Wisconsin State Journal Local News

Board backs superintendent's decision against renewing Yvette Updike's contract, citing friction with parents and players; Updike says the only problem is a long-running feud with a parent.

Two men were charged Wednesday with the repeated sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl with whom they connected over the Internet. One of the two was also charged with possessing child pornography.

Chryst leaves Pitt to return to UW, where he played and twice served as an assistant coach.

A recent letter to the editor piously intones that no one is above the law, while another letter suggests returning the Ten Commandments to our schools.

I disagree with the letter to the editor from the Dec. 9 State Journal “Republicans just trying to undermine Obama.”

Some years ago Madison's movers and shakers decided to back density to avoid urban sprawl. The result of this anti-sprawl policy has been many large apartment and condo buildings springing up …

In Kathleen Parker's column last Sunday, “Feminism sees the right,” she asserts there can indeed be female pro-life legislators who can be considered feminist. Uh, no.

According to a 1989 CIA report, "Inhumane physical and psychological techniques are counterproductive because they do not produce intelligence and will probably result in false answers."

Calling it “one of the worst I have seen,” a Dane County judge on Wednesday sentenced a town of Madison man to eight years in prison for the rape and strangulation of a woman he had lured to h…

Paul Chryst's road to becoming UW coach took him from Platteville High School and Camp Randall Stadium to stops in Corvallis, Ore., San Diego and Pittsburgh.

The governor said changes are being considered to six or seven different agencies, but did not offer specifics.

Paul Chryst will be introduced as the new University of Wisconsin football coach during a news conference at 6 p.m. at the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion at the Kohl Center.

Cuban native Ricardo Gonzalez, who has been advocating for the normalization of relations with Cuba for 40 years calls it "a big, big day."

The banking industry publication lauds Bauer for leading the turnaround that kept the Madison bank from going under.

A private security guard will patrol the City-County Building after hours starting Wednesday night, Mayor Paul Soglin said in a message to workers there.

MADISON / FALL RIVER - Kenneth James Koch, age 50, of Fall River, passed away on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014.

MADISON - Marion F. Corcoran passed away in her sleep on Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. She was born on Aug. 29, 1927, to J. Otis and Ruth (Myrick) Fuller in Rhode Island.

TUCSON, Ariz. - Arleen Doris Jenkins Ziarnik, age 84, died peacefully on Nov. 27, 2014, in Tucson, Ariz.

MADISON - Charlene Rachel (Edwards) Medenwald, age 91, passed away peacefully on Dec. 16, 2014, surrounded by her loving family and special friend, Julie Selin.

CAMBRIDGE - Clyde E. Heberlein, age 91, of Cambridge, Wis., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, at his home.