MIDDLETON — There weren't any floats, at least not in the traditional sense, and spectators were a little sparse in places, but no one seemed to mind Friday as students here resurrected a slice of small-town Americana. After more than two decades, Middleton High School brought back its homecoming parade, a once-proud tradition that died out somewhere around 1980, near as anyone can remember. "It used to be such a big deal," said Barbara Elliott of Cross Creek, Fla., a 1959 Middleton High School graduate who was in the area Friday for a wedding and watched the parade. "This is so exciting — I think mid-America needs to go back to some of the old ways."... >>MORE

Dane County continued to add the most new residents statewide in 2007, but its population growth rate is markedly slowing down.... >>MORE

Here's some advice for Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and Chief Judge William Foust regarding their dust-up over Falk's budget plans for the courts:

Sit down and... >>MORE

Last month, Oprah waved her magic wand over central Wisconsin native David Wroblewski's thick novel "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle," then offered a literary review that practically... >>MORE

Josh Oglesby always stood out in a crowd.

When the University of Wisconsin redshirt freshman offensive tackle was growing up in Milwaukee, he had a friend who was able to get him Milwaukee Bucks clothes. Given Oglesby was 6-foot-6 and 300 pounds in... >>MORE

Stock markets jolted still lower in the U.S. and around the world Friday despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede, and the globe's industrial powers urgently debated forceful new steps in Washington to prevent a worldwide... >>MORE