Wisconsin State Journal Local News

My great-great-grandmother, Anna Norsman, graduated from UW-Madison in 1902. More than a century after she matriculated, I graduated from that very same school. A member of my immediate family…

The last paragraph of Tuesday's article in the State Journal "Walker ready to sign 20-week abortion bill" stated 89 of the 6,500 abortions performed in Wisconsin last year came after the 20-we…

Wisconsin’s public education system is in jeopardy.

According to our Republican legislators, the laws of supply and demand do not apply to our K-12 teachers.

A former Sun Prairie man was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.

The former treasurer of the Stoughton Wrestling Club was charged Thursday with 13 felonies, nearly half of them related to the theft of nearly $200,000 from an 83-year-old woman who lives in a…

A Madison man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to committing five armed robberies in a 17-day span last year, starting about three months after he was released from prison. 

Taxpayers would foot half the cost of a new $500 million arena for the Milwaukee Bucks under a deal announced Thursday by Gov. Scott Walker.

The Dodgeville company's stock dips on the news.

The Obama-led initiative seeks to address a persistent opportunity gap faced by boys and young men of color.

A woman who told police she purchased and used heroin last year with a man who died was charged Thursday with first-degree reckless homicide for her role in his death.

MADISON - Stanley Charles "Buck" Olson, age 89, soared to the sky the morning of Tuesday, June 2, 2015. He was truly one of a kind.

MIDDLETON - Ainikki R. "Nikki" (Lehikoinen) Stilen, age 87, of Middleton, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. She was born on Nov. 10, 1927, in Creighton Mine, Canada.

RICHLAND COUNTY - Lavenia Estia (Daughabaugh) Kershner, age 89, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, June 2, 2015.

SUN PRAIRIE - Judy Loretta Nelson, age 71, died peacefully on June 2, 2015, at her home. Judy was a brave cancer survivor. She was born on May 9, 1944, in Pardeeville, the daughter of Henry an…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Dr. Ronald H. Lingren died on June 1, 2015, less than a month from his 80th birthday. He passed suddenly, but peacefully, with his children and wife by his side. Ron was b…

SUN PRAIRIE / MADISON - Phyllis H. Ziegler, age 95, passed away on May 31, 2015. Survivors include her sons, Gary (Karen) of Sun Prairie, and John (Sandra) of Brooklyn. The full obituary will …

CHICAGO / OREGON - Raymond "Ray" Langer, age 92, of Oregon, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on Nov. 6, 1922, in Chicago, the son of Re…

BLACK EARTH - Michael J. Flamme, age 45, of Black Earth, died unexpected on Thursday, June 4, 2015. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ellestad Camacho Funeral Home, 1710 Center St., Black Earth.

BROOKFIELD - Clayton Showalter Wenger passed away early in the morning, June 1, 2015, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz., several days after emergency surgery. He was born June 2, 1976…