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MADISON - Margaret C. "Peg" Murphy, age 88, passed away peacefully, on Saturday, April 30, 2016, following a long battle with Alzheimer's. Peg was born in Waterloo, Iowa, on Dec. 7, 1927, and was the only child of William and…

BARNEVELD - Eva Nell (Goke) Arneson, 86, of Barneveld, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, May 1, 2016. Eva Nell was born in Platteville, Wis. on March 5, 1930, the daughter of Edwin and Clemmie (Calvert)…

DODGEVILLE - Maxine J. Brennum, age 80, of Dodgeville, died on Sunday, May 1, 2016, at Upland Hills Health, following a brief illness. She was born on Jan. 7, 1936, in Eden Township to Donald and Annie (Brown) Kramer, and…

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Jon Roger Howell, age 76, of Delta Township, Mich., passed away Sunday, May 1, 2016, after a brief illness. Roger was born April 4, 1940, in Mount Ida, Wis., the eldest son of Glenn and Verda…

DEFOREST - Carlton H. Heise, age 89, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 1, 2016, with his family by his side. He was born in Racine, Wis., on Nov. 29, 1926, the son of Max and Nelly (Gehrke) Heise.

The Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups, which sold its building on Madison's Southeast Side in October, is moving into rented space in Monona Tuesday.

FITCHBURG - Jack Denis Caldwell, age 71, died from complications of spinal cord atrophy on Sunday, May 1, 2016. Jack was born on Jan. 21, 1945, in Madison, to Earl and Velma Caldwell.

Gomez plans to compete in women's swimming at Middlebury College, while Center plans to swim at Washington University.

The man shot near DeForest is suspected in a West Allis homicide and a Sauk County drive-by shooting that critically injured a woman, both earlier on Sunday.

Temperatures in Madison should rise above the average mid-60s for early May on Tuesday, but showers at night could make for a short-lived warmup.

Haas is a 17-time winner on the Champions Tour and has won two Charles Schwab Cups.

Following the 2016 NFL Draft, there are 32 former University of Wisconsin football players on NFL rosters.

A list of players announced by the tournament who will be playing in Madison on June 24-26.

The man who found a box of human blood Sunday afternoon on an East Side street fortunately wasn't a vampire.

The UW-Madison Faculty Senate will vote Monday on the resolution stating they have no confidence in UW System President Ray Cross or the Board of Regents.

Segall was previously in the same role with the University of Vermont.

Differences between two are big and deep

Otto Puls, Roy Boone, Betty Lindberg Nicka among the honorees to be inducted May 22 at the Goodman Community Center.

A six-month old baby brought to a Madison hospital Saturday with significant injuries is expected to survive while the baby's sitter has been arrested.

The 12-team tournament will take place Wednesday and Thursday.