Wisconsin State Journal Local News

The controversy over “Jesus Lunch” intrigues me.

At last, the destructive decision by the Madison School District can be redressed if a Madison Area Technical College campus is built on the South Side of Madison.

Regarding the recent State Journal article on the controversial use of manure spraying:

As a rabbi in the community and the mother of a Middleton High School student, I am greatly troubled by the “Jesus Lunch” taking place on school grounds during school hours.

Recently the State Journal has published articles on the exorbitant salaries of football coaches and on squabbles in the Athletic Department on allocation of its enormous bankroll to coaches and to athletes in less popular sports than football and basketball.

I hope the court will take away the license of the coyote hunter who shot two dogs in January. His irresponsible action gives all hunters a bad name.

Hundreds of students turned out to protest or support the presence of a faith-based luncheon at a park adjacent to Middleton School.

Tuesday’s late-afternoon rains, which were heavy in some areas but non-existent in others, forced area athletic directors to scramble in deciding whether varsity sporting events would have to be rescheduled.

WBC will make an alcoholic root beer for Small Town Brewery with an alcohol content of 10.7 percent ABV

A man who stabbed another man during an apparent fight last week was ordered Tuesday to undergo a competency evaluation.

According to a report by Sports Business Daily, Fox will purchase 25 football games and 50 basketball games each year starting in the fall of 2017 for $250 million per year.

Ron Van Den Heuvel owes the state's job creation agency more than $1 million, but was indicted in a different case.

The Brewers ended the Twins' four-game winning streak.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin wants to put a moratorium on new liquor licenses Downtown as part of a misguided effort to try to encourage more retail business.

MADISON / SUN PRAIRIE - Alice (Vale) Lenihan, age 68, of Madison, passed away Monday, April 11, 2016, at her home. She was born on Feb. 16, 1948, in Madison, Wis., the daughter to Leslie and Alma (Haarklau) Vale.

MADISON / MIDDLETON - Melvin "Mel" Gruber, age 82, of Middleton/Madison/Florida, died on Friday, April 15, 2016, at Ingleside Manor in Mount Horeb, Wis. He was born on Dec. 6, 1933, to William and Helen (Krause) Gruber. He graduated from…

EDGERTON / STOUGHTON - Clarice Geraldine Townsend, age 95, of Edgerton/Stoughton, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 15, 2016, at Azura Memory Care in Stoughton, Wis. She was born on Aug. 8, 1920, in Stoughton, the daughter of Halvor and…

MAZOMANIE - Richard Charles "Wally" Wallace, age 66, passed away at his home in Mazomanie on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, after a three year battle with lung cancer. He was born in Madison on May 14, 1949, to the late…

STOUGHTON - David Paul Severson died unexpectedly on Saturday, April 16, 2016. He was born in Madison on Jan. 17, 1997, the son of Jim and Mary (Schutte) Severson.

STOUGHTON - Berdine Mae (Anderson) Alme, age 85, passed away peacefully at Agrace HospiceCare on Sunday, April 17, 2016. She was born at home in the Town of Dunkirk on April 28, 1930, to Carl and Louise (Spilde) Anderson. She…