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MADISON - Lorraine A. Thorpe, age 92, of Madison, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, of natural causes at the UW Hospital.

TUCSON, Ariz. - Adele Leopardi Backs died peacefully in her sleep on May 21, 2015, with her devoted husband, Mark, by her side.

DODGEVILLE - Loene Elizabeth Eichorst, age 89, of Dodgeville, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2015, at her daughter and son-in-law's home in Dodgeville.

MADISON - On May 23, 2015, Neva Marie Goglio transitioned from this earthly life. Neva was born March 9, 1923, in Viroqua, to Fred and Ella (Clements) Henry. She graduated from Viroqua High Sc…

Beverly A. Kopper, former UW-Whitewater provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, was appointed as the new chancellor of UW-Whitewater Tuesday, a spokeswoman said.

Milwaukee officials, leaders of the state Legislature and the president of the Bucks said Tuesday they're close to reaching a deal to pay for a new $500 million arena.

The potential 2016 GOP presidential candidate didn't bring reporters on his six-day trip to the Holy Land.

The average Madison gas price has increased 3.3 cents a gallon in the past week, according to auto club AAA.

A drunken man approached a Madison couple Friday and threatened to kill himself if they did not give him money, police said.

100 Mile Sauce Company owners decided to show that utilitarian condiments such as ketchup can be sourced and made locally.

A man in a blue kimono, who a witness described as "an overweight Alice Cooper," approached a Madison woman Friday afternoon and allegedly put a hand down her pants, police said. 

Los Angeles has approved increasing the city’s minimum wage by 67 percent — to $15 an hour — by 2020, but advocates of using minimum wage increases to alleviate poverty should be careful what …

Officers are often given 48 hours before being questioned, and they are allowed to review and clarify a transcript of their statements.

What I don't get is Republicans' other recent anti-bike proposal, which seems like it could be a bigger bust for them, their constituents and their donors than for us self-sacrificing devotees…

More than 40 percent of honeybees in managed colonies died during the past year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said last week. Sharply different responses to the numbers indicate how poli…

Celebrate summer around the state by catching one — or several — of the many seasonal events that make Wisconsin special.

WASHINGTON — Because so many Republicans want to be president — or at least pretend they do — debate organizers have decided to eliminate the least popular from the stage based on how they ran…

When manager Donnie Scott was asked to assess what went wrong for the Madison Mallards last season, he pointed the finger at himself.

TRACK AND FIELD

GRAND CHUTE — The UW-La Crosse baseball team will have to win the NCAA Division III World Series the hard way.