Wisconsin State Journal Local News

COTTAGE GROVE - Michael S. Smith, age 67, of Cottage Grove, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2016. Services are pending. A complete obituary will appear in the Friday, May 20, 2016, edition. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.

MADISON - John H. Craig, age 88, died on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at his home, surrounded by family. Arrangements are pending.

MAUSTON / SUN PRAIRIE - Erwin Henry "Ed" Henneman, age 84, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2016. He was born on Dec. 2, 1931, in St. Paul, Minn., the son of Raymond and Emma (Lambrecht) Henneman.

Students get special access to rehearsals, one-on-one time with cast members and other views inside professional opera.

Former University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee tennis coach Greg Cromwell called athletics director Amanda Braun a "liar" and criticized her for the firing of former Panthers men's basketball coach Rob Jeter.

It could be a wet Monday night in Madison, but after the rain moves out, sunshine should rule the skies for the remainder of the week.

The University of Wisconsin football team will be a sizable underdog in its season opener, according to Las Vegas oddsmakers.

U.S. needs mandatory, comprehensive method to document and make public all mistakes that injure and kill patients

Two women accused of hitting a third woman in the head with vases Thursday night turned themselves in to Madison police over the weekend.

Seventeen teams of seniors will gather at Woodside Sports Complex for a two-day event June 13-14.

The National Wildlife Federation filed a lawsuit Monday against a pipeline safety agency, saying the government in 2013 failed to account for impacts on wildlife, plants, and Great Lakes shore if Line 5 ruptures.

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is planning to expand the store-brand items it sells to new categories including food and household products, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

A carbon monoxide detector alerted two Madison residents to a potentially deadly situation early Sunday morning, the couple getting out of their apartment before getting harmed by the gas.

Ranked No. 1 are Lakeside Lutheran's Meghan Pingel (100 hurdles), Monroe's Jordan Hirsbrunner (300 hurdles) and Baraboo's Josie Schaefer (discus)

“What I’m concerned about here is winning,” Grothman told fellow legislators, according to Allbaugh.

Jefferson's Landon Ellingson is No. 1 in the shot put and discus; Madison La Follette's Finn Gessner is top-ranked in the 3,200 run.

Kortney Moore, the suspect in the shooting death of Elijah Washington at a town of Madison gas station on Wednesday, has been arrested.

University of Wisconsin men's soccer freshman defender Sam Brotherton has been selected to the New Zealand national team for the OFC Nations Cup.

A man who pulled his car to the side of the road because of car trouble got more trouble than he expected Sunday afternoon, when two men tried to rob him, the victim getting cut in the attempt.