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WAUNAKEE - Our Grandma, age 101, passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2015. She was born in Springbrook, Wis., on March 28, 1914, to Ernest and Mary Swenson.

McFARLAND - Arlene LaVerne Clift, age 83, began her journey into eternal life on Saturday, April 11, 2015. She was born on Feb. 23, 1932, in Sheridan County, N.D., the youngest of 11 children …

MADISON - Paul Ginsberg, Dean of Students Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died on April 13, 2015, at the age of 90.

SUN PRAIRIE - Lorraine Knorr, age 95, passed away gracefully on Monday, April 13, 2015, at the Sun Prairie Health Care Center. She was born on Feb. 1, 1920, in Bristol Township, the daughter o…

MONONA - Art Ptaszynski, age 88, of Monona, passed away on April 11, 2015, at home. He was born on Oct. 19, 1926, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Frank and Jennie Ptaszynski. He married Virginia …

McFARLAND - Lorraine Wiessinger, age 81, closed her eyes to briefly get some rest on Friday, April 10, 2015, and awoke in Heaven with a fully mended heart. Prior to that journey, she was surro…

MADISON - Erna Ellestad, age 95, of Madison, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. She was born on March 15, 1920, in Madison, the daughter of Haldor and Nettie (Mael) Kvamme. Erna married …

MADISON - Micheal G. Morgan, age 59, of Madison died Sunday night, April 12, 2015, after a 13-year fight with Multiple Myeloma and Graft vs. Host Disease.

MADISON / MONONA - John Imhoff, a lifelong resident of the east side of Madison and Monona, died on Monday, April 13, 2015. He was 91. He was born on May 10, 1923, in Dodgeville, Wis., the old…

MOUNT HOREB - Clarence "Joe" Sutter, age 76, of Mount Horeb, died on Monday, April 13, 2015.

RALEIGH, N.C. / REEDSBURG - John Charles Lucht, age 81, of Raleigh, N.C., formerly of Reedsburg, died Monday, April 13, 2015, surrounded by neighbors and loved ones. He was born June 1, 1933, …

GREEN BAY / SUN PRAIRIE - Patricia Elizabeth Virnig, age 79, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at Oakwood Village East in Madison. She was born on Dec. 10, 1935, in Madison, an…

MADISON - John C. "Jack" Schwarz, age 88, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 12, 2015, surrounded by his family. He was born on Jan. 24, 1927, the son of Anthony and Susan (Berendes) Schw…

POYNETTE - Karen C. Struck, age 69, of Poynette, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015, at her home. Karen was born on Sept. 1, 1945, in Boone County, Iowa, the daughter of Leonard and Maxine …

MIDDLETON - Maynard Charles "Bumpa" Carpenter, age 79, passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare, Fitchburg, after a bout with cancer.

PLATTEVILLE - Francis W. "Ed" Abing, age 92, of Platteville, died on Monday, April 13, 2015, at Lancaster Care Center, Lancaster, Wis.

MADISON - Mary Jane Bull, age 69, of Madison, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital. She was born on July 2, 1945, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Edward and Mary (Bruske) Bull.

The Madison area's lead economic development agency on Tuesday came out against Gov. Scott Walker's proposed $300 million budget cut to the University of Wisconsin System.

The suit alleges the district is continuing to honor illegal labor contracts negotiated after the enactment of Act 10, Gov. Scott Walker's signature legislation that significantly reduced coll…

Traffic was stopped and diverted on East Washington Avenue beginning at 10:30 a.m. as East High School students gathered on the street in front of the school's front doors.