Wisconsin State Journal Local News

Here's how members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted on major issues this week.

The Bruce Company, one of the nation’s Top 100 landscape contract businesses and the largest in Wisconsin, has bought Verona-based Landscape Care Company.

MOUNT HOREB - Melvin "Mel" Gruber, age 82, died on Friday, April 15, 2016, at Ingleside Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ellestad Camacho Funeral Home, 500 N. 8th St., Mount Horeb.

MADISON - James H. "Jim" Kiffel, age 81, passed away at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. A full obituary will appear in Sunday's paper.

MADISON - Betty Josephine Wilcox, age 87, died on April 15, 2016, from Alzheimer's disease.

By the next day, Bill Clinton was feeling remorse. Almost.

UW-Madison's campus police chief apologized Friday for the disruption caused by an officer who entered a class to contact a student suspected in a string of anti-racist graffiti.

The Bucks lost a tiebreaker to the Kings and Nuggets and will have the 10th-best lottery odds.

It would be a challenge to find anyone complaining about the nearly perfect spring weather in Madison, and the beautiful conditions should last for another week.

As productive as the Badgers’ defense was under former UW coordinator Dave Aranda the past three seasons, turnovers wasn’t one of the areas it excelled in.

A Dane County judge on Friday affirmed a decision he made last week throwing out the law, ruling unions have property rights to collect fees for the services they provide to union members and nonmembers alike.

The massive rebuild of Interstate 39/90 from Illinois to Madison will claim two ramps near Stoughton starting on Monday, forcing drivers to use alternate routes.

The three-year trial was approved Friday by NBA owners and will take effect when the league's contract with Nike begins.

Underground utility construction will force the closure of the southbound side of North Hamilton Street at East Mifflin Street next week.

Dane County Title is one of the oldest continuously active Dane County businesses.

Palmer, a Watertown native, joined the Badgers staff last season as recruiting coordinator for Bobbie Kelsey.

The number of men who allegedly sexually assaulted the same 15-year-old girl in Madison has now grown to five.

Janesville police are looking for two suspects who robbed a restaurant employee, with one of the suspects cutting the leg of the employee during the robbery.

A herd of about 120 buffalo that escaped from their fenced-in area in Juneau County Thursday night has been found on private property near the Vernon County line.