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Cichy's move inside came when Orr was injured last season.

Basic questions are good questions. They matter. We learn from them.

The State Journal's Aug. 5 editorial, “Fix the safety net for state’s dairy farmers,” cites dairy as a chief engine of Wisconsin’s economy. Unfortunately, the dairy industry is also the chief engine of Wisconsin’s polluted lakes, rivers and steams, contaminated…

Ho-hum.

Brett Favre was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in recognition of his performance as a football player. But he also deserves to be recognized as someone who speaks the truth about the sport of football.

The next Congress needs to address student loan debt. The financial and emotional burden is not sustainable.

While watching the opening ceremonies of the 2016 Olympic Games, it was obvious by the smiles of the athletes and the audience that kindness, support and enthusiasm exist among competing countries.

I saw something in the July 29 newspaper that many of us have anticipated. It was a letter to the editor from a Hillary Clinton supporter, accusing us Bernie Sanders' supporters of getting Donald Trump elected.

A former State Capitol Police officer was sentenced Monday to four years of probation, with 10 months in jail as a condition of probation, for the theft of a painting from the Governor's Mansion in 2011 and an unrelated 2015…

The university announced Monday that photographs, books, maps and other historical documents from more than 200 Wisconsin collections will be made available through the Digital Public Library of America.

The cost to implement the recommended plan would be about $150 million.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin is trying to ban curbside panhandling in Madison, but his bluster makes him sound more like Donald Trump.

The exchange came as part of Clinton's rebuttal to a speech by Republican Donald Trump in Detroit, trumpeting his jobs plan.

The program run by Madison Nordic Ski Club gets kids out on the trails at Badger Prairie County Park.

The University of Wisconsin athletics department announced in May several new business partnerships. The State Journal received the contracts per an open records request, and broke down the details from each deal.

MOUNT HOREB - Vicki Kalscheur, age 61, of Mount Horeb, died unexpectedly on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital.

MADISON - Elizabeth L. Cole, age 87, passed away on Monday, Aug. 8, 2016. Arrangements are pending.

SUN PRAIRIE - Lowell Rolland Maves, age 72, of Sun Prairie, died on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, at home. Lowell was born on Aug. 1, 1944, at the Edgerton Memorial Hospital to Rolland and Lucy Maves. He graduated from Edgerton…

STOUGHTON - Grant Tarpinian, age 85, died at Agrace Hospice in Janesville, on Aug. 7, 2016. He was born May 17, 1931, and was raised in Jamestown, N.D., the son of first-generation Armenian immigrant parents, Garabed "Charlie" and Aghavni "Agnes"…

BARABOO / MOUNT HOREB - Douglas J. Thompson, age 74, of Baraboo, and formerly of Blue Mounds, died on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. He was born on May 8, 1942, in Poynette. His parents were Henrietta (Uselman) and Orion Paulson.