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FENNIMORE - Barbara J. Birchman, age 91, died on Sunday morning, May 24, 2015, at the Fennimore Good Samaritan Society in Fennimore. Barbara was born on Feb. 7, 1924, in Fennimore the daughter…

Editor's note: Last week Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill raising the speed limit on rural Interstate highways in Wisconsin to 70 mph, pending installation of updated signs. 

The Wolfpack erases a 2-0 deficit but wastes an opportunity in the eighth inning to break open its game with UConn-Avery Point.

Drumming gets the heart rate up.

Buraka owner Markos Regassa had been looking for a new location since the forced closure of his restaurant in October 2013.

Nationally known conductor Dale Warland brings 'Music of Our Time' to Madison audiences.

The Wisconsin Arts Board is starting a new tradition by honoring old ones.

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UW-Madison's DNA lab, along with scientists from other disciplines, want to raise money to identify WWII remains in Europe.

I cannot see the future but am often required to write from there. By the time these words appear in public, I will have left the farm for the first leg of a book tour intended to promote the …

One of the challenges in curing cancer is: How do you only going to attack the cancer and not normal tissue?

Labor Day weekend’s weather is more reliably summerlike.

As a teen, Jay Blasi's dream was to design a golf course that would host a U.S. Open. Next month in Washington state, the Madison native's dream comes true.

About 2,000 volunteers create new segments of the trail or clear existing stretches each year.

A new pool and splash pad at Blue Mound State Park highlight the additions for 2015

Requests to move landmarks are made "thankfully rarely," says the chairman of Madison Landmarks Commission.

Russell Lorenz sat in the UW Hospital Emergency Room for ten minutes waiting. His problem fixed itself, but he was still charged $143 and he is not happy about it.

Nelson allowed only two runs, but the Milwaukee Brewers were held to only three hits in a 2-1 loss to Atlanta on Sunday.

Statistics say the 2 now is the better play, but that doesn't mean NFL coaches will pay any heed to the number-crunchers.

The Blue Devils shot 3-under-par as a team in the Capitol Conference tournament, with sophomore Logan Walzer shooting 6-under 65.