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I am saddened by the death of Cynthia Arsnow, reported in the State Journal on July 21, who was killed as she bicycled on the shoulder along Highway 14 by a pickup truck driver. The driver was reportedly “looking at…

MILWAUKEE — Jonathan Lucroy waved his helmet to acknowledge a standing ovation at Miller Park and, in what could be his final appearance for the Milwaukee Brewers, flied out as a pinch hitter Sunday in a 4-2 win over the…

Matthew A. Sowinski, 37, of Eagle, died in a crash reported to authorities just before 8 a.m. Saturday.

According to a recently released report from the World Anti-Doping Agency, Russia’s government ran a “systematic scheme” to infuse the Russian team with performance-enhancing drugs and to cover up that cheating, before, during and after the 2014 Winter Olympics, which…

The line at the start of a sneak peak of the soon-to-open Willy Street Co-op's North Side location Sunday looked a bit like Black Friday.

Styrofoam, also know as polystyrene, isn't easily recycled, however a local manufacturer uses the material in their product.

BLACK EARTH - Marcella J. Hoxie, age 85, of Black Earth, Wis., died on Friday, July 29, 2016, at UW Hospital in Madison. She was born on Jan. 4, 1931, in Richland Center, to George and G. Amelia (Gassen) Acketz.…

MADISON - Rita (Schellhase) Leverentz, age 86, passed away peacefully after a long fulfilling life, on Saturday, July 30, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. She was born on Feb. 27, 1930, in Martins Ferry, Ohio. Rita was raised on a farm…

STOUGHTON - Sandy A. Volkmann, age 67, passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her family, on Friday, July 29, 2016, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Waupaca on May 14, 1949, the daughter of…

SUN PRAIRIE - Lily Helen Laper, age 95, entered eternal life with her Savior July 30, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg, following a stroke on July 22, 2016. She was born on April 24, 1921, in New York City,…

NEW YORK — On-demand apps make life easier: A few taps on my phone and I can get a cab in minutes.

PITTSBURGH — The last thing Caitlin Hipp would have expected as she prepares to turn 28 next month was to be living at home with her parents.

Green Bay Press-Gazette

The University of Wisconsin football team secured another commitment from an in-state preferred walk-on Sunday.

Most Americans probably think the worst is over for U.S. manufacturing jobs, which declined 1.6 percent per year in the decade ending in 2014. More than 2.1 million jobs disappeared during that time.

OUR VIEW: As special reports show, many are children while others struggle to find housing even though they can afford the rent

Andrea Kaminski had never been a lobbyist before she was hired as executive director of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin.

Sewing machines and sergers are not typical college dorm accessories. As a lifelong hobby seamstress — she learned hand-sewing at age 4, and used her first pattern to make a pair of shorts on her mother’s sewing machine when she…

No car? No problem for ride sharing companies like Uber and Lyft.