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Tammy Ann Emily Wolfe
November 19, 1959—July 8, 2025
Harold Blotner
October 3, 1925—July 11, 2025
Here's who the Brewers drafted on Day 2 of the MLB Draft
Milwaukee rounded out its 2025 MLB Draft class with a bevy of selections Monday, including 11 pitchers. Here's everyone the Brewers selected on the final day of the draft.
Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track — and to go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.
Man charged after kilt-wearing attacker smashes case holding Scotland's Stone of Destiny (copy)
A man from Australia has been charged with "malicious mischief" for allegedly smashing a glass case holding the Stone of Destiny, an ancient symbol of Scottish nationhood.
Longtime Wisconsin men's basketball staffer promoted to general manager
The promotion makes official a gradual shift in the longtime Badgers staffer's duties over the past several seasons as he took on a greater role in name, image and likeness dealings.
Supreme Court candidate Taylor has raised $583,000; no activity for incumbent Bradley
Rebecca Bradley's latest campaign filing casts some uncertainty over whether or not she'll seek a second 10-year term on the state's highest court.
Ads for the governor's race are here
Wisconsin’s race for governor is hitting the airwaves more than a year before voting begins.
Nursing homes in Wisconsin and elsewhere struggle with Trump's immigration crackdown
“It’s been really devastating,” said Robin Wolzenburg of LeadingAge in Wisconsin. "Our communities that were actively working with the resettlement agencies are not seeing those referrals to long-term care."
GOP bill would revoke salaries of suspended judges
The authors cite the case of a Milwaukee County judge who is accused of helping Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, 31, and his lawyer elude ICE agents via her courtroom's back door.
Obituary index for Tue., July 15
BLOTNER, Harold, 99
Former Wisconsin men's basketball forward returns to home country to play professionally
An Estonia native who made 72 appearances for the Badgers during his four-year career with the program is headed back to his home nation to compete professionally.
A Senate vote this week will test the popularity of DOGE spending cuts (copy)
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans will test the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts this week by aiming to pass President Donald Trump’s request to claw back $9.4 billion in public media and foreign aid spending.
Former Wisconsin men's hockey star breaks through for win at celebrity golf tournament
Joe Pavelski was runner-up at the American Century Championship in 2024, but the former Badgers star rolled in an eagle putt to win this year.
Janesville man dead after collision with semi on Interstate 39-90 near Stoughton exit
Upon arrival, officers found that the 37-year-old driver of the Blazer had hit the semi trailer and was dead at the scene from his injuries.
Thunderstorm cells can gang up, reinforce each other
A mesoscale convective complex, or MCC, is made up of individual thunderstorms that covers a large area, about 40,000 square miles
SOS: ADT won't erase bill despite what Lodi man says were multiple attempts to cancel
Bacon "decided right away to cancel" but despite some 15 to 20 calls to the company, he was never able to speak with anyone who could help him.
Orion does a handstand on the South Pole | Abigail Bishop
A young reader asked: “Are people on the South Pole walking upside down from the rest of the world?”
Data center firm proposes 615-acre, $3 billion campus in northern Dane County
The project meets many objectives, said QTS's Chris Kapper: "to deliver tax base, to provide jobs and create commercial development in the corridors.”
