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SPRING GREEN - Judith A. "Judie" Harper, age 73, of Spring Green, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, following a brief illness. Judie owned and operated the Village Tavern in Spring Green …

MADISON - At the age of 97, Catherine A. (Falci) DiSalvo, a treasured mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and friend, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Jan.…

MADISON - Vera E. Zitlow, age 88, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. Vera is survived by her daughter, Patricia Hoff of Janesville; sons, Terry (Jeanette) Zitlow of Arizona and Brian (Mich…

MIDDLETON - Steven Paul "Star" Starczynski, age 66, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. He was born on Dec. 18, 1948, the son of Paul and Shirley (Schumann) Starczynski.

MADISON - Jill (Gritzmacher) Wolff passed away on Monday, Feb. 1, 2015, at 54 years young.

MADISON - Margaret M. Braun, age 87, died on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, at Harmony House in McFarland, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. She was born on Oct. 19, 1927, in Madison, Wis., to Ja…

MADISON - When Grace was diagnosed with AML her medical staff began to refer to her journey as a war. Grace was a pacifist and didn't like these references, choosing rather to see her bad bloo…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's tax-collecting agency says it's on high alert for any fraudulent filings of income tax returns via TurboTax software.

Ultra-organized spaces shown in the media are very attractive but are not always practical or attainable.

Eight candidates are seeking three seats on the Cottage Grove Village Board.

Are you a business traveler who has been approved for the Transportation Security Administration's precheck lane? ome Feb. 15, you will check in for flights at a new location at the Dane Count…

Think beyond the chocolates and wine and you may find bourbon-scented cologne, elegant, affordable jewelry or a pound of locally-roasted coffee. Here’s a list of a few, uniquely Madison Valent…

ChanSchatz wants your response.

The Badger Exam, built around questions from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, will not be adaptive to a student's abilities.

Corin Tubridy had been out of college for a while when she decided to pursue an advanced degree in social work. She had a family by this point, as well as a full-time social work job she neede…

UW-Madison profs might also be suffering wage disparity because there are just so darn many of them.

The savage crimes against humanity committed by Islamic State militants now include the reported immolation of a captured Jordanian pilot.

In his 2014 end-of-the-year report on the federal judiciary, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote that courts “have proceeded cautiously when it comes to adopting new technologies in certai…

University of Wisconsin fifth-year seniors Josh Gasser and Duje Dukan feel blessed to have the extra year of eligibility.

The Vikings will get another shot at Milton during Saturday's Badger Conference meet.