madison, Wisconsin is buying two passenger trains from a Spanish company that will run along the Milwaukee-Chicago corridor and be assembled and maintained in Wisconsin.

Sixty-four red and white Terrace-style chairs were stolen from a courtyard outside UW-Madison’s Grainger Hall Thursday night, according to the UW-Madison Police Department.

An East Side man whose neighbors said he harassed and intimidated them was found guilty Friday night of eight counts of stalking.

This water ballet performance is not meant to be supple. It's meant to be splashy. "Pinwheel to the right! Now pinwheel to the left!," hollers Lauren Knoche, a choreographer for the 12 sets of arms and legs pivoting through the water during rehearsal at Hill Farm Swim Club.

The tortoise that escaped from the circus last week was on the road to New Jersey on Friday to be reunited with his "family."

A Sauk City woman was arrested early Saturday morning for what would be her third-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, Middleton police said in a news release.

A 31-year-old Madison man was arrested Friday night after allegedly beating a female victim.

It's the height of summer, and Madison teachers know what you're thinking: You envision them at the pool, sunscreen in one hand, cool drink in the other, without a care in the world. They understand your envy, even your bitterness. But they really want you to banish that image from your mind. The truth, teachers say, is that the 11 weeks away from work in the summer go quickly, particularly if ...

Friday's mercury dropped just low enough to break a 109-year-old record for the coldest high for July 17.

A beer truck that rolled over on Madison's Far East Side early Friday carrying about 44,000 tons of Bud Light Lime gave new meaning to the term, "breaking news."

An Illinois woman suffered severe but nonlife-threatening injuries Friday in a two-car crash on Interstate 39/90/94 in Columbia County, the Wisconsin State Patrol reported.

I grew up in a small neighborhood. Our street stretched six blocks from north to south. At its farthest southernmost point was Lake Monona, and its northernmost point was Atwood Avenue.

BEAVER DAM - Nearly 100 area residents got a glimpse into the future of Highway 151 on Wednesday night.

MADISON - A beer truck that rolled over on Madison's far east side early Friday carrying about 44,000 tons of Bud Light Lime gave new meaning to the term "breaking news."

WATERTOWN - In this Midwestern town 1,500 miles from Mexico, in a place that proudly proclaims itself the birthplace of kindergarten, Coco the cocaine kingpin flourished.

Never mind the low temperature today. Area farmers are waiting for their crops to get a drink. "Well, as long as it's as dry as it is, we don't need a lot of heat. It would be better if it isn't. We need rain badly.

Participants in this year's MDA ride, which is expected to draw more than 1,500 riders to Sauk City when it starts Saturday, will want to bring their jackets with them.

Like the Grand Canyon in Arizona and North Carolina's Blue Ridge Parkway, Baraboo's own Devil's Lake State Park is Wisconsin's top attraction, according to a list compiled by the AARP.The list, which

BARABOO -- Plans to expand Sauk County's network of high-speed data cables to rural areas have been put on hold -- at least temporarily.

Sauk County supervisors could be looking to plug a $1 million budget hole in 2010, according to budget projections released this week.The state's two-year budget would allow the county to increase

Having worked in retail in Madison for over 30 years, all of it for locally owned businesses, I'm glad to see you highlight some of the more interesting ones ( "Staying Alive," 7/3/09 ). But imagine my chagrin to see the advertising tag line ("Can he really beat the giants?") used by my business for 15 years applied to another appliance retailer, even one I respect as much as Vern Birrenkott.

"A bunch of us were sitting around and reminiscing" about the Madison music scene of the late 1960s and '70s, WMAD-FM project director Jerry Goeden tells staff writer Kent Williams. "We thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to bring everybody back?'"

Marsh Shapiro was incredulous when he read the June 25 letter. The Madison Fire Department wants him to hire an architect to produce floor plans of his restaurant, the Nitty Gritty, so the city can determine the capacities for individual areas: first floor, second floor and patio.

Madison is looking at tapping into its Affordable Housing Trust Fund to fill a shortfall in funding for Section 8 housing vouchers, which subsidize the rent payments of low-income residents.

Van Hendricks, 45, is nabbed by police after robbing an apartment on West Johnson Street. The occupant woke up and was able to get a good description, because Hendricks was so drunk he couldn't find the door. Real winner, this guy.

Need grows for bilingual services in Sauk County

Roger Hanko isn’t in a relationship right now. But the 57-year-old gay man says it’s

STATE'S TOP ATTRACTION? Devil's Lake is No. 1, says AARP but ...

The Baraboo City Council Tuesday evening rejected an alderman’s objections to a combined retail, restaurant and office

Sweet Music: BHS band makes notable showing at Great Circus Parade

Little Anna Froehlich does more than just your ordinary toe-tapping.

REEDSBURG — Many Wisconsin school districts were left with an even bigger budget hole to fill when the latest projections of general state aid came back from the Department of Public Instruction. Unfortunately, Reedsburg was one of them.

REEDSBURG — Bob Utley, a Reedsburg institution, is expected to fill the vacant city council seat left by Matt Stieve, who resigned June 23. Ironically, it was Utley who stepped down after completing his term last April.

REEDSBURG — U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) is interested in hearing health care testimonials from constituents. Residents of western Wisconsin are urged to share personal stories about what has worked and what hasn't worked for them in the current health care system.

REEDSBURG — The Sixth Annual Reedsburg Classic Car Show will be held this Saturday, July 18 at Nishan Park and Community Arena located on County Hwy H, 1411 Viking Dr.

Members of the Wisconsin Dells Business Improvement District agreed Wednesday that the downtown needs help to reverse a trend of declining sales, but did not decide to hire a person to help the downtown.

A recent condominium auction and an empty lake Jan. 1 caused a number of property owners to attend Wednesday's Board of Review meeting in Lake Delton.

After a lengthy discussion about single-purpose town roads, and whether or not to return them to the people living on them, the Newport Town Board decided it would keep its current roads.

Local residents' opposition to Chula Vista Resort's proposed outdoor baseball field complex and other residents' unkempt properties in the town dominated discussion Tuesday at a Dell Prairie Town Board meeting.

In what may be yet another new chapter in the history of Wisconsin Dells entertainment, Mt. Olympus Owner Nick Laskaris appeared before the village board Monday afternoon to talk about his business' "Night at the Theme Park." Laskaris said he opened a portion of his outdoor theme park and water park to guests of his hotel Thursday and Sunday night from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m.