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MIDDLETON - Wyman A. Suits, age 98, passed away at his home in Middleton on April 27, 2016. He was born on April 1, 1918, on a farm near Waupaca, a son of Edwin and Carrie (Brown) Suits. He graduated…

RICHLAND CENTER - Donald E. Bailey, age 55, of Richland Center, died Monday, April 25, 2016, at UW Hospital in Madison.

RIO - Muriel Francis Benzine, age 92, of Rio, passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at the Sun Prairie Health Care Center.

MIDDLETON - James Norman Kosmond, born in Chicago in 1935, gently passed at Agrace HospiceCare on April 16, 2016.

Democrat Russ Feingold won't say who he voted for in Wisconsin's recent presidential primary.

A Madison man who police said earlier this week tried to burn down the house where he had rented a basement room has been charged with attempted murder and arson.

Clouds and occasional rain are expected to stick around Madison into the weekend, with the best chance for sunshine not coming until Monday.

A website that looks like it's a legitimate way for families of inmates to buy phone time for inmates to use is a scam, Dane County officials say.

The filing marks what could be the final chapter in a drawn out political and legal battle over campaign coordination.

In the days following Prince's death, fans from all over have found themselves drawn to Paisley Park, a 65,000-square-foot compound that embodies the man's musical genius.

A pregnant woman was killed and her unborn baby didn't survive Thursday morning in a rollover crash in Columbia County, with speed appearing to be a significant factor in the crash, authorities said.

The construction work that has involved about 25 percent of the streets on Capitol Square for the past few weeks will expand to include about 50 percent of the streets beginning on Monday.

A masked, armed man who tried to rob an East Side sandwich shop Wednesday night left empty-handed when the clerk said she didn't have any money.

Danielle Hart, a 6-foot-3 middle blocker from Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia, made a campus visit to UW on Thursday.

Three men have been arrested in connection with a spree of graffiti incidents near or on the UW-Madison campus.

Thursday’s rain and chilly weather has led to a number of postponements for area high school varsity sports events.

Runners and walkers in the Crazylegs Classic on Saturday might be the fastest moving things in Downtown Madison.

I love all kinds of coleslaw, or just "slaw" as many people call it. I even like the sometimes mediocre, very creamy slaw served in those little paper cups alongside a sandwich at the deli or diner.

A tractor driver left the scene of a crash Tuesday night because he didn't realize the spreader behind the tractor had been hit by a SUV in Richland County.