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HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. - Benjamin Kane Darab, 21 months, was granted peace and comfort surrounded by family at 1:38 p.m., June 27, 2015, at his home in Hillsborough, N.C., following a valiant stru…

MONONA - Colleen McCafferty Moren, age 73, of Monona, Wis., passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare, surrounded by her loving husband, children, grandchildren, and sister.

MONONA / OREGON - Lee Henry, age 94, of Monona, formerly of Oregon, Wis., and Green Valley, Ariz., passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 28, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare. He was born on April …

SUN PRAIRIE - Willis D. Irwin, age 90, died on Monday, June 29, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. He was born on June 12, 1925, in Madison, the son of Lester and Ann (Howe) Irwin. He ma…

FITCHBURG - William Russell "Bill" Coster, age 79, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 29, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg, surrounded by his loving family.

MADISON - Patricia "Kay" McGee passed away on July 1, 2015, in Madison, at age 77. She was born on Jan. 7, 1938, in Forest City, Iowa, the daughter of Frances and Louis Klise.

MOUNT HOREB - Paul A. Schrameyer, age 66, of Mount Horeb, Wis., passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 2, 2015, at his home from a brief battle with cancer.

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. / MADISON - David Norman Johnson, age 84, passed away peacefully, with his wife, Anita, and children at his side, on June 27, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare. He had been diag…

STOUGHTON - Judith A. "Judy" Anderson, age 61, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at Azura in Stoughton. She was born in Stoughton on Sept. 14, 1953, t…

STOUGHTON / MADISON - Hugh C. Emerson, age 81, passed away on Monday, June 29, 2015.

MADISON - Betty McEnery, formerly of Madison, passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2015, at the Valley VNA in Neenah, where she had resided for the past nine years.

MADISON - Joan Pariza, age 72, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with cancer.

PLATTEVILLE - Roger Deane Stephenson lost his struggle against lung cancer on June 19, 2015, in Platteville, Wis. He was born on Aug. 27, 1937, in Kansas City, Mo. His parents owned a radio an…

OREGON / RHINELANDER - Audrey L. Aylesworth, age 82, of Rhinelander, formerly of Oregon, passed away on Friday, July 3, 2015, at Milestone Senior Living in Rhinelander. Funeral arrangements ar…

STOUGHTON - Robert F. Brunsell, age 92, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2015, unable to overcome his failing heart. He was born on Jan. 25, 1923, to H. Fredric and Elizabeth (Gault) Brunsell…

MIDDLETON - On June 29, 2015, Jack Brugger passed away from complications of living a darn good life for 93 years.

For those who lived through the fight over Monona Terrace in the early 1990s, Madison in the 1950s would have felt eerily familiar.

We have bigger worries than the new motor-trolling law. And if people like me are proven wrong, we can let this rule die when it lapses May 4, 2018.

The second president's contribution to the birth and success of our nation is on par with Washington's, and much of his advice and principles still apply today

Road construction at the intersection of Mineral Point Road and Midvale Boulevard is scheduled to begin Monday, and the city of Madison says traffic delays are possible as a result.