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Getting his office in order is among the items that has yet to be crossed off the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball coach’s offseason to-do list.

The city is offering two programs to get residents on board, and to lower their costs.

After our most recent national massacre, this time in Orlando, it is obvious this country cares little for the safety of its citizens.

The League of Women Voters of Dane County agrees that "The city deserves a professional and constructive dialog to promote public safety,” as stated in the State Journal's June 10 editorial, "Chief Koval right on substance but wrong on style."

In the aftermath of the shooting death of at least 49 innocent people in Orlando, Florida, in the early hours of June 12 -- the worst in U.S. history -- it is hard to imagine why we as a nation…

As older comic book fans remember, in Superman’s universe a square planet was known as "Bizarro World.” Essentially, the citizens of this planet did everything in reverse, like saying “goodbye” when they entered a room.

Unions keep a check and balance between employees and employers.

The lawyer for a Madison man charged with trying to join the terrorist group Islamic State wrote to a federal judge Monday that he won't contest a finding that his client is competent to stand trial.

Crops emerging ahead of schedule across state.

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected appeals of sentences handed down last year to two former football standouts who took part in a series of Madison area robberies.

A 24-year-old DeForest man was in a parking lot on the 2300 block of East Springs Drive around 12:15 a.m. when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed after "popping wheelies," police said.

A woman who stabbed her husband to death last year after an argument has pleaded guilty to a lesser form of homicide.

For a down payment of $30 from his jail account, a Dane County Jail inmate tried to hire a hit man to kill the Madison police officer who had arrested him last year after a domestic battery incident, according to…

MONONA - James F. Henning, age 87, of Monona, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday, June 12, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born on June 11, 1929, in Madison, the son of Ferdinand and…

WAUNAKEE - Marilyn Marietta (Roudebush) Knickmeier, age 84, of Waunakee, and formerly of Richland County, was called home Saturday, June 11, 2016, at Waunakee Manor in Waunakee. She was born on March 27, 1932, the daughter of Lance and Helena…

MONROE - Ambrose "Andy" Waelti, age 87, of Monroe, died Saturday, June 11, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Janesville.

MINERAL POINT - Mary Ann Bahr, age 84, of rural Mineral Point, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, June 12, 2016, surrounded by her loving family.

BELLEVILLE - Mary Lou Ryan, age 85, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2016, at the New Glarus Home. She was born on Jan. 24, 1931, at Trego, Wis., to her parents, Dean and Della Smith.

WATERLOO - Mary Ann Archie, age 77, of Waterloo, Wis., passed away peacefully on June 9, 2016, at Marquardt Manor, in Watertown, Wis. Mary Ann will be profoundly missed by her family and all those who knew her. Mary Ann…

BARABOO - Sarah Anne Holm, age 23, of Baraboo, passed away suddenly June 11, 2016, after striking a tree while driving. Sarah was born April 5, 1993, in Pune, India. She came to America on April 7, 1995, and was…