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Mount Horeb senior Drew Fredrickson, a 6-foot-1 guard, has made a verbal commitment to play for NCAA Division III national champion UW-Stevens Point next year.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gov. Scott Walker have something in common. They're both flip-floppers.

I don’t understand why the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing the specious case against the Affordable Care Act. The four contested words in the act refer to health care exchanges “established by t…

Thank you for correcting your March 11 editorial to confirm the landmark status of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Lamp House. Its recognition as a city, state and national landmark was the re…

Shouldn't Gov. Scott Walker have to resign?

Monday’s column by Leonard Pitts Jr., “'Climate change' on GOP's list of things you cannot say,” points out the most dangerous example of the denial that has come to characterize today’s Repub…

Walker's spokeswoman maintains that he "does not support citizenship for illegal immigrants."

BLACK HAWK - Dr. Richard H. Graves, age 91, of Black Hawk, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Alden Estates of Jefferson. He was born in Indiana on June 12, 1923, to Gordon and Winifre…

HILLSBORO - Anna A. Krajco, age 92 years, of Elroy and formerly of Hillsboro, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Heritage Manor in Elroy. She was born on July 12, 1922, to Louis E. a…

MAPLE BLUFF - Beverly "Bev" (Gay) Hansen died peacefully in Madison, on Monday, March 23, 2015, at age 86.

PLAIN - Dr. Ihor Anton "Doc" Galarnyk, age 88, died on Monday, March 23, 2015. He was born on June 6, 1926, in the town of Pasichna (Ivano-Frankivsk), Ukraine, to Dmytro and Anna Galarnyk.

SHULLSBURG - Mary Regina "Aunt Jeanie" Keyes, age 88, formerly of Shullsburg, Wis., passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Madison.

WATERTOWN - Esther Merrick Duncan, age 101, of Watertown, passed away on March 21, 2015. She was born on Feb. 14, 1914, at home, to Stanley and Florence Merrick in Tunnel, N.Y., during a snow storm.

PLATTEVILLE - Beverly S. "Bev" Digman, age 78, of Platteville, died on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at home, of complications from arthritis and Alzheimer's disease, with her family at her side.

MADISON - Laura Belle M. Howe, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare. Funeral arrangements are pending. A full obituary will appear in Sunday's edition. Onlin…

MADISON - Patricia A. Zwettler, age 79, passed away peacefully with family at her side on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Four Winds Manor in Verona. She was born on April 3, 1935, to Edmund and…

STOUGHTON - Louise J. Femrite, age 84, passed away peacefully on March 25, 2015, at Skaalen Nursing & Rehabilitation. She was born in Stoughton on Sept. 10, 1930, the daughter of Henry and…

Shifting state worker health benefits from a competitive HMO model to self-insurance, which a state-hired consultant said would save at least $50 million a year, would have “seismic implicatio…

John Mernard Jr., owner of the home improvement store with his name, secretly gave more than $1.5 million to the Wisconsin Club for Growth, a conservative group that supports Gov. Scott Walker. 

State authorities will meet with the district attorney Friday to submit their reports on the March 6 shooting.