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PLAIN - Evangeline Rosalia "Van" (Reuschlein) Haag of Plain died on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at the Sauk Prairie Hospital at the age of 97. She was born June 25, 1919, to William Reuschlein and Rose (Brechtl) Reuschlein.

MADISON - Anna Marie (Dahmen) Johnson, age 81, of Madison, Wis., peacefully passed on to eternal rest at Agrace HospiceCare, on Aug, 4, 2016. She was born on Nov. 10, 1934, in Madison, Wis., the daughter of Charles and Anna…

Authorities are investigating a Friday evening death in Beaver Dam after gunshots were fired at a residence at 215 Woodland Drive.

The Summer Olympic Games begin tonight in Rio. The Brazilian government allocated $9.7 billion to host the Games. London’s 2012 Games cost around $11.4 billion and Beijing’s 2008 Games cost a staggering $42 billion.

In the top of the first inning of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game last month, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant clubbed a home run off the left field scoreboard at San Diego’s Petco Park.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Poll workers in Dane County will have to recopy votes from thousands of defective absentee ballots on Election Day next week.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Poll workers in Dane County will have to recopy votes from thousands of defective absentee ballots on Election Day next week.

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Thanks for everything, Clancy. See you in a few.

This State Journal editorial ran on Aug. 9, 1916:

Some of Kalief Walker’s friends are working jobs this summer at a grocery store, a fast-food restaurant and a catering company.

"Pretty amazing," the record-setting quarterback said Friday. "Incredible. I have a tremendous amount of respect for the game. I hold these guys in the highest regard. I just find it hard to believe I am in with those guys."

Thousands of EVs are being purchased annually by a combination of people drawn to their uniqueness and environmental benefits, and those who were enticed into dealerships by federal tax incentives.

Journeyman Greg Lewis caught perhaps the most improbable of Favre’s 552 career touchdown passes to beat the San Francisco 49ers in the final two seconds on Sept. 27, 2009.

Welington Castillo drew a one-out walk to drive in Paul Goldschmidt with the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning, sending the Diamondbacks to a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night.

Like most of the other tests he's had in his life, the defensive lineman from Rockford, Illinois, is doing more than just passing — he's excelling.

The Madison golfer, who was tied for the lead after a 64 in the first round of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, shot an even-par 70 Friday that included five birdies and five bogeys.

In a first-person account of his trade from the Milwaukee Brewers to Texas, catcher Jonathan Lucroy makes it clear the Rangers were the team he wanted to end up with.

The Fitchburg company is based on research from the UW-Madison.

Right-hander Mike Byrne allowed one run on five hits in six innings, striking out 14 to lead the Madison Mallards to an 8-2 victory over the Kenosha Kingfish in the first game of a Northwoods League amateur baseball doubleheader sweep…