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WAUNAKEE - Angeline Frances "Angie" Knipschield, age 79, passed away peacefully while under hospice care at Waunakee Manor on Monday, June 20, 2016. Angie was born in Waukon, Iowa, on July 5, 1936, the third child of Frank and Lucille…

LAKE DELTON - Lucille Weber, age 87, of Lake Delton, Wis., died Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at the St. Clare Hospice House in Baraboo, Wis.

CASSVILLE - Norma June (nee Andrew) Groom, age 87, passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at Atrium Post Acute Care in Lancaster.

EVANSVILLE / DARLINGTON - Colleen J. "Jill" Smith, age 80, of Evansville, Wis., formerly of Darlington, Wis., passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wis. She was born June 11, 1936, at Jenks Maternity Home…

MADISON - K. Don Lindsay, age 84, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at Artisan Senior Living after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Family and friends may visit at CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3610 Speedway Road, Madison, on Tuesday,…

If last year was about lighting the fuse on the inaugural Shake the Lake celebration, this year is about watching the event really blast off, organizers say.

MADISON - Louise E. Wollin, age 90, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2016. Funeral arrangements are pending. A complete obituary will appear in Sunday's edition. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.

The amount of state money spent on each student using a private school voucher has increased by about 14 percent since 2010, according to a recent state memo.

A 68-year-old Madison man was mugged in his own home Wednesday afternoon by a man who pushed his way into the victim's home and stole his cellphone and wallet.

After a relatively cool Thursday in Madison, the weather should heat up heading into the weekend.

A mailbox vandalism spree in southern Green Lake County and the village of Markesan that took out 32 mailboxes has been stopped, with the arrest of four young people.

Three Madison men were mugged early Tuesday morning by three people who appeared to be driving around looking for someone to attack.

Feingold said he looks forward to campaigning with Clinton in Wisconsin.

Charles Seils, who has been athletics and activities director at Beloit Memorial High School, has been named the new athletic director at Madison West, it was announced Thursday.

UW-Madison will not have to change its affirmative action policies after the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the use of race in college admissions, officials said.

A visual artist who most recently taught arts education in Scotland has been named the director of the Arts Institute at UW-Madison.

Former UW offensive lineman Al Johnson also joined the Badgers' staff as a graduate assistant this spring.

A June 12 stabbing incident near Richland Center has resulted in charges against one man, with police still investigating the case.

Madison West's Patty Grimmer and Middleton's Grace Douglas make the second team.

Yoshihiro Kawaoka whose controversial work has sought to create more effective flu vaccines will receive a prestigious award from Japan's scientific academy.