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My gut seized up a little when the man looked at the 8-foot bed of my old pickup truck and said, “You do realize the top bar of this swing set is 20 feet long, right?”

Pressurized air is what gives the lift to make a hovercraft work.

A long period without rain dries out vegetation making it easier to burn, and low humidity makes it easier to start a fire.

Kory Ryan went 3-for-4 with two home runs as Poynette blanked host Rio 9-0 in an Eastern Section Home Talent League amateur baseball game Sunday afternoon.

The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee says she will support the Janesville Republican's challenger in Wisconsin's August primary.

The article "America should be first on Mars" seems to gloss over the extreme resource cost of transporting human bodies with life support system to make the trip. It's a very difficult environment on Mars, likely with no hope of…

After years of delay, Congress finally passed legislation to reauthorize the Older Americans Act. Many advocates for the aged population were relieved.

Doug Erickson’s recent article “Charter czar pledges cooperation” failed to address three salient concerns in opposition to this new education initiative. First, the article suggests “critics believe independent charter schools siphon money and resources from traditional public schools.” This is…

In the recent article on emergency room waiting times, no mention was made of patients who are brought in because of severe episodes of mental illness.

Now that Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee of the GOP, how will he finance his fall campaign? His companies' several bankruptcies will make bankers reluctant to lend him more money. They've lost before. Will his supporters give him the…

What sort of society are we creating when high school students and their parents have to worry whether someone is going to bring a gun to prom?

CINCINNATI — Jonathan Lucroy greeted Ross Ohlendorf with a tiebreaking home run leading off the eighth inning, then caught Billy Hamilton stealing for the final out as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 Sunday for their second straight…

Fire destroyed Bare Necessities Marketplace on March 15.

Authorities on Sunday identified a Hollandale resident as the man who died after he was pinned under a tractor in the town of Perry on Saturday afternoon.

Jesusa C. Villalobos, 64, was killed in the one-car crash on the 3800 block of Highway MM in the town of Westport.

A broad range of characters descended on the Middleton hotel Sunday for the third day of Costume Con.

Restaurant co-owner Troy Rost believes "stamm" comes from the German "stammtisch," which is a round table that people gather around.

ARENA - Kathy A. King, age 64, of Arena, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2016, at her home.

BROOKLYN - Elmer R. "Smokey" Tucker, Jr., age 90, of Brooklyn, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2016, at home. He was born on Jan. 15, 1926, in Gillespie, Ill., the son of Elmer and Clara (Davis) Tucker. He married…

MADISON - Thomas G. Gugel, age 60, passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2016. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at ST. DENNIS CATHOLIC CHURCH, 505 Dempsey Road, Madison, at 12 noon, on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, with…