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LAS VEGAS, Nev. - John Irving Fitts, age 67, of Las Vegas, Nev., passed peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. John was born in New York, N.Y., one of three and the oldest son of George and…

MADISON - Lawrence E. "Larry" Deusch, age 88, died peacefully on Friday, April 29, 2016, in Madison.

ELKHORN - Luella L. Johnson, age 98, of Elkhorn, Wis., died on Monday, May 2, 2016, at Lakeland Health Care Center in Elkhorn. She was born on April 3, 1918, in Clearbrook, Minn. She was the daughter of the late…

OOSTBURG - Alice (O'Leary) McCabe, age 80, resident of Oostburg, Wis., passed away at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee on May 2, 2016, surrounded by her family.

DEFOREST / DODGEVILLE - Norman L. Johnson, age 95, of DeForest, formerly of Dodgeville, died on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at home following a long illness. Norman was born on April 21, 1921, in Ridgeway to Clarence and Daisy (Love)…

WINDSOR - Charles J. Peterson, age 75, passed away unexpectedly on May 3, 2016, surrounded by his family. He was born Oct. 19, 1940, in Philadelphia, Pa. Charles was a 1958 graduate of North Catholic High School where he was…

The Badgers had an average of 17,287 fans per home game in the 2015-16 season, ranking second in the Big Ten and sixth in the NCAA for the year.

It looks like Republicans will have little choice but to get behind Donald Trump in 2016. Plus it's safer than being in front of him.

A chilly Wednesday night in Madison might be the last we see of temperatures in the 30s for the foreseeable future, with warmer weather coming on Thursday.

How many times are we willing to tolerate someone getting caught driving drunk before we charge them with a felony?

Some people hug trees. Madisonians hug trees, compost bins and rain barrels.

Republicans are split among those who say they won't vote for Trump and those who say they must back their nominee.

A car fully engulfed in flames shut down two lanes of the Interstate highway in Madison Tuesday afternoon, with firefighters putting out the fire shortly after arriving on scene.

Donald Trump's Indiana victory on Tuesday not only puts him on a glide path to the nomination, but it sets up a general election fight with Hillary Clinton that will be the nastiest, ugliest campaign in modern presidential history.

Almost as if brewers knew this glorious season was coming, they’ve conveniently unleashed a flood of new or new-ish warm-weather beers to toast it. And a lot of them are really, really good.

DEERFIELD - Vernon Robert Mandt, age 92, passed away on April, 30, 2016. He was born on Feb. 7, 1924, third child of nine to Wilhelm (Rudy) Mandt and Helena (Niebuhr) Mandt of Town of Burke. Vernon was baptized at…

A Janesville man reported missing a week ago was found dead Tuesday night near his vehicle in the town of Fulton in Rock County.

A Janesville man was shot in the leg Tuesday night by a man who stole his car, with the two believed to be acquaintances.

A reader recently asked me to write about my mother and I thought that with Mother’s Day coming up on Sunday, today was a perfect time.