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MADISON - Rita M. Kennedy, age 87, passed away on Sunday, March 8, 2015, at Heritage Monona, surrounded by her family. She was born on Aug. 7, 1927, in Minnesota, the daughter of Ernest and Gr…

MADISON - Marilyn J. (Hauden) Hewitt, age 81, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2015. She was born on Jan. 30, 1934, in Madison, the daughter of Edward and Mildred (Scholl) Hauden. Marilyn gradu…

MOUNT HOREB - Rhonda McKaig, age 52, passed away on Monday, March 9, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg, with family by her side.

WASHINGTON -- So it turns out Hillary Clinton will face a serious challenger in the primaries, after all. Her name is Hillary Clinton.

The Summit CEO will be on an advisory council of the Federal Reserve in Chicago.

The signals allow students to communicate without breaking the rhythm of what’s going on in the classroom.

Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corp. is among 132 worldwide to be named by international think tank Ethisphere to its list of the world's most ethical companies.

UW (28-3) is the top seed in the Big Ten tournament and will play either eighth-seeded Illinois or ninth-seeded Michigan at 11 a.m. Friday in Chicago.

Some in the crowd expressed disappointment at the campus turnout. "I think the apathetic feeling is what makes it the worst," said Yanika Davis, 20, a UW-Madison student from Chicago.

The governor had previously called it a distraction.

Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are pushing a bill that would prohibit the state Department of Natural Resources from enforcing new national regulations limiting pollution from wood-fired heaters.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Smoke wafting from wood fires has long provided a familiar winter smell in many parts of the country — and, in some cases, a foggy haze that has filled people’s lungs wit…

A committee working on the integration of UW Hospital and UW Medical Foundation plans to release a reorganization proposal by April, with the goal of approving it by July, said David Walsh, ch…

The Madison School District needs to close a budget gap of at least $12.2 million.

Alexandra Ncube didn’t land her role in “The Book of Mormon” in a conventional way.

When my grandmother died, she left behind a mystery. As do many family mysteries, it resided in a cardboard box tucked in the corner of a closet, only to be discovered during death’s disbursem…

Does the city of Madison see an increase in parking during spontaneous events such as protests at the Capitol?

Do snowballs in Washington, D.C., count as evidence against global warming?

Ty Peterson spent three months playing and learning Cuban salsa music in Havana late last year.