Last Thursday's letter to the editor "Most experienced pick for sheriff is Jesberger" highlighted Ryan Jesberger's administrative accomplishments and service on various boards. While commendable, it overlooks the extensive qualifications of the Republican candidate for Sauk County sheriff, Matt Burch.

Sauk County has the opportunity for new leadership and fresh ideas in its sheriff's office. Chip Meister, a good man and someone I have voted for in the past, is retiring after 16 years in office. His hand-picked successor, Matt…

In a functioning democracy, the right to vote and have your vote counted is the cornerstone that allows all other rights to be protected. Without a free and fair election, no other rights can be assured.

Ten billion dollars and counting is the latest estimate for what has already been spent on political ads that you can't avoid unless you unplug your TV.

Even Halloween candy isn't immune to the affordability crisis, making one of America's little luxuries just a little more painful for the holiday weekend.

The stock market is glamorous, trading bits of owner-ship of corporations, many with glittering names Apple, Microsoft, Boeing. The bond market is boring.

JERUSALEM Benjamin Netanyahu looked set to remain Israel's caretaker prime minister after unexpectedly strong backing among Jewish voters left his opponents little apparent prospect of unseating him, despite his right-wing bloc losing its parliamentary majority.

MIAMI Brazilian Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro and his family arrived in Miami on Wednesday, where the United States government planned to grant them entry visas after he refused to comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court order to surrender his passports.

A U.S. biotech company says it is making progress toward its goal of resurrecting the dodo, the famous flightless bird with a large hooked beak, and returning it to its native Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, where humans drove it…

President Vladimir Putin hailed Elon Musk as a genius Wednesday, acknowledging Russia is only beginning to roll out its answer to his Starlink satellite internet system.

A new caf is taking shape on Capitol Square's Carroll Street, alongside other projects such as the five-story, 100,000-square-foot Wisconsin History Center and the Historian Hotel.

Hunters registered 4,275 black bears during the 2026 Wisconsin bear hunting season, according to preliminary data from the Department of Natural Resources.

From the living rooms to the bars, Der Rathskeller to State Street, Brewers fans in Madison erupted with a cheer that could be heard in Tampa Bay after Milwaukee clinched the World Series in a dominating Game 5 Wednesday night.

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Witches are sailing down the Yahara, pumpkins are getting their glow-up, and Madison is looking like a storybook village with a mild haunting problem. Here are 12 ways to get into the spirit on the spookiest weekend of the year.

Two candidates vying to be the next secretary of state are campaigning on issues unrelated to the office they're seeking, while a third says he's the only candidate addressing issues that affect the office.

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The Verona School District may add fullday, 4-year-old kindergarten next school year, the district said Monday, as it looks to retain families that open-enroll into other districts for the full-day program and then never return to Verona schools.

The addition will bring a total of 38 units to the Lincoln-King development. The building is slated for completion in May.

A small-yet-talented group of individual qualifiers plus the Dodgeland girls team will compete against the state's best on Saturday. Here are five things to know.

According to Safe Kids Worldwide, on average, children are twice as likely to be fatally struck by a car on Halloween than on any other day of the year.