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It is imperative we vote for Hillary Clinton. She is the most qualified to be president and commander in chief. She is the most balanced and wisest candidate to handle the violence in this country.

The exact role prosecutors play within the criminal justice system is generally misunderstood.

Fitchburg officials are exploring whether to expand boundaries of a special tax district so the city can provide Sub-Zero Group another $1 million for a larger-than-expected expansion of company's manufacturing plant.

One person was shot and taken to the hospital with injuries not considered to be life-threatening.

MILWAUKEE — Hernan Perez hit a two-run homer, singled and scored the go-ahead run in the sixth, Zach Davies pitched 6 1/3 innings and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Thursday at Miller Park.

Family Care and IRIS, Medicaid programs that provide long-term care to disabled and elderly residents in their homes, will begin in Dane County in the first quarter of 2018, Tom Engels, interim secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services,…

Best-Selling Books Week Ended July 24th.

MADISON / DEERFIELD - Roger W. "George" Pohlman, age 66, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Watertown on Nov. 10, 1949, the son of Charles and Helen…

MADISON / MOUNT HOREB - Anne Ross Reetz DeWitt, of Madison, Mount Horeb, and Shawno, age 92, born June 12, 1924, in Whitewater, died Monday, July 25, 2016, peacefully in her sleep following a massive stroke.

BELLEVILLE / NEW GLARUS - Vivian M. Disch, age 94, passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2016, at the New Glarus Home.

MADISON - Deacon Julius Johnson Jr., age 86, of Madison, passed away unexpectedly at home beside his loving wife on Monday, July 18, 2016.

REEDSBURG - Gertrude H. Fisher, age 97, of Reedsburg, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at Ridgeview Terrace, Reedsburg Senior Life Center, where she had resided for nine years.

STOUGHTON - Colette M. Oxley, age 75, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.

The Middleton maker of Rayovac batteries and other consumer products reported results for the third fiscal quarter Thursday.

Bell will have four years of eligibility remaining after sitting out the 2016 season.

The Gomers are goners. At least for the time being. But not before they say “Bye for Now” with a super-sendoff performance of their beloved Rockstar Gomeroke.

Heavy rain fell in the Janesville area Thursday afternoon, but the storms missed Madison so far, with chances diminishing later in the night.

Six employees at a Southeast Side recycling plant were sickened Thursday afternoon by an unknown airborne substance released from a container in a pile of material, officials said.

Police said that over an eight-month period, the officer spent about four to six hours during each workday making personal calls from his department-issued phone, fabricated his work logs 146 times, lied to a supervisor about what he did during…

Fifteen activists and community leaders filed civil rights complaints Thursday with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney, seeking investigations into the arrest of Genele Laird by Madison police on June 21, and into use of force practices…