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SUN PRAIRIE - Dean Anthony Blau, age 82, died unexpectedly on Saturday, July 4, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg.

UW-Madison's operating base budget will drop from $2.72 billion in the 2014-15 fiscal year to $2.7 billion this year, a decrease of $20.4 million.

Over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Republicans lawmakers tried to sneak in changes to the budget which would have gutted Wisconsin's open records law. They quickly had to backtrack on th…

The Bucks will practice from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2 at the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion, and will play the Minnesota Timberwolves Oct. 20 at the Kohl Center.

Milwaukee will play Minnesota in preseason game at Kohl Center 

Threat caused the cancellation of a Fourth of July UW band concert on the Memorial Union Terrace.

Mayor again asks managers to produce budgets for continuing operations with options for 3 percent cuts

For students in smaller communities, it can be tough to find others whose parents face issues like deployment because they serve in the military.

But Dane County saw a slight year-over-year rise in June, and remains up by 1.62 percent for the year through June.

Racine, WI. June 23, 2015. Thomas M. Bolger, President and CEO of Johnson Financial Group today announced the appointment of Mark C. Behrens as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Off…

WASHINGTON -- Scenes from an insurrection:

She will succeed Leslie Ann Howard, who is retiring after 34 years of service.

Luke Proctor creates contemporary furniture using ancient blacksmithing techniques.

In imminent death donation, organs would be harvested just before life support is withdrawn from the patient.

I just finished a four-mile run. Let me stop right there in my sweaty shirt and declare: the word run in this case is being misused to the point of prevarication. There was a time a long time …

Q How do the sun and the rain make rainbows?

An April plea for more participants is a big success, as increased outreach yields a full program for 2015.

Thank heaven for little girls.

The “sincere religious beliefs” objections to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states are getting some traction, particularly in Texas, Alabama and Louisian…

Q How do raindrops form?