Milwaukee and Madison recorded their driest Januarys on record, with about 12 fewer inches of snow than normal.

Ever noticed that some of the Girl Scout cookies you see in Manitowoc have a different name than those you see in Green Bay?

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is ...

The driver of an aircraft tug was critically injured when the vehicle flipped over after colliding with the wing of an airplane Saturday at O'Hare Airport, Chicago police said.

The 18-member transfer class includes players coming from programs such as Penn State, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Iowa State, ...

On this week's Saturday Morning Coffee Show, Jack Mitchell and Josh Peterson discussed Nebraska's win over Illinois and tried to figure out if it could be the b ...

Fourth and eighth grade students in Illinois generally scored as well or better than the national average in reading and math ...

LaCrue was the last Wisconsin transfer to announce his destination. He drops down to the FCS level to play for an Eastern Illinois program that just saw multi-year starter Pierce Holley exhaust his ...

As a big three of serious contenders emerges ahead of the pack in a deep conference, Illinois women’s basketball beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Joe Vozzelli ranks all 18 Big Ten teams: South Carolina ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on Twitter ( @srrichey ).

Environmental leaders believe grants and other sources of funding will allow them to continue cutting pollution, even if ...

Western Pennsylvania has its beloved Punxsutawney Phil, but in Illinois, there’s a lesser-known contender for the groundhog ...