Wisconsin State Journal Local News

BARABOO - Ivan Kenneth Accola, age 97, of Baraboo, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, at St. Clare Meadows.

Tuesday could be just as nice as Monday in Madison, so enjoy the great weather before rain moves in.

A man grocery shopping Saturday night was surprised to hear the license plate number of his car being announced over the speakers, and was more surprised to discover his car was going up in flames.

An abandoned town of Westport house slated to be used for fire training won't be available for that training after it was destroyed by fire Monday morning.

Few details were released about the Indiana governor's visit to Madison for a private event.

The state's Public Records Board on Monday won't take up a Department of Corrections proposal to destroy recordings of staff training after just one day of their creation.

A Madison man first seen driving erratically on the Southeast Side Sunday night allegedly came close to hitting pedestrians and a bicyclist Downtown before heading to the East Side where he was found and arrested at a tavern.

A 23-year-old Madison man was stabbed in the neck early Sunday during a fight on State Street, with a doctor considering the man to be lucky.

Judith Faulkner, founder and CEO of Verona-based Epic Systems Corp., is the 22nd most influential person in healthcare in the country this year, according to Modern Healthcare.

A Janesville man allegedly involved in a domestic fight Friday night before driving off returned to his house and was arrested for his alleged sixth drunken driving offense.

The Cardinals are the defending WIAA Division 1 state champions.

Nothing in a new law creating the commission prevents such contributions.

A Stoughton man probably didn't enjoy his off-road adventure early Sunday morning, crashing through a variety of things before his vehicle came to a halt.

An eight-month old puppy found dead outside a home on Madison's Southwest Side appeared to have been killed, police said.

A Milwaukee man arrested for allegedly touching and groping numerous women early Sunday on State Street apparently didn't faze one of the victims, police said.

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin officials say they won't reopen its clinic in Appleton, one of three in the state, because they can't meet sufficient security standards.

A Westfield man who crashed his motorcycle near Wisconsin Dells on Saturday was arrested for his alleged fifth drunken driving offense.

LAKE HOLCOMBE — A toddler injured in an apartment fire last week in Lake Holcombe has died of his injuries.

Wisconsin's attorney general says a fatal police shooting in Milwaukee that sparked two nights of violence was recorded by not one but two body cameras.

The body of a Chicago woman who drowned in the Mississippi River on Aug. 3 was found in the water by a fisherman on Saturday, near a Grant County boat landing.