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VERONA - Jerome R. Smith, age 72, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital. Arrangements are pending. A full obituary will follow in Sunday's edition. Online condolences m…

KALAMAZOO / MADISON - Susan Marie Machkovech, age 64, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare, Fitchburg. She was born on May 3, 1950, in Beaver Dam, to Allen and Esther (M…

Duke and Wisconsin played basketball Monday night. And fans across the nation were glued to their TV sets in unusually large numbers.

This list, while not definitive, uses objective factors such as months of inventory, days on market and prices.

Cliff Mason is the new president of Madison-based Total Administrative Services Corp., the country’s largest privately held third-party employee benefits administrator.

Gov. Scott Walker's campaign issued a brief statement in response to Pres. Barack Obama's comments, calling out the president as the one with a foreign policy problem.

Turnout is expected to be low in today's nonpartisan election. 

Wisconsin's spring turkey season opens this weekend with the youth and mentor hunt. Six seven-day periods follow starting Wednesday, April 15.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin beekeepers who sustained losses due to poor weather can get some help from the federal government.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nine University of Wisconsin System schools plan to ask regents this week for permission to dramatically raise tuition for graduate and nonresident students to help offset…

And it’s down to the final two — for Madison mayor.

Now if only Young, Gifted and Black could embrace a little realism, too.

The UW coaches comments come after his senior-laden team falls just short of freshman-dominated Duke in the NCAA title game.

The UW coach had attended the Final Four with his dad for years until he passed away prior to last season.

The big men met for the second time this season and for the second time Frank Kaminsky won the individual matchup, but Jahlil Okafor came away with the team victory, 68-63.

UW fell just short of its ultimate goal, but it checked so many others off the list in a season for the ages.

UW's NCAA tournament run has been a lesson in how to have fun doing something you love.

Two NBA draft websites now have Sam Dekker projected as NBA lottery picks in their mock drafts, with Frank Kaminsky joining his teammate in the lottery in one.

Hoop Scoop, a college basketball website, released its annual rankings of the top 60 college basketball coaches this week and Bo Ryan comes in at No. 6.

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