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We are writing as residents of the Fitchburg Jamestown neighborhood to offer our two cents on the Democratic primary race for the 47th state assembly district, to be held Aug. 9.

I was an assistant district attorney for seven district attorneys in Dane County during my 35 year career. I have known Ismael Ozanne since he started as an assistant district attorney in 1998.

On March 15, 1945 my father, Floyd Olson was killed in Germany after crossing the Rhine River at the bridge in Remagan.

Donald Trump kicked a crying baby out of his rally on Tuesday. We can be thankful that he didn’t try to deport the baby.

Thank you for your efforts to highlight the many neighbors around us who are down on their luck.

I would like to respond the article in Wednesday's State Journal, "Benefits of daily flossing built on shaky science.”

Most recently an associate policy director at non-profit Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, George Reistad will take over the position that oversees and shapes city-wide food policy on August 22.

Polluted water has alarmed some in Rio, where the Olympics are being held. Of course, America knows all about polluted water.

Seventy-five Wisconsin National Guard members were called to state active duty to assist townships in Northwest Wisconsin affected by floods and high winds in July.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended July 31st.

POYNETTE - On July 28, 2016, the skies opened and welcomed a kind and gentle man we knew as "Dad." He was tired and ready to be greeted by Mom and The Heavenly Father. Born Jan. 22, 2016, to Alfred…

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas / DEFOREST - Donald E. Crane, age 78, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016, at his home where he resided for 20 years. Donald previously resided in the Deforest area.

MCKINNEY, Texas / VERONA - Gregory John Becker, age 51, of McKinney, Texas, passed away on July 30, 2016, after a lengthy battle with ALS. He was born Aug. 21, 1964, in Madison, Wis., to Gilbert and Dorothy Becker. He…

NEW GLARUS - Carol Clark, age 78, of New Glarus passed away at her home on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016.

DEFOREST - Our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Joan I. Jellings, left a void in our lives on Aug. 4, 2016, after a brief illness. She was born at home in Windsor on Aug. 23, 1930, the daughter of Clarence…

EAU CLAIRE / MADISON - Ruth Ann Hanson, age 80, passed away Aug. 3, 2016, following a brief illness in Eau Claire. She was born Feb. 20, 1936, in Weyauwega, Wis., the first child of Leo and Ann Richter.

Deputies who responded to the crash believed the woman may have been intoxicated.

The Madison utility company reported its second-quarter earnings Thursday.

Nicholas, a standout for the Badgers from 1949 to '52, donated $10 million to the construction of the Kohl Center in 1995. The Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion, the practice facility adjacent to the arena, is named for Nicholas and his wife, Nancy…

While floodwater mosquitoes are a nuisance, they are rarely infected with West Nile virus.