The Badgers and Wolverines meet Wednesday for the first time in conference play this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Ronnie Porter is averaging 8.9 points, 4.8 assists and 1.7 steals for the Badgers. Serah Williams is averaging 19.5 points over the last 10 games.

Michigan’s hockey team let three pivotal Big Ten points slip away Friday at Wisconsin. The 10th-ranked Wolverines allowed three unanswered goals, including two in the final six minutes, in a 5-4 loss to open a two-game weekend series.

Peters, elected in 2014, will not seek reelection and will leave Congress after his term in the Senate expires in January 2027.

A victory in the final game of the series would have been more rewarding, but the resilient Badgers could find plenty of good signs from the weekend.

The Wisconsin men moved up four spots to No. 18 in the latest NET rankings, which are a key tool in determining seeding and at-large qualifiers for the NCAA Tou

Taking five penalties compared to Wisconsin’s one, Michigan sealed its own fate, giving up two power play goals.

The DNR will hold a Feb. 13 hearing on a proposal to establish a commercial fishery for lake trout on Lake Michigan.

Biships from across the state and part of the U.P. have issued a statement regarding immigration in the wake of policies and executive actions from the

Wisconsin held Nebraska to its lowest point total (55) since a Dec. 7 loss to Michigan State (52). That performance raised the Badgers’ KenPom defensive efficiency ranking to No. 50 nationally, the highest it’s been all season. That pushed the team’s overall ranking to No. 14.

Michigan reaping benefits of Edwards, Truscott, Duke as they cement themselves on the Wolverines blue line this season.

Michigan ties Wisconsin, 4-4, with the Wolverines taking the extra Big Ten point, backed by net-front success.