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MADISON - Anatole Beck, age 84, beloved father, husband, grandfather, brother and uncle, mathematician, and educator went unwillingly to explore infinity in the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014.

MADISON - David Guy Workman, age 45, passed away unexpectedly at home on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. He was born in Chicago, Ill., on Oct. 28, 1969, the son of Claude and Betty Workman. He was ra…

PLAIN - Richard A. "Dick" Schmitt, age 60, of Plain, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, due to injuries sustained in a farming accident. Dick was born on Jan. 30, 1954, the s…

MADISON - Frances E. Blied, age 89, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, at Middleton Village Nursing Home. She was born on June 24, 1925, to Frank and Nelly Blied. Frances was a lifelong Mad…

WAUNAKEE - Russell Guy Ferris, age 79, passed away unexpectedly after a long struggle with Parkinson's on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, at Waunakee Manor.

MADISON - Jaden McRaven, age 18, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. He was born on Dec. 14, 1996, in Madison, the son of Jubal McRaven and Tara Frutiger. Jaden was a senior at East High S…

CAMBRIA - Russell "Russ" Rataczak Jr., age 67, of Cambria, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, at St. Mary's Urgent Care Clinic in Sun Prairie.

MADISON / EVERETT, Wash. - Timothy R. Cady, age 60, of Madison formerly of Everett, Wash., passed away from a long, courageous battle with cancer on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, surrounded by his lo…

RICHLAND CENTER - Emmett N. Joyce, age 86, of Richland Center passed away on Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, surrounded by family and the caring staff at Milestone Senior Living in Cross Plains. He was…

STOUGHTON / MADISON - David L. Nelson, age 61, of Stoughton, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014, at his home.

WAUPACA / MADISON - John Becker, age 84, who resided at the Veterans Home in King, Wis., passed away at the Riverside Medical Center in Waupaca, on Saturday evening, Dec. 20, 2014. John was bo…

The Madison bank company held its post-bankruptcy IPO in October, making it eligible for fourth-quarter inclusion.

The Madison Science Museum will take residence in an MATC space early next year, with a public opening expected by fall. The museum recently got robust financial support from two gifts.

There's a slight chance Madison could get some snow on Christmas Eve on Wednesday, but unless rain suddenly changes to white, there's little hope for a white Christmas this year.

Kamil Tanyeri recently sold Otto's, the Mediterranean and Turkish fine dining restaurant he has owned on Madison's West Side for nearly 20 years.

A man suspected of taking tools from an East Side store was tackled by store employees and held until police arrived.

November unemployment rates for Dane County and Madison continue to remain near the lowest rates in the state.

An employee at a church's homeless shelter in Downtown Madison was hit in the head by an intoxicated man who wanted to stay there, police said, and the suspect was found and arrested a week later.

A joint venture announced Tuesday by UW School of Medicine and Public Health and Swoop Search, an information technology in Madison, seeks to identify better tests and treatments for Alzheimer…

A man accused of domestic abuse in Grant County got in more trouble when police found many drug paraphernalia items in a residence where the alleged abuse took place, authorities reported.