Wisconsin State Journal Local News

HILLSBORO - John Jensen Jr., age 71, of Hillsboro, passed away July 11, 2016, at UW Hospital, in Madison.

MADISON - Ned Michael Venden, age 61, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016. Ned's wishes were to be cremated and no service. Burial will be held at a later date. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.

SUN PRAIRIE - Janet Miller, age 43, of Sun Prairie, passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 11, 2016. She was born on Jan. 24, 1973, to Jack and Sandy Miller. Jan's passion in life was helping others. She…

Middleton-based Frank Beverage Group's distribution network will soon reach into southeast Wisconsin.

Showers and thunderstorms are forecast for Madison on Wednesday, with cooler temperatures expected to come to the area beginning on Thursday.

Torrential rains overnight and into Tuesday morning wreaked havoc on counties in far northern Wisconsin, with roads getting washed out, power lines and trees felled and people needing to be rescued from a Lake Superior island.

Two significant amounts of money had different outcomes this week, one getting stolen in a "smash and grab" theft on Sunday, the other found on Monday in an East Side flower pot, with police looking for the owner.

According to Pro Football Focus, Biegel enters the 2016 season as the top returning outside linebacker in the country, rated No. 1 both as a pass rusher and against the run.

The state Supreme Court on Tuesday ended a protracted legal dispute between clothing maker Lands' End and the city of Dodgeville, ruling that a lower rate of interest applies on the amount that the city must pay the clothier to…

The one-block Howard Place in Downtown Madison will be closed to vehicular traffic on Wednesday.

Madison West's Kristen Brown and Gabriella Johansson are named to the first team, while Madison West's Laura Kiernan, Madison Edgewood's Eileen Healy and Oregon's Jess Jacobs earn honorable-mention recognition.

East Side residents called police early Tuesday morning after hearing gunshots, but there were no reports of injuries or property damage.

A fire believed to have started in the basement caused an estimated $70,000 in damage to a North Side home on Monday, with nobody injured in the blaze.

Sauer was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2014. He won two national championships in 1983 and 1990 at UW and led the Badgers to three Frozen Four appearances.

Three suspects accused of taking a considerable amount of merchandise from a Dubuque, Iowa store were arrested in Grant County on Sunday following a car chase and a foot chase.

Six Amish people were injured Thursday when a horse pulling their buggy became spooked on a county highway and ran into a ditch, the buggy turning over.

A Boscobel woman is scheduled to be arraigned in court Tuesday on charges in the death of a 3 1/2 month old baby girl.

A beer's texture is a critical dimension of beer, even if I just can't stand saying or writing "mouthfeel."

A La Crosse man led police on a 33-mile high-speed chase Sunday that brought officers from Iowa and Wisconsin into the chase, with the chase ending when the man crashed into Vernon County sheriff's squad car.