Wisconsin State Journal Local News

PINE BLUFF - Marie G. Lamberty, age 93, of Pine Bluff, Wis., died on Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ellestad Camacho Funeral Home, 500 N. 8th St., Mount Horeb.

MOUNT HOREB - Delores M. (Schraepfer) Jelle, age 91, of Mount Horeb, died on Sunday, June 19, 2016, at Ingleside Manor surrounded by her family.

MADISON - Kathleen M. "Kathie" (Smith) Zaremba, of Madison, Wis., passed away peacefully while surrounded by her family on Sunday, June 19, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare, following her fight against very aggressive cancer she discovered in May. Kathie was born…

OAK CREEK - Timothy D. Renz found peace on June 16, 2016, at the age of 49 years. He was the loving and devoted dad of Connor and Duncan Renz; dear son of Carol (Ronald) Holz and Dale (Elaine) Renz;…

JEFFERSON - William A. Scafe was born on March 24, 1945, in Sparta, Wis., to Clayton and Bernice (Johnson) Scafe. He grew up in Sparta, graduating from Sparta High School in 1963. Upon graduation he switched from being a member…

OREGON / MONROE - Hedwig "Hedy" Deininger, age 93, of Oregon, formerly of Monroe, died Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at Sienna Crest Assisted Living in Oregon. She was born on Sept. 23, 1922, to Anna (Amacher) and John Brunner. Hedy…

MADISON - Jeanette Winifred (Thompson) Denu, age 88, passed away peacefully in her sleep Monday, June 20, 2016.

MADISON - Dorothy Lewandowski, age 92, passed away on Sunday, June 19, 2016. She was born on March 16, 1924, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Julius and Cecelia Gapinski. Dorothy was united in marriage to Stanley Lewandowski on June 14,…

DEFOREST / POYNETTE - Victor S. Schuster, age 91, of DeForest and formerly of Poynette, died peacefully at home on June 20, 2016.

WINDSOR / DEFOREST - On Sunday, June 19, 2016, Gail Ann (Harvey) Kempfer unexpectedly exchanged her earthly home for a heavenly one, and quietly slipped away.

NEW GLARUS - Iona Doris Aebly, age 95, of New Glarus, passed away on Monday, June 20, 2016, at the Glarner Lodge in New Glarus.

BELLEVILLE - Philip H. Johnson, age 79, of rural Belleville, passed away on Monday, June 20, 2016. Arrangements are pending with the Becker-Beal Funeral Home of Belleville. A full obituary will run in the Sunday edition of paper.

A warm front coming through southern Wisconsin could produce severe weather beginning early Wednesday morning, with some storms possibly reaching the severe to tornado stages.

Two men allegedly transporting heroin from Madison to their home in Cazenovia were arrested on Friday while driving in Sauk County.

It's a stinky job, but thank heaven somebody's going to do it.

Everything you need to know about tickets, TV, parking and the tournament schedule for the American Family Insurance Championship.

The sausage company paid employees to do service work and go to school after a fire destroyed the Johnsonville plant in May 2015.

Why did the turtle cross the road?Well, if you see one risking that journey from late May through early July in Wisconsin, you’ll have little trouble finding the answer.

CHICAGO — A suburban Milwaukee city won a hard-fought battle Tuesday to draw its drinking water from Lake Michigan, a key test of a regional compact designed to safeguard the Great Lakes region's abundant but vulnerable fresh water supply.

WATERTOWN — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he agrees that delegates to the Republican national convention should be free to vote their conscience, even if that means not supporting presumptive nominee Donald Trump.