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BLACK EARTH - Wilma A. (Matz) DiRienzo, age 93, died June 13, 2016, at Heartland Country Village in Black Earth. She was born in the Township of Berry on April 18, 1923, the daughter of Erwin and Olga (Danz) Matz.…

MIDDLETON - Rita Mae (Henthorn) Peterson, age 82, of Middleton, died on June 15, 2016, at 5:10 a.m., of ovarian cancer. Rita was born on May 17, 1934, in LaFarge, Wis., to Glen and Bea (Zimmerlee) Henthorn. She graduated from…

LAKE BEULAH - Tom Ela died on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at his home on Lake Beulah. After battling chronic depression for over 30 years, he ended his life. He fought the disease bravely and with dignity, succumbing to its…

MADISON / WISCONSIN DELLS - Betty J. Smith, age 66, of Madison, passed away peacefully at Meriter Hospital, on Thursday, June 9, 2016, with her family by her side. She was born on Sept. 18, 1949, in Portage, Wis., the…

MADISON - Gladiola "Glady" Timlin, age 76, passed away at Avalon Assisted Living on Saturday, June 4, 2016. She was born in Paia, Maui, Hawaii, on June 28, 1940, the daughter of Liberty Milikaa and Edward Puhi. After the death…

Donald Trump's proposal to deport undocumented immigrants and wall off the southern U.S. border has created an unexpected bastion of resistance: dairy farmers.

Verveer is president of the Madison City Council: [email protected]. Rummel is president pro tem: [email protected]. A substantial majority of City Council members signed onto this column in support.

Police say the theft took place at a business on the 1600 block of Deming Way and are hoping to identify the thief from surveillance images.

Madison Police responded to Aberg Avenue late Friday night after a motorist reported hearing multiple gunshots that appeared to be coming from the two vehicles in front of him.

Two victims were robbed of their backpacks, wallets, and cell phones at gunpoint, police say.

Friend of Donald Trump and proud Richard Nixon dirty trickster Roger Stone said on my radio show that “Donald Trump is bigger than the Republican Party.”

In the conditions and from 400 yards away, you would've been excused if you guessed the athletic dog was a curly-coated retriever, a Boykin spaniel, a pudelpointer, an English cocker spaniel, a Labrador retriever, a golden retriever or any number…

Wisconsin Bank & Trust is pleased to announce that J. Cory Recknor has been elected Chairman of the bank’s Board of Directors.

The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP is pleased to announce that Madison partners Bennett J. Berson, and Anthony A. Tomaselli have been listed in the 2016 guide of IAM Patent 1000 2016 - The World's Leading Patent…

Gilda's Club Madison, a local Cancer Support Community, is pleased to announce that Club RED, our young professional associate board, has selected its officers for the 2016-2017 year. Club RED is comprised of Madison area emerging civic and business leaders…

While Soglin avoids taking difficult positions on issues at home, he's not afraid to share his thoughts about a tragedy 1,300 miles away.

Best-selling books for the week ended June 12.

One year after Johnson let the U.S. Open slip away from him at Chambers Bay, he drove his way to the top of the leaderboard Friday at Oakmont.

Those closest to leader Dustin Johnson will have to put in marathons of their own Saturday to stay in contention in a tournament turned upside down by storms.

The 6-foot-3, 314-pound former UCLA defensive tackle was selected 27th overall in April.