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Two elementary schools in the Madison school district will become community schools in the 2018-19 school year, doubling the number of district schools set up to help and support the students and families in the neighborhood.

The study was released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum.

A veteran transportation planner who has worked on the biggest projects in the Madison area is the city's new transportation director.

A Madison-area concrete company can't dig up American Indian burial mounds located within its southern Wisconsin quarry, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday without any explanation.

Favre told Sports Illustrated he made three trips to rehabilitation centers during his Hall of Fame career to fight his dependence on painkillers and alcohol.

A common assumption held by many was bats eat a ton of mosquitoes. The assumption has now been proven by UW-Madison researchers.

The old Sprecher's location on the Far West Side will soon become home to Cowboy Jack's, a growing chain of restaurants based in Minneapolis.

Pop artist Robert Indiana, best known for his 1960s "LOVE" series, died at his island home off the coast of Maine on Saturday.

Galway Companies, owner of Lake Edge Shopping Center, says the owners of the Ben Franklin would not commit to a long-term lease.

Southbound traffic on Interstate 39/90 will be rerouted off the highway between Janesville and Beloit Tuesday night so repairs can be made to the pavement.