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REEDSBURG - James F. Montgomery, age 95, of Reedsburg, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2016.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. - A Memorial Service for Lee Ross White of Mountain Home, Ark., will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 29, 2016, at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Mountain Home, Ark., with the Rev. David Gadbaw officiating. Visitation will…

COLUMBUS - Carol J. Lange, age 75, died on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at Eagle's Wings assisted living in Beaver Dam. She was born on April 8, 1941, in Columbus, to Clarence and Hazel (Mulvaney) Kuehl.

FENNIMORE - Catherine M. Riemenapp, age 96, died on Wednesday morning, May 25, 2016, at the Fennimore Good Samaritan Society in Fennimore.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Lois R. Rivers, age 86, of Allentown, Pa., died Sunday, May 22, 2016. Her greatest joy was her family.

PRIMROSE TOWNSHIP - Robert Weiss, age 90, of Primrose Township, Wis., died unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 25, 2016.

CROSS PLAINS - Karen Trappe, age 74, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at her home. She was born on July 20, 1941, in Richland Center, Wis., the daughter of Oscar and Freda (Surrem) Rognholt. She married Gary Trappe…

A federal appeals court on Thursday dealt a setback to Epic Systems' defense of a lawsuit for overtime pay by the company's technical writers, finding that the company violated federal law by requiring some of its employees to arbitrate wage…

Heavy storms that pounded southern Wisconsin Thursday morning moved on before noon, but the calm of the afternoon will be disrupted by more storms at night, storms that are expected to continue off and on through the holiday weekend.

Froude, a key member of a defense that has helped the Radicals to a 6-0 start this season, commutes from Kansas City, Missouri, to play games at Breese Stevens Field.

The owner of the former Dominican restaurant Punta Cana on the Beltline Highway, is opening a new, fast-food style Mexican restaurant.

Elliott plans to compete in track and field at Youngstown State University.

A smash and grab burglary early Thursday morning netted the suspect about $12,000 worth of cigarettes from a Far East Side convenience store.

The Madison Capitols announced Jake Suter as the team's assistant coach on Thursday.

A man wanted by the state on a parole violation escaped arrest by U.S. marshals in Cambridge on Tuesday, but turned himself in on Thursday.

Vortex is one of the largest suppliers of hunting and birding scopes and binocular optics in the U.S.

There was no need for an official to call to put an early end to morel mushroom gathering season. It closed on its own as abruptly as it began early in May.Now other wild edibles, i.e. plant and fungal parts,…

Citizen tips generated from the release of a surveillance camera image led police to the arrest of a suspect on charges he and another man allegedly sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl last year in Madison.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is asking his supporters to get behind Russ Feingold's bid to defeat Republican Ron Johnson for another term in the U.S. Senate.

This little gem combines my love of grilling with my endless search for new summer vegetarian entrees. Turns out that eggplant parmigiana, that staple of Italian cuisine, is a wonderful candidate for the grill, cooking up quickly and cleanly.