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Spectrum Brands, maker of Rayovac batteries, Remington shavers and George Foreman grills, plans to expand its Middleton headquarters with the help of $700,000 in public financing.

Why did the UW police chief apologize for her officers doing their job when they arrested a young man during class? This young man is suspected of vandalizing public buildings that will cost taxpayer dollars to clean up.

Saturday's story about the hue and cry over UW-Madison Police contacting student Denzel McDonald in class on Thursday about vandalism was accompanied by a photo of the graffiti which read, "The Devil iz a white man -- God."

News reports on the rapidly rising use of Narcan by Wisconsin first responders to revive people suffering opiate overdoses show the state's opiate crisis is continuing to escalate. This comes despite passage of many laws over the last two sessions…

With the recent legalization of same-sex marriage, we might be inclined to think the fight for equal rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community is over. But we are far from having equal rights for everyone in Wisconsin.

Mattel, parent of the Middleton doll and book company, reported its first-quarter financials on Wednesday.

A Fitchburg man was charged Wednesday with first-degree reckless homicide for the February drug overdose death of a woman at a Far East Side motel.

The warrant relates to a lawsuit brought by an investor who claims the indicted De Pere businessman defrauded him.

Martez Moore, 30, of Madison was killed when shots rang out around 1 a.m. at O'Grady's Irish Pub, 7436 Mineral Point Road.

More than 41,000 people lost access to food stamps within the first year of a new state law that requires some FoodShare recipients to seek employment, while nearly 12,000 people found jobs through a new job training program for recipients,…

MADISON - Mary (Finucan) Hendee, passed away April 4, 2016, at the age of 88, after a long battle with Alzheimer's in Madison. She will be joining Kirby, her husband, who passed away March 11, 2016. Mary was born on…

MADISON / MCFARLAND - Lorraine Martinelli passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. She would have celebrated her 89th birthday on Friday, April 22, 2016. A lifelong Wisconsin resident, Lorraine graduated from East High School. She was married to Frank…

WILTON - Joel A. Siefert, age 59, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. He was born Sept. 13, 1956, to Donald E. and E. (Jewett) Siefert in Greenville, Mich.

MUSCODA - Laudie Prochaska, age 97, of Muscoda, died Monday, April 18, 2016, at Boscobel Care and Rehabilitation.

MADISON - Nancy Anne Brennan-Kale, age 79, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer.

LAKE MILLS - Debbie Haines was born on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 1958, to Pat and Joe Haines in Arcadia, Wis., and a little light came on in the world. The tiny light spread and spread, triggering little lights in…

COLUMBUS / NEW GLARUS - Darlene Luella Yaun, age 89, of Columbus and former New Glarus area resident, passed away on April 19, 2016, at the Larson House in Columbus. She was born on Aug. 8, 1926, to her parents,…

SUN PRAIRIE - Doris Williams, of Sun Prairie, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 16, 2016, at 86 years old.

OUR VIEW: Hiding, destroying public records is wrong

A Beloit man who goes by the street name of "Sammy the Bull" was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Tuesday for the 2014 shooting of a man he believed to be a police informant.