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DODGEVILLE - Bernice B. Cornish, age 92, died on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Funeral services are pending.

LA CROSSE - Anna Augusta Wiedman, age 79, of La Crosse, passed away on Monday, April 27, 2015, at the Gundersen Health System. She was born in Madison, Wis., on Dec. 16, 1935, to August and An…

BELOIT - Lucy A. Dolan, age 82, of Beloit, Wis., entered into eternal peace on Monday, April 27, 2015, in her home.

NEW GLARUS - Terry Duane Babler, age 65, of New Glarus, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at the William S. Middleton Memorial VA Hospital in Madison, following an eight year struggle wi…

WAUNAKEE - John H. Hoffman, age 64, of Waunakee, passed away on Monday, April 27, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg, following a battle with a long-term illness. He was born in Madison,…

BLOOMINGTON - Robert L. "Bob" Wagner, age 69, of Bloomington, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at Grant Regional Health Center, Lancaster. He was born on Nov. 30, 1945, in Bloomington T…

MADISON - William J. "Bill" West, age 88, passed on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare. A full obituary will appear at a later date.

STOUGHTON - Connie R. Zutter, age 67, of Stoughton, passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at Meriter Hospital, in Madison. She was born on Feb. 26, 1948.

MADISON - Connie K. Skala, age 66, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at her home in Fitchburg, Wis. She was born on July 30, 1948, in Boscobel, Wis., to Delbert and Betty (Rice) Updike. …

MIDDLETON - Beverly June Everson, age 83, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, surrounded by her family. She was born on June 8, 1931, in Janesville, the daughter of William and Mabel (Rans…

BARNEVELD - Donald J. Murphy, age 87, of Barneveld, died on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at Bloomfield Manor in Dodgeville. Funeral arrangements are pending at the ELLESTAD CAMACHO FUNERAL HOME,…

Attendance was sparse for the first meeting since the Madison bank's stock returned to Wall Street.

MADISON - Leonard C. "Ike" Nelson, age 83, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. He was born in Madison on May 25, 1931, to the late Otto and Anna (Wills) Nelson.

MADISON - Nancy G. Eichinger, age 57, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare, Fitchburg. She was born on July 22, 1957, in Eau Claire, the daughter of Roy a…

Multiple students handled the handgun, but it is not believed that anyone was threatened with the weapon.

Robin Vos said worried Republicans might be willing to repeal the law if Gov. Scott Walker campaigned for it.

Braun hits his fourth career grand slam and a solo home run as Milwaukee (5-17) ends a seven-game losing streak on the road.

Kemnitzer is hitting .553 with seven home runs and five doubles, and is 2-2 with a 1.64 ERA on the mound, for the fifth-ranked Spartans.

Overturning a lower court ruling from last year, a federal appeals court on Wednesday said that the Ho-Chunk Nation can continue to offer video poker at its Madison casino because federal law …

Our hearts go out to the family of Freddie Gray, who not only had to bury a loved one but also to cope with the fact that a small number of the thousands who have marched in the streets of Bal…