Wisconsin State Journal Local News

SUN PRAIRIE - Phyllis Leone (Statz) Frank, of Sun Prairie, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on June 8, 2015, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

Rick Skindrud was driving a dump truck that crashed into a bicycle on Highway JG in the town of Primrose and sent the bicyclist to UW Hospital. 

A popular family pizzeria with locations in Belleville and New Glarus is opening a third restaurant in Verona early next year. 

The city's Board of Estimates recommended on Monday using nearly $3.2 million to purchase the parkland and about 50 additional acres west of the Hawks Landing Golf Club and neighborhood from L…

For the Middleton and Madison Memorial boys golf teams, the chase is on.

The title of a May 28 article appearing in the Washington Post was: “What the heck is going on with Wisconsin public education?" 

I take exception to the portrayal of African-Americans in Wednesday’s cartoon by Phil Hands.

During the last several years, Madison schools and teachers have become increasingly responsible for duties abdicated by dysfunctional parents.

Remember in the 1990s when the House Republicans got the upper hand on that nasty Democratic president and impeached him for having extra-marital sex?

Amtrak is simply the worst mode of transportation.

A Madison man who thought he was buying a motorcycle online was tricked into spending $5,000 for a bike that never arrived, police said.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank on Monday moved to calm faculty members she said are angered by state lawmakers' plan to remove faculty tenure protections from state law.

Firefighters from nine Dane County departments are on the scene of a fire at an Oregon bar, authorities said Monday afternoon.

Barca notes the proposal comes on heels of audit critical of lax procedures in Gov. Scott Walker's troubled development agency.

A man who slammed into the back of a Madison police squad car while it was at the scene of a crash on the Beltline in January pleaded guilty Monday to second-offense drunken driving causing in…

DEERFIELD - John E. Polzin passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2015, at his home. Funeral arrangements are pending.

MADISON - Reverend David John Michael, age 73, passed away from cancer on Sunday, June 7, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare. A husband, father, pastor, and community leader, Dave gave hope and encou…

MADISON - Johanna M. Johnson (Callaghan), age 73, passed away on Sunday, June 7, 2015, at home, from Pancreatic Cancer. Johanna was born to the late Michael and Winifred (Joy) Callaghan on May…

SAUK CITY / MAZOMANIE - Wayne Edward Wildt of Sauk City/Mazomanie, died June 6, 2015, after a tough battle against Leukemia. He was born on Jan. 6, 1934, in Milwaukee, to Edward and Lucille Wi…

MADISON - Peter V. "Pete" Cerniglia, age 78, passed away on Saturday, June 6, 2015, at home surrounded by his family. Arrangements are pending. A complete obituary will appear in the Sunday edition.