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MADISON / BELOIT - On Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, Dan Florey, age 62, ended his long dance with alcohol at the UW Hospital in Madison.

MADISON - Steven R. "Steve" Marek, of Madison, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014.

MADISON - Mildred Jerrine Ord, age 92, passed away peacefully at Wynwood Assisted Living on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Her only surviving child, Cheryl, was at her side. She had been under the ten…

NECEDAH - Doris Marie (Peterson) Swinehart, age 84, of Necedah, Wis., passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. She was born on Sept. 23, 1930, to Ernest and Rachel (Webster) Peterson o…

A 29-year-old Lake Mills man died early Saturday morning after colliding with oncoming traffic on U.S. Highway 151 in the town of Calamus.

Reedsburg Municipal Airport will receive more than $800,000 in federal, state and local funding to continue a terminal building project at the site.

Early Saturday morning freezing rain could cause hazardous road conditions until temperatures warm enough for the precipitation to change to drizzling rain, according to forecasters.

Police are currently searching for two suspects in an overnight armed robbery that sent a 22-year-old Madison man to the hospital, according to a Madison Police Department report.

“If a hunter is not in the right place at the right time, forecasts and weather conditions don’t mean anything,” said Kevin Wallenfang, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources state deer ecologist.

The Madison-based appliance and furniture chain has $64 million in claims from unsecured creditors.

The one perennial exception to the boring-budget rule is how much homeowners' property taxes are going up -- not that, for most practical purposes, taxes going up in Madison qualifies as news …

Construction season is coming to a close, but drivers should be aware traffic adjustments due to the Verona Road Project and work related to the I-39/90 expansion project.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — At times this week, the Iowa football team had to stop preparing for Heisman Trophy candidate Melvin Gordon and the University of Wisconsin’s seemingly unstoppable running ga…

IOWA CITY, Iowa — If Melvin Gordon is the shiny, red Ferrari of the University of Wisconsin football team, his offensive line is the 2006 gold Toyota minivan.

Nigel Hayes awoke in the offseason to the booming voice of motivational speaker Eric Thomas.

The main priority won't be stopping quarterback Aaron Rodgers, as many would expect — it'll be stopping the running game.

The Badgers play the Hawkeyes at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa.

State Journal reporter Jim Polzin breaks down the matchups in Saturday's game.

Brady Grayvold knows that from here on out, every game has the potential to be the last of his collegiate career.

The Vikings have been vastly improved on defense this season under coach Mike Zimmer, but they were vulnerable again last week in a 21-13 loss at Chicago.