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Alliant Energy Center committee shrugs off private development proposal

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 6:15pm
The committee overseeing planning for the county-owned campus expressed little interest in endorsing the $52 million housing and retail project proposed for part of it.

'Gun violence' isn't worse than other violence -- Cal Donovitch

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 6:00pm
The State Journal has demonstrated a lack of journalistic integrity by its constant use of the term "gun violence," as opposed to simply calling violence what it is: violence. This is politically charged speech and a change from normal reporting…

Hands cartoon insulted trade workers -- Ken Leifheit

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 6:00pm
Phil Hands' overzealous desire to bad mouth Republicans in general and Gov. Scott Walker in particular led him to create the insulting cartoon in Friday's State Journal. It was apparently meant to belittle his favorite targets, but instead he made…

Nuns have more fun than Catholic priests -- M.A. Rakow

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 6:00pm
Monday's editorial page had another letter to the editor about girls, the Catholic priesthood and how Bishop Robert Morlino promotes girls' vocations. It was titled "Bishop Morlino is following the rules."

Walker drives down quality of universities -- George Savage

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 6:00pm
I admire Gov. Scott Walker for his chutzpah and for his Machiavellian grasp of politics. These two qualities coalesce in his recent tweets chiding faculty for their no-confidence votes, and for not taking equally strong action against tuition increases.

State farmers worried that last week's frost damaged newly emerged crops

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 5:50pm
Spring planting is ahead of schedule in much of the state

StartingBlock project moves forward, but without maker space Sector67

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 5:30pm
Instead, Sector67 is pursuing a new space of its own and StartingBlock will likely have a smaller, cleaner "fab lab."

Badgers men's basketball: Wisconsin's Nigel Hayes still undecided on returning for senior season

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 5:17pm
Hayes, who has not signed with an agent, has until May 25 to withdraw his name from the NBA Draft and return to school without losing NCAA eligibility.

Judge denies motion from New Glarus Home embezzler to order DA to produce documents

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 5:04pm
Joyce Ziehli denied opportunity to receive key records

UW-Stout faculty join in no confidence votes

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 4:30pm
Six of the UW System's 13 campuses have now seen faculty members approve votes of no confidence in the system's Board of Regents and President Ray Cross.

Ron Johnson says he wasn't making 9/11 comparison

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 4:30pm
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is defending his discussion of the vote taken by passengers aboard the hijacked United Flight 93 on 9/11 in the context of the upcoming November election, calling those who have criticized him over his remarks "political…

Former Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson embellished some details in his commencement speech

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 4:22pm
Some of the details from his 18-minute speech at Camp Randall may have been exaggerated or embellished.

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Madison tops Midwestern cities for bicycle commuters, ranks 7th in nation

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 4:00pm
Madison came in first among large Midwestern cities and seventh in the nation overall in a U.S. Census Bureau analysis of cities with the highest percentage of bicycle commuters.

On Campus: Tommy Thompson lauds 'great professors,' while Scott Walker criticizes faculty

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 3:43pm
In a passionate speech to graduates, Thompson called UW-Madison faculty members “some of the greatest professors in the United States of America."

Schumann, Arnold K.

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 3:30pm
WATERTOWN - Arnold K. Schumann, age 84, of Watertown, formerly of Jefferson, passed away at his home on Saturday, May 14, 2016.

Larson, Audrey

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 3:30pm
SOLDIERS GROVE - Audrey Larson, age 86, of Soldiers Grove, passed away from pulmonary fibrosis on Friday May 13, 2016, at Vernon Manor in Viroqua.

Walczak, Brianna R.

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 3:30pm
DODGEVILLE - Brianna Rose Walczak, age 28, of Dodgeville, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, May 12, 2016. Brianna was born Aug. 10, 1987, in Janesville.

Reinhardt, Manfred H. "Fred"

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 3:30pm
MADISON - Manfred H. "Fred" Reinhardt, age 60, died Thursday, May 12, 2016, at his river home in Parsons, Tenn. Fred was born Oct. 9, 1955 in Sauk City, Wis., to Adeline and Benjamin Reinhardt.

Grosse, Daniel L.

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 3:30pm
Grosse, Daniel L.

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