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BARABOO - Vera Mae Scoles, age 85, of Baraboo, passed away suddenly on Sunday, June 21, 2015. Born on March 23, 1930, to Loranz and Martha (Redmann) Klein in North Freedom, Vera grew up on a f…

Does an unwillingness to embrace gay civil rights undercut black churches' civil rights work to close Madison’s racial disparities?

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 36-year-old Madison woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for her role in the 2014 death of a man from a drug overdose.

General manager John Hammond remains cautiously optimistic about Parker's knee and a timeline for when the second overall selection in last year's draft could return. 

WAUSAU — Right-handers Andrew Beckwith and Hever Bueno were dominant on the mound, leading the Madison Mallards to a sweep of the host Wisconsin Woodchucks in a Northwoods League amateur baseb…

People who discover the dark fishing spider - 3 inches across and hairy - needn't be alarmed. But they probably will be.

MILWAUKEE — With the 2015 season effectively over, the Milwaukee Brewers, sitting at 25-46, are without a doubt going to be sellers as the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline approaches and it a…

MILWAUKEE — It’s starting to look like the Milwaukee Bucks might get lucky in the NBA draft this year.

Our government agencies seem to have a recurring trend of incompetence.

As a Prius owner, I am pig-biting mad over the proposed registration fee increase on hybrid and electric cars. To penalize an environmentally friendly vehicle because it does not consume enoug…

I have been severely Obamatized. I have acute Clinton-phobia. I am totally Bushed.

According to news reports, Gov. Scott Walker's public speeches, though repetitious, are well received by those who hear them. It's when he gets himself trapped in one-on-one situations that th…

Heading down Park Street on Saturday, I was surprised to see this thoroughfare completely impeded, a rarity. It was only by coming near hundreds of naked bikers blithely "expressing" themselve…

Sunday's Make Music Madison should be called a festival because, well, it was about as festive as it gets.

Walker could learn from Lincoln

Elliott J. McKenna and his son, Andrew T. McKenna, were part of a group that was swept into the Wisconsin River Friday afternoon. 

Kathryn Dustin admitted supplying heroin to Joshua Hendrickson, then leaving him unconscious and alone in his truck, where he was found dead.

Wider sharing of livers could reduce geographic disparities in to transplants, but transportation costs could increase, and Madison could be worse off.

Forrest Gump's mom was right: You never know what you're going to get when you open a box Madison Chocolate Company chocolates.

BROOKFIELD / MADISON - James Rust Emery passed away on June 15 , 2015. Born on Oct. 2, 1923, in Highland Center, Iowa, he was the son of Glen and Bertha (Millhouse) Emery. In August 1942, Jim …