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Brewers: Jonathan Lucroy a bright spot on West Coast trip

Fri, 06/17/2016 - 12:15am
Jonathan Lucroy has grown weary of hearing his name continually pop up in trade rumors. As long as the Milwaukee Brewers veteran catcher continues to produce at the plate like he has most of the season, though, the chatter isn’t…

Dogs alert owner but fire damages Mazomanie home

Fri, 06/17/2016 - 12:00am
Noisy dogs alerted a homeowner to a fire reported at 2:13 a.m. Friday at 301 Crescent St. in Mazomanie, according to Dane County Sheriff's Office reports.

WIAA state girls soccer: Waukesha Catholic Memorial returns to Division 3 final

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 11:45pm
MILWAUKEE — The Waukesha Catholic Memorial girls soccer program found itself in a familiar spot on Thursday: Waiting to play for another WIAA state championship.

WIAA state girls soccer: Vanessa Narveson's late goal lifts Belleville/New Glarus into state final

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 11:45pm
MILWAUKEE — Vanessa Narveson had no idea how it happened.

Mallards: Nico Hoerner's homer sinks Battle Creek

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 11:40pm
The shortstop's three-run blast helps Madison improve to a a South Division-leading 11-6.

WIAA state baseball: Mistakes cost Prairie du Chien in its bid for a state championship

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 11:30pm
GRAND CHUTE — The Prairie du Chien baseball team was its own worst enemy Thursday, and the cost was a WIAA Division 3 state championship.

Police: Man robbed behind inn early Thursday morning

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 11:17pm
A suspect left the area but was later taken into custody in Madison, the release said.

Prep basketball: State's top senior players to meet for all-star games in Wisconsin Dells

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 11:00pm
One hundred of the top girls basketball players from Wisconsin’s Class of 2016 will take to the Court of Champions at JustAGame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells today for the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Classic.

DeForest teen gets year in jail, five years probation for crash that killed woman

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 7:40pm
An 18-year-old DeForest man who was driving nearly 100 miles per hour last year when he struck another car in Windsor and killed a 77-year-old woman, was sentenced Thursday to five years of probation for the woman's death and a…

Man found guilty of homicide, other charges, in heroin overdose death

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 7:40pm
A Monona man who prosecutors said dealt the heroin that killed one Waupun man in February and caused the near-fatal overdose of another was found guilty Thursday of first-degree reckless homicide and several other charges.

Charles Krauthammer: Surprise! Trump is running as Trump

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 7:00pm
WASHINGTON — When in his 1964 GOP acceptance speech Barry Goldwater declared that “extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice,” a reporter sitting near journalist/historian Theodore White famously exclaimed: “My God, he’s going to run as Barry Goldwater!”

Emulate the Trump and Ryan compromise -- Tobin McGilligan

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 6:00pm
Donald Trump and U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, realizing their political fates are intertwined, have chosen to focus on the common ground between them (very mature) and managed to negotiate compromise without sacrificing (not too much) their separate principles.…

Orlando isn't worst massacre in US -- John Belknap

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 6:00pm
Orlando was horrific. But it was not the worst massacre in U.S. history, by far.

Tell Congress to ban assault-style rifles -- Diana Vance

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 6:00pm
Several mass shootings ago, President Barack Obama said, “Enough is enough.” I agreed then, and I do now. We have to wake up our do-nothing Congress.

Gun control would not stop terrorism -- Dennis Atkinson

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 6:00pm
Some believe gun control is the answer. How successful has it been in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, where terrorist have used suicide bombers?

Council owes Chief Koval an apology -- Karen Wulff

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 6:00pm
I am embarrassed for Ald. Samba Baldeh.

Child abuse death brings 20-year prison sentence to Fitchburg man

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 5:55pm
Calling the injuries a Fitchburg man inflicted on his girlfriend's son "horrific," a Dane County judge sentenced the man to 20 years in prison Thursday for causing the boy's child abuse death.

Hands on Wisconsin: Donald Trump is more trustworthy than Hillary Clinton

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 4:00pm
The latest Marquette poll shows more Wisconsinites feel they can trust Donald Trump to be honest than Hillary Clinton.

WALL STREET JOURNAL-BEST SELLERS

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 3:56pm
Best-Selling Books Week Ended June 12th.

Hinnendael, Eva Maria

Thu, 06/16/2016 - 3:30pm
MIDDLETON - Eva Maria Hinnendael, age 65, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, surrounded by her loving family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH, 602 Everglade Drive, Madison, at 11…

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