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MADISON - John Metz, age 63, of Madison, passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital. He was born in the U.P. of Michigan, on Aug. 24, 1951, to the late Edward and Veronica Metz.

MADISON / MONROE - Delphine Heston Benkert, age 100, formerly of Monroe, died on Monday, June 15, 2015, at Oak Park Place Nursing Home in Madison. She was born June 16, 1914, in Pleasant Valle…

MADISON - Well done, good and faithful servant. On Thursday, June 18, 2015, Our Father embraced our beloved Barbara Worth Grate into the kingdom He has prepared. He holds in His hands many fam…

WAUNAKEE / ST. PAUL, Minn. - Russell C. Johnson, age 93, of Waunakee/St. Paul, died on Thursday, June 18, 2015, at the Waunakee Manor Health Care Center.

SPRING GREEN - John Kenneth "Butch" McCarville Jr., age 70, of Spring Green, passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2015, at the Greenway Manor Nursing Home in Spring Green following a brief illne…

MADISON - Ruth Marjorie Hanson, of Madison, Wis., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at the age of 84.

MADISON - Dorothy Ann Georgeson, age 77, passed away on Friday, June 19, 2015. She was born on June 20, 1937, in Madison, to Raymond and Thelma Casey. Dorothy graduated from MATC. She was a ve…

WINDSOR - Arthur S. "Steve" Hanson, age 63, of Windsor, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015, at Appleton Medical Center.

Most recruiting sites rank the offensive lineman as a four-star prospect.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A criminal complaint says a woman charged with stabbing her husband to death told investigators she had worked as a butcher in Russia and killed him "professionally," just…

A Lodi man and his 4-year-old son drowned Friday in the Wisconsin River in the town of Dekorra while playing with the man’s pregnant girlfriend, his 7-year-old son and a 22-year-old friend.

A Monroe man was arrested and charged Friday with four felonies for allegedly sexually assaulting a child under the age of 16.

A Monroe man was arrested and charged Friday with four felonies for allegedly sexually assaulting a child under the age of 16.

Family history led owners Vicky and John Schroeder to the name of their Waunakee store — Red Barn Company Store.

Users can "see" objects by interpreting signals sent to an electrode-covered mouthpiece by a video camera mounted on dark glasses. 

The Masters champion double-bogeys his final hole to drop into a share of the lead with Ryder Cup partner Patrick Reed.

What an oddly libertarian streak this has revealed in Madison’s citizenry.

The curious case of Rachel Dolezal has sparked furious commentary about her deceit, arrogance and narcissism.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A progressive Jewish congregation in Madison is poised to become the first in the city and perhaps one of only a dozen or so in the world to own a Torah scroll written by …

A.J. Bogucki tossed six shutout innings of three-hit ball as the Madison Mallards beat the league-leading Kenosha Kingfish 3-0 in a Northwoods League amateur baseball game Friday night before …