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Three times in the past year I've thought about writing a letter to the editor about the sculpture "Nails' Tales" at Camp Randall Stadium.

UW-Madison has closed its controversial cat research laboratory because of the impending retirement of professor Tom Yin and not because of protests by animal rights groups, the university says.

Here's how members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted on major issues this week. 

And PerBlue adds an executive from Glu, a major, mobile game development company.

The three-year release plan has the potential of putting Wisconsin’s elk population on a fast track of reaching goals of 1,400 animals in the original Clam Lake area and 400 elk at a second si…

Prominent Repubican operative David Polyansky is the latest to join Team Walker.

Since September, police have been investigating a reported series of sexual assaults of a now-former Whitehorse Middle School student by a staff member and are readying a case to be reviewed b…

Three Madison-area Democratic legislators say they plan to introduce a bill that would allow dying people to medically end their lives. 

MONONA - Gerald J. "Jerry" Wendt, age 62, passed away on Jan. 22, 2015, in his home surrounded by his family. He was born on June 28, 1952, in Leavenworth, Kan., the son of Robert and Marion Wendt.

Dane County authorities say they have arrested four people who had been breaking into homes in rural parts of the county for weeks.

PORTAGE - Keith Bracewell, age 97, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at Our House in Portage.

JUPITER, Fla. - Holly Reiter Inglis, age 87, passed away peacefully in her home in Jupiter, Fla., on Jan. 15, 2015. She was born in Middleton, Wis., the daughter of Luella and Benjamin Reiter.…

BROOKLYN / OREGON - Larry Kessenich, age 75, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. A memorial gathering will be held at GUNDERSON OREGON FUNERAL HOME, 1150 Park St., Oregon, from 4 p.m. unti…

MADISON - Jeffrey J. Kleven, age 56, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison.

FORT ATKINSON - Audrey Lucille Mettel Fixmer, age 86, of Fort Atkinson, died peacefully at her home on Jan. 22, 2015, surrounded by her family. She was born in Aurora, Ill., on Jan. 25, 1928.

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Betty Sweet, age 90, of St. Paul, Minn. passed away on Jan. 23, 2015. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Proposals for two mixed-use developments in the Capitol East District and a branch office for the Ho-Chunk tribe will be presented to the city's Urban Design Commission on Wednesday. 

WAUNAKEE - Catherine M. (Ruppert) Kopp, age 94, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. Please see Sunday's notice for full details. Please share your memories at www.CressFuneralService.com.

Madison Memorial junior center midfielder Dominick Mesdjian confirmed in a phone conversation on Friday that he has made a verbal commitment to play soccer for the Wisconsin Badgers.

New estimates show the state would finish the current fiscal year with a $283.4 million shortfall