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Winning pitcher Christian Stokstad scores the winning run on a wild pitch.

Most faculty and staff at UW do not have tenure and accordingly can be easily dismissed for unwelcome criticism or imagined "arrogance."

Standardized testing is a huge waste of time and money that could be used for learning in the classroom. Also, you will never know what you got wrong, so you will never learn. The money for testing could be used…

Thursday’s letter to the editor “Men in the ladies’ room an affront to privacy” analyzes the debate over bathroom selection by transgender people by saying “it’s appalling the government is telling me to shut up and accept a man walking…

Joining the lawsuit about bathroom rules is another "brilliant" decision by Attorney General Brad Schimel and Gov. Scott Walker.

How can we sit back and allow innocent people in Iraq to be exterminated?

As the Circus World Museum in Baraboo struggles to stay relevant, it should consider eliminating all of its wild animal acts instead of adding more.

He allows just five singles and strikes out eight over eight innings against a Brewers team he has dominated in his career.

How do you deal with “allies” who are stabbing you in the back on security issues even as they claim they are helping?

The man did not have a valid motorcycle endorsement and was not wearing a helmet.

The suspect is in custody, according to Sun Prairie Police.

Community members packed the Mt. Horeb High School gymnasium Monday morning for a Memorial Day service.

WAUNAKEE / MILWAUKEE - Jane F. Romanowski, age 97, died on May 28, 2016, in Waunakee. She was born in Butler, Wis., the daughter of Stanley and Mary (Nowak) Malecki. Jane married Harry J. Romanowski on March 18, 1944. They…

MAZOMANIE - Lawrence J. Batz, age 78, died on May 28, 2016, at Meriter Hospital, Madison.

RIDGEWAY / DODGEVILLE - Betty J. (Keller) Dougherty died on Friday, May 27, 2016, at Bloomfield Nursing Home. Funeral services will be Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at St. Bridget's Catholic Church, Ridgeway, with visitation 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. followed…

ARENA / STOUGHTON - Elizabeth H. "Betty" Robb, formerly of Arena, was ushered into her eternal home by her Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 29, 2016. She was 90 years old. Betty passed away at home with family members…

LODI - Curtis J. Walstad, age 72, passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. Funeral services will be held at LODI UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 130 Locust St., Lodi, at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 2, 2016, with…

Tyler J. Donlon, 25, of McFarland was booked into the Dane County jail for his fourth OWI offense, a felony charge of eluding an officer and for probation violation, according to authorities.

The after-school program at Bird Elementary in Sun Prairie teaches the language some grandparents speak exclusively.

Liberty Business Park along Highway M at Highway 151 will include hotels, office an retail space and possibly housing.