Wisconsin State Journal Local News

A man who was arrested last week after police said he robbed a bank in Monona told police that he did not commit the robbery, and that the money he was carrying belonged to him.

The first Wisconsin outlet of a Texas-based burger chain plans to open in Fitchburg by mid-April.  

A former computer repair contractor was charged Tuesday with stealing as many as 17 laptop computers from the state Department of Workforce Development and selling them to support a heroin addiction.

If the tests aren't funded during the budget process this year, the state would have less than a year to roll out a new test by the following spring to remain in compliance with federal law. 

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MCFARLAND - Jeffrey Dean Herold, age 54, of McFarland, passed away unexpectedly in his sleep on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at his home.

DEFOREST / MADISON - Lila M. (Schoenike) Salzwedel entered her heavenly home on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare, surrounded by her loving family.

MADISON - Dorothy L. Peterson, age 92, went to be with her Lord on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015.

WAUNAKEE - Martha Y. Rotelli, age 83, passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 16, 2015.

FENNIMORE - LaVaun Darlene Foley, age 82, died on Sunday evening, Jan. 25, 2015, at her residence in Mount Ida Township, Grant County, following a long battle with cancer. LaVaun was born on F…

MADISON - Evelyn Marie Bethke, age 91, passed away on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. She was born on July 27, 1923, in Winfred, S.D., the daughter of Ernest and Viola Coats. Evelyn was united in marri…

BLUE RIVER - Jerome M. "Jerry" Kinney, age 72, of Blue River, died unexpectedly on his farm in Blue River, on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. He was born at home on Aug. 4, 1942, to John and Marguerite…

STILLWATER, Minn. - Norbert J. Christopher, age 75, of Stillwater, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family, on Jan. 25, 2015.

MADISON - Edward C. "Eddie" Green, age 80, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at home, surrounded by his family and loved ones. He was born on May 1, 1934, in Madison, the son of Ernest and…

HOMOSSASSA SPRINGS, Fla. / MADISON - Michael Grant Bunbury passed away on Jan. 24, 2015, at the age of 52, of a massive heart attack.

RESTON, Va. - Sharon Sizemore Martin, age 67, of Reston, Va., passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015.

SUN PRAIRIE - Margaret D. Riley, age 86, passed on peacefully to Heaven on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. She was a caring, loving mother, wife and friend and will be greatly missed. She was born on D…

MADISON - Arthur Edwin Peterson, age 91, died on Jan. 26, 2015. He was born on the family farm near Curtiss, Wis., on March 11, 1923, the son of Anna (Thompson) and Edwin Peterson. He attended…

MADISON - Our beloved wife/daughter/sister/mother/and best friend, Deborah Dodge Durkee, died on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015.

OREGON - Donna J. Crotty, age 77, of Oregon, passed away on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare. She was born on June 27, 1937, in Madison, the daughter of Joseph and Matilda Corcoran.