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The Indiana bank bought the Madison bank May 1, and gave news of the job cuts to employees and the state this week.

Frost and freezes are uncommon in late spring, but we should expect more of them with the climate changes that seem to enhance extremes in highs and lows, storms and droughts, and generally unsettled weather.

The campus community submitted 107 proposals to chancellor Rebecca Blank to help improve campus climate.

The cause of death was brain cancer, according to Slichter's family.

BOYS TENNIS

RENO, Nev. - Lawrence W. "Larry" Brown, age 78, of Reno, Nev., passed away peacefully on May 13, 2016. He was born in Madison, Wis. on Dec. 17, 1937, the son of L. Wayne and Marion Thauer Brown. Larry grew…

MADISON - Steven E. Lee, age 50, of Madison, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at Meriter Hospital. He was born on Oct. 13, 1965, in Madison, the son of Robert and Bernie (Truehl) Lee. After an eight-year battle…

MADISON - Marian Kathryn Genin, age 91, of Madison, died on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. Marian's family celebrates her victory over the constraints of her physical decline, knowing she was welcomed into heaven by a loving Savior.

FITCHBURG - Laverne Bruce Forest, born in 1938 in Montevideo, Minn., to Esther and Anthony Forest, passed away peacefully at home early Wednesday morning, May 18, 2016.

A former Cottage Grove man was charged Thursday with attempted first-degree intentional homicide after police said he struck his estranged wife several times with a hammer last week at her home.

COTTAGE GROVE - Michael Stewart Smith, age 67, entered into eternal life with Jesus on Sunday, May 15, 2016, in the arms of his wife, after a two-year courageous battle with cancer. Mike was born on Nov. 1, 1948, in…

MCFARLAND - Edwin H. Neitzel, age 89, passed on Wednesday, May 18, 2016.

Micaela Crall and Elizabeth Toye have left the University of Wisconsin women’s basketball program.

The number is almost as many as the number of jobs created in the previous year.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 15th.

Of the things Vitaly Mutko, Russia's minister of sports, wrote in his "apology" for what he described as Russia's "problem" with doping, one is true: "It cannot be right that clean athletes should suffer for the behavior of others."

The Madison Mallards signed Nevada junior pitcher Ty Pennington, Arizona State sophomore infielder Andrew Snow and Washington State junior outfielder Cameron Frost to their 2016 roster.

Regionals are set for Monday, May 23, followed by sectionals on Thursday, May 26, and the state meet on June 3-4 in La Crosse.

Forecasters are staying the course in predicting sunshine through Sunday in Madison.

Pairings have been finalized for the WIAA boys golf tournament series, which gets under way with area regionals on Tuesday and Wednesday.