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Thank you for your efforts to highlight the many neighbors around us who are down on their luck.

I would like to respond the article in Wednesday's State Journal, "Benefits of daily flossing built on shaky science.”

Most recently an associate policy director at non-profit Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, George Reistad will take over the position that oversees and shapes city-wide food policy on August 22.

Polluted water has alarmed some in Rio, where the Olympics are being held. Of course, America knows all about polluted water.

Seventy-five Wisconsin National Guard members were called to state active duty to assist townships in Northwest Wisconsin affected by floods and high winds in July.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended July 31st.

POYNETTE - On July 28, 2016, the skies opened and welcomed a kind and gentle man we knew as "Dad." He was tired and ready to be greeted by Mom and The Heavenly Father. Born Jan. 22, 2016, to Alfred…

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas / DEFOREST - Donald E. Crane, age 78, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016, at his home where he resided for 20 years. Donald previously resided in the Deforest area.

MCKINNEY, Texas / VERONA - Gregory John Becker, age 51, of McKinney, Texas, passed away on July 30, 2016, after a lengthy battle with ALS. He was born Aug. 21, 1964, in Madison, Wis., to Gilbert and Dorothy Becker. He…

NEW GLARUS - Carol Clark, age 78, of New Glarus passed away at her home on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016.

DEFOREST - Our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Joan I. Jellings, left a void in our lives on Aug. 4, 2016, after a brief illness. She was born at home in Windsor on Aug. 23, 1930, the daughter of Clarence…

EAU CLAIRE / MADISON - Ruth Ann Hanson, age 80, passed away Aug. 3, 2016, following a brief illness in Eau Claire. She was born Feb. 20, 1936, in Weyauwega, Wis., the first child of Leo and Ann Richter.

Deputies who responded to the crash believed the woman may have been intoxicated.

The Madison utility company reported its second-quarter earnings Thursday.

Nicholas, a standout for the Badgers from 1949 to '52, donated $10 million to the construction of the Kohl Center in 1995. The Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion, the practice facility adjacent to the arena, is named for Nicholas and his wife, Nancy…

While floodwater mosquitoes are a nuisance, they are rarely infected with West Nile virus.

Paul Nehlen, a Delavan businessman, made the comments on a Chicago-area radio talk show earlier this week.

Showers and thunderstorms are likely Thursday night in the Madison area, ahead of cooler weather that should make for a beautiful weekend.

The greatest chance of a Dane County resident becoming infected by the Zika virus is by traveling to a Zika-infected area, according to Public Health Madison and Dane County.

A proposed ordinance would prohibit bullying, retaliation against people who report bullying and would subject parents to fines if their child is reported for bullying twice in a 90-day period.