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Faculty in the University of Wisconsin System are facing unprecedented top-down management changes. Faculty policies and procedures have been changed outside of faculty control.

I had the pleasure to attend the confirmation ceremony May 1 at St. Maria Goretti’s Church with two granddaughters participating in the service. They both had positive feelings about this experience, along with myself and other family members.

Those pundits calling for a third party are missing the point of the election results to date, with all the true emotional energy of “we the people” centered on Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.

The first baseman halts a 0-for-23 skid with a 443-foot home run and later adds the go-ahead RBI double.

DOVER, Del. — Matt Kenseth held off Kyle Larson in a thrilling run down the stretch to win a wreck-filled race Sunday at Dover International Speedway.

Touching Abe's well-worn nose is said to bring good luck. And the university has made getting up on the statue easier by providing a ladder.

The building's automatic sprinkler system extinguished the fire before firefighters got there.

Joyce Veir of Stoughton would like her college "diploma," which she can't find, replaced. She got it in 1960 from UW-Platteville, which awarded her the prestigious PHT, though at the time the school was called the Wisconsin State College and…

Some paramedics and firefighters are concerned that drivers are pulling back onto the road immediately after the emergency vehicles and trail the rigs too closely.

BARNEVELD / RIDGEWAY - Ida Regina Jones, age 95, of Barneveld, died on Saturday, May 14, 2016, at Mel's Haven in Dodgeville, following a brief illness. Ida was born on Oct. 29, 1920, to Matthew and Margaret (Demby) Loy. Ida…

SAUK PRAIRIE - Beulah Loraine (Deckert) Sprecher, passed away on May 13, 2016, at Oak Park Place, Baraboo. Beulah was born in Eagle Township, Richland County, on Aug. 31, 1924, to Edgar P. and Grace F. (Buck) Deckert. She married…

REEDSBURG - Milda M. Luetkens, age 90, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2016, at the Reedsburg Area Senior Life Center.

MONROE - Janet R. Hauri, age 78, of Monroe, died Friday, May 13, 2016, at Pleasant View Nursing Home, Monroe. She is survived by her two sons, Bill (Jan) Hauri of Springfield, Mo., and Paul Hauri of Madison; four grandchildren;…

WISCONSIN DELLS - Attorney Kenneth S. Stevens, age 96, of Wisconsin Dells, Wis., went peacefully to be reunited with his spouse on Saturday, May 14, 2016, at Our House Assisted Living in Reedsburg, Wis.

MAUSTON / SUN PRAIRIE - Erwin "Ed" Henneman, age 84, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2016. Arrangements are pending. Full obituary will appear on Tuesday.

Got kids? If so, you no doubt also have the stuff needed for their hobbies and activities — musical instruments, sports equipment, dancewear, and art supplies — scattered throughout your home.

Kurt Sippel founded Applied Tech Solutions in 1999, just before the technology bubble burst.

Community leaders are reaching out to members of two local factions in an effort to put the brakes on a feud that has claimed three lives over the past month.

Founded on Mineral Point Road in 2004, Susie Mather has moved her business to the former home of Middleton Sports & Fitness, a business started by her parents in 1972.

Arianna Huffington thinks you need more sleep, and she’s probably right.