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When Cheryl Beiersdorff, chief administrative officer at Attic Angel Community, was expecting her first child, a friend gave her some advice.

Procter & Gamble body sprays are the first major product for the line, for which 40 hires are also expected.

For the first time since 1997, the two candidates for Madison mayor have both served as elected city officials for the same years leading up to the general election.

Yahara Materials, of Waunakee, hopes to open a quarry on Highway 73 if it wins a bid to supply materials for the Interstate 39-90 construction project.

Nearly 150,000 childless adults with incomes below the poverty level might have to start paying premiums for BadgerCare under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget.

His 13-year work history depicts an officer valued for having a cool head and expertise in first-aid and firearms.

Some advocates for the disabled and elderly have long pushed Dane County to adopt Family Care, saying more people would get home care, transportation, job assistance and other supportive servi…

Fill in the caption with a clever quip by Wednesday and win publication of your line with the cartoon in next Sunday’s newspaper. You’ll also receive a signed print of the cartoon by artist Ph…

The state Division of Criminal Investigation is determining what happened before, during and after the fatal police shooting of Tony Robinson two weeks ago.

A long distance friendship between Cross Plains and New York City marks a significant milestone.

No police department is perfect (and never will be). The question is: What more can police do to reduce the chances of another tragedy like the death of Tony Robinson?

Local artist David Williams is featured this spring at The Gallery at Yahara Bay Distillery. Williams uses watercolors as his main art form with an emphasis on vivid colors and emotional conte…

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I think most parents who have a chronic illness like multiple sclerosis (MS), worry about the impact their illness will have on their children. At least that was my experience. Daughter Jamie,…

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

WASHINGTON — Amid all the verbiage about Hillary Clinton’s email, one irrefutable fact emerges: Polls will drive us crazy before the Clintons do.

SALT LAKE CITY — Recently my wife and I attended the wedding of a valued friend and colleague, a seriously lapsed Mormon getting married outside the faith to her live-in boyfriend, with her de…

BARABOO — It’s something we do twice a year because we’re told to, like visiting the dentist. And observing daylight saving time is as painful as having a tooth pulled.