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The winning brew will be served at the Memorial Union on May 1 and distributed state wide.

Gov. Scott Walker's political non-profit slammed Hillary Clinton for using a private email system during her time as Secretary of State.

FITCHBURG - Genevieve (Jones) Jackson, age 102, passed away on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015. She was born to Margaret (Blaney) and Thomas Jones on Nov. 24, 1912, in Wales, U.K. She came to America wi…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Sandy (Diana) Darby, born in Redondo Beach, La., died on Feb. 27, 2015, in Louisville, Ky. Sandy, a longtime resident of Madison and owner of Renaissance Travel, has died aft…

FITCHBURG - Jeanette V. (Dremsa) Ryan, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on Nov. 26, 1929, in Richland County, Wis., the daug…

PORTAGE - George L. Niebuhr Jr., age 83, of Portage, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at Tivoli in Portage.

ALBION - Robert Willard "Murph" Babcock Sr., age 91, of Albion, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at his home with his loving family by his side.

MADISON - Alvin "Al" Hovland, age 93, died peacefully on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born on Aug. 18, 1921, in Madison, to the late Gilbert and Anna Hovl…

MOUNT HOREB - Dena P. Huseth, age 44, of Mount Horeb, Wis., died on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at UW Hospital in Madison, Wis.

MADISON - Charles M. Nelson, age 36, of Columbus, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015, at his home. He was born on Oct. 8, 1978, in Salt Lake City, Utah, son of Thomas and Ruth Nelson Sr. C…

LAKE MILLS - Carol L. Wiedenfeld, age 86, Lake Mills, passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at her home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at 12 noon, at the TRINITY…

APPLETON / PORTAGE - Erin Kimberly Cutsforth, age 34, of Appleton, formerly of Portage, was taken from this world unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 3, 2015.

WEST BEND / DEERFIELD - Joyce Mae (nee Lande) Heiman, age 77, of West Bend, formally of Deerfield, passed away on March 4, 2015. She was born on April 21, 1937, in Deerfield, Wis., the daughte…

MIDDLETON - LaVonne E. "Sam" Mackin, passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2015.

SUN PRAIRIE - Harland A. Weisensel, age 90, died on Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Sun Prairie Health Care Center. Arrangements are pending. A full Obituary will follow in Sunday's Newspaper.

Chris McGeshick, chairman of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community, drew applause from Democrats during annual address to Wisconsin legislators.

The measures come in response to Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget for 2015-'17, which would cut System funding by $300 million and move the universities under a public authority governing model.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Leaders at Wisconsin's elections board says plans to make changes after a critical state audit could be hampered by cuts in Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget.

Lawyers for the city of Madison want their citations against ride-buying service Uber to be sent back to Madison Municipal Court, instead of being heard in federal court, where Uber lawyers mo…

In its ad, NARAL Pro-Choice America said Walker has pushed to restrict access to contraception and legal abortions -- a record he downplayed in 2014 during his re-election campaign against Mad…