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Weather conditions weren't very good for farmers to work in fields in Wisconsin last week, but planting proceeded at a good pace, according to the weekly crop progress report.

A crash in Lodi Monday night was caused by the female driver suffering a medical emergency that resulted in her death, police say.

If you like sunny skies and mild temperatures, you won't find a better week to be in Madison than this one.

“Further cuts would harm access, affect overall quality and erode economic competitiveness," the council said in a new report.

In the parlance of the civil rights movement, domestic partnerships were a separate but unequal accommodation.

Woods, who underwent two back surgeries last fall, said he’s getting stronger and hitting the ball better.

The first baseman halts a 0-for-23 skid with a 443-foot home run and later adds the go-ahead RBI double.

Baseball

Schwoerer wins the 200- and 400-meter dashes; Jefferson wins the girls team title as Mikaela Grant wins four events.

The Big Eight game, called by the 10-run rule in the fifth inning, could boost Sun Prairie's WIAA seeding chances.

The senior will lead the improved Spartans into the Big Eight Conference meet on Thursday, followed by the WIAA postseason.

Boys and Girls Club of Dane County CEO Michael Johnson said it's time for elected officials to stop "over-studying" issues of racial disparities and start funding solutions to them.

The committee overseeing planning for the county-owned campus expressed little interest in endorsing the $52 million housing and retail project proposed for part of it.

The State Journal has demonstrated a lack of journalistic integrity by its constant use of the term "gun violence," as opposed to simply calling violence what it is: violence. This is politically charged speech and a change from normal reporting…

Phil Hands' overzealous desire to bad mouth Republicans in general and Gov. Scott Walker in particular led him to create the insulting cartoon in Friday's State Journal. It was apparently meant to belittle his favorite targets, but instead he made…

Monday's editorial page had another letter to the editor about girls, the Catholic priesthood and how Bishop Robert Morlino promotes girls' vocations. It was titled "Bishop Morlino is following the rules."

I admire Gov. Scott Walker for his chutzpah and for his Machiavellian grasp of politics. These two qualities coalesce in his recent tweets chiding faculty for their no-confidence votes, and for not taking equally strong action against tuition increases.

Spring planting is ahead of schedule in much of the state

Instead, Sector67 is pursuing a new space of its own and StartingBlock will likely have a smaller, cleaner "fab lab."

Hayes, who has not signed with an agent, has until May 25 to withdraw his name from the NBA Draft and return to school without losing NCAA eligibility.