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MINOCQUA -- Colin Steck and Nathan Lorenz keep reeling in the titles.

Donald Trump is suggesting the United States should “seriously” consider profiling Muslims as other countries do, such as Israel. We need to remind him and his followers that America is not Israel.

I’m a veteran of a couple tours in Vietnam, mostly as a very green platoon sergeant in the Central Highlands. I can say, with absolute certainty, any civilian who wants to own and possess military-style firearms is a crackpot or…

If we accept the Madison Police Department's version of events at East Towne Mall, Genele Laird was inside the mall when her cell phone was stolen and she became very upset about it.

I don't understand.

As was earlier suggested, take the $400,000 earmarked for a study of the Madison Police Department and purchase police body cameras.

The Bernie Sanders phenomenon is not a movement.

The company is still looking at a variety of locations for its new headquarters.

In successive fashion, a group of Madison city council members and Mayor Paul Soglin weighed in Thursday on Laird's arrest, the use of force and an upcoming study into the Madison Police Department.

A Wisconsin Republican has proposed legislation discouraging private business from banning guns. The would bill would allow victims of gun violence to sue businesses with such bans and recover triple the damages.

Several area players will join the South team for the two-day, four-team, six-game, round-robin tournament at E.J. Schneider Field

The court ruled 5-2 that Milwaukee's residency rule is subject to a state law barring such restrictions.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended June 19th.

WAUNAKEE - Angeline Frances "Angie" Knipschield, age 79, passed away peacefully while under hospice care at Waunakee Manor on Monday, June 20, 2016. Angie was born in Waukon, Iowa, on July 5, 1936, the third child of Frank and Lucille…

LAKE DELTON - Lucille Weber, age 87, of Lake Delton, Wis., died Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at the St. Clare Hospice House in Baraboo, Wis.

CASSVILLE - Norma June (nee Andrew) Groom, age 87, passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at Atrium Post Acute Care in Lancaster.

EVANSVILLE / DARLINGTON - Colleen J. "Jill" Smith, age 80, of Evansville, Wis., formerly of Darlington, Wis., passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wis. She was born June 11, 1936, at Jenks Maternity Home…

MADISON - K. Don Lindsay, age 84, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at Artisan Senior Living after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Family and friends may visit at CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3610 Speedway Road, Madison, on Tuesday,…

If last year was about lighting the fuse on the inaugural Shake the Lake celebration, this year is about watching the event really blast off, organizers say.

MADISON - Louise E. Wollin, age 90, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2016. Funeral arrangements are pending. A complete obituary will appear in Sunday's edition. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.