It all began for Collin Larsh when he was playing football as a grade schooler in his hometown of Marshall and his team needed a placekicker.
As a nine-year-old baseball fan growing up in New York state, Bill Schultz couldn’t play the game at the Little League level. His right leg wa…
The COVID-19 pandemic, which has ravaged Wisconsin for nearly seven months, has forced Badger Conference officials to postpone winter sports s…
The percentages always favored the New York Yankees when left-handed starter Whitey Ford took the mound. In 16 major league seasons, Ford had …
For a high school athlete to participate on four straight state championship teams is very special. Success at an early age sticks with any pe…
“I love it. Just love it,” said an upbeat Ryan Rothwell as he stood on the McFarland High School football field, anticipating the arrival of 3…
The Milwaukee Braves were still in the hunt for a third straight National League pennant entering an Aug. 25, 1959 night game at St. Louis. Sa…
Brett Ogorzalek has coached three McFarland High School boys’ soccer teams into the state tournament and has been honored on numerous occasion…
It was Feb. 7, 2002 when senior Matt Hockett attained one of the most significant records in McFarland High School boys’ basketball history. H…
When Darrell Krenz returned from the Korean War to his home in McFarland, the first thing he did was hug an American flag pole.
Former McFarland High School head softball coach Dave Halverson is never shy when it comes to lavishing praise on Jim Wickert, who began as as…
Quarterback Bart Starr guided the Green Bay Packers to five National Football League championships in the 1960s and victories in the first two…
When contacting Jim Wickert via email to guage his interest in a story about his years as the long-time McFarland High School assistant softba…
Cottage Grove golfer Jim Gariti finished in a three-way tie for 54th place with a 19-over par, 163, at the Sept. 15-16 men’s mid-amateur champ…
The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) will suspend all winter sports until the end of 2020. The WIAC Council of Chancellors…
The pandemic has forced the Madison Capitols of the United States Hockey League (USHL) to cancel its 2020-21 season.
Fans of Beloit’s minor league baseball team have until Sept. 25 to vote for the club’s nickname based on submissions by the public. The new na…
Seven members of the McFarland High School boys’ golf team have been recognized for getting good grades in the classroom.
The 73rd annual U.S. Women’s Curling Association (USWCA) National Bonspiel scheduled for Feb. 2021 at the Madison Curling Club in McFarland ha…
After a successful three-sport career at McFarland High School, Ben Jordan, newly enrolled at UW-La Crosse, thought he would try out for the E…
Dane County’s restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 means state tournaments in girls’ tennis, girls’ golf and girls’ swimming will not…
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced zoos to follow a number of safety protocols so visitors and the animals are safe.
Madison International Speedway will host its first-ever “Ring of Fire Quarter Mile Mania” Friday Sept. 11 with time trials set to begin at 6 p…
Reservations for camping at a Wisconsin state park will be taken online or over the phone until Oct. 31.
It’s safe to say that Brock Roder’s heart has always belonged in McFarland.
The 50th anniversary of Green Bay Packers' coaching great Vince Lombardi's death was Sept. 3. Lombardi guided the Packers to five NFL champion…
If you think driving on the Beltline every day is a grim battle for survival, think of driving against more than 100 cars on an enclosed multi…
A half century after his death, Vince Lombardi is still a major influence in the game of football; not just in Wisconsin but all over the nation.
