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MADISON - Robert D. Gill, age 77, passed away at his home on Friday, April 22, 2016. He was born on Oct. 7, 1938, to Chester and Florence (Krause) Gill in Madison.

DEFOREST - Donald M. Block, age 62, died Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. Funeral arrangements are pending.

PLATTEVILLE - Ralph J. Faherty, age 82, of Platteville, died on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at Orchard Manor, Lancaster.

SPRING GREEN / MINERAL POINT - Doris M. Schaaf, age 84, died on Monday, April 25, 2016, at The Meadows Assisted Living Center in Spring Green, after a long illness. She was born on Aug. 13, 1931, in Mineral Point,…

STOUGHTON - Marian (Seamonson) Rambo, age 90, passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. She was born on Feb. 14, 1926, in Stoughton, the daughter of Martin and Laura (Olson) Seamonson. She married Arlen Rambo on April…

PRAIRIE DU SAC - Wilmar Frederick Sprecher was born at home in Blackhawk on April 29, 1937, to the late Wilbert and Marcella Sprecher; he died at his home in Honey Creek on April 23, 2016. Wil enjoyed running, having…

MADISON - Hertha A. Seybold, age 97, and longtime resident of Madison, passed away peacefully in her sleep on April 24, 2016. Her late husband, Dr. John Seybold, died in 2001. Hertha is survived by three children, John (Nancy) Seybold…

FENNIMORE - Dorothy M. Prochaska, age 81, of Fennimore, died on Monday evening, April 25, 2016, at Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster. Dorothy was born on Oct. 27, 1934, in Platteville, Wis., the daughter of Frank and Eveline (Golbrecht)…

MADISON - Karl Francis Schmidt died peacefully, at home in Madison, on April 21, 2016. Born in Massillon, Ohio, Dec. 17, 1922, he was the first child of Margaret Ferris and Karl Peter Schmidt. He lived a full life of…

NEW GLARUS - Eugene E. Webber, age 86, of New Glarus, Wis., passed away at his home on April 26, 2016. Funeral arrangements are pending with the Zentner-Beal Funeral Home of New Glarus.

Verona officials are preparing to close a tax increment financing district that includes a large swath of Epic Systems Corp.'s campus. The closure is expected to return some $21 million to its taxing entities.

The company says the plant here will close by March 30, 2017.

A Madison man was charged Tuesday with first-degree reckless homicide for what police are calling the child abuse death of his girlfriend's daughter nearly two weeks ago.

Chancellor Rebecca Blank has opposed the vote of no confidence, warning it could prompt a backlash from legislators who will soon consider UW's budget.

Charles Koch, one the notorious Koch brothers who has donated millions of dollars to conservative political organizations, suggested that Hillary Clinton might be the best candidate running for the president in 2016

Feingold, D-Middleton, rolled out his "Fiscal Fitness Plan" this week.

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

Pittsburgh's blistering finish started around the same time Kessel began playing with a freedom too often proved elusive elsewhere. Kessel scored 20 of his 59 points in the Penguins' final 21 games, a stretch that saw the Pittsburgh go 16-5.

Former Gov. Tommy Thompson, a John Kasich supporter, was picked by Ted Cruz to represent him at the convention.

Sieg Thies said he learned life-saving techniques as a teenager in Germany.