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States including Wisconsin are pushing to ensure Internet access to maximize uses for the explosion of connected devices.

One individual is hurt after a tractor reportedly rolled over them on Saturday afternoon, according to Dane County Communications.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Cottage Grove man will be on probation for five years for setting fire last year to the future home of a convicted sex offender.

VERONA - Steve Wood, age 70, formerly of Verona, Wis., was born Sept. 4, 1945, in Waterloo, Iowa. He died on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at Trinity Center at Luther Park, Des Moines, Iowa.

OREGON - Cindy Rae Schulz, age 60, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, to be reunited with her dad and other loved ones in Heaven. She was born on Feb. 1, 1956, the daughter of Wilbert and Grace…

MADISON - William John Skinner, age 62, of Madison, passed away on Feb. 15, 2016, at Badger Prairie Health Care Center in Verona. Graveside services with military honors will be held at RESURRECTION CEMETERY, 2705 Regent St., Madison, on Thursday,…

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - Carol Ann O'Neil, age 69, of Eden Prairie, Minn., died May 3, 2016. She is survived by her daughter, Kelly (Kevin) Gross; her son, Tom (Erica); and four grandchildren, Cassie, Allie, Michael, and Gus. Carol was…

ST. PAUL, Minn. / MADISON - Beverly Stark, beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away on April 23, 2016, in St. Paul, Minn.

OSHKOSH - Michael W. Wagner, age 53, of Oshkosh, passed away at the Aurora Bay Care Hospital in Green Bay, Wis., on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, peacefully surrounded by his loving family after enduring complications of a massive stroke.

NEW MEADOWS, Idaho - Caryl Jean (Coombs) Stella, age 70, of New Meadows, Idaho, passed away suddenly as the result of a pulmonary embolism on Friday, April 29, 2016, in McCall, Idaho. She was born on June 3, 1945, at…

PAYSON, Ariz. / MINERAL POINT - Bernard Reger, age 84, passed away on April 16, 2016, at his home in Payson, Ariz., after a brief illness. He was born on June 15, 1931, to Otto and Lucille (McMahan) Reger. He…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - John Irving Fitts, age 67, of Las Vegas, Nev., passed peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. John was born in New York, N.Y., one of three and the oldest son of George and…

COTTAGE GROVE - Alice Lauretta Grosse, age 90, passed away peacefully with her family by her side, on Sunday, May 1, 2016. She was born on Jan. 22, 1926, in Sandusky Wis., the daughter of Homer and Hazel (Dwyer) Hart.…

WAUNAKEE - Mary Jane (Adler) Dahmen, age 86, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016, at the Waunakee Manor Health Care Center after battling cancer for the past seven years.

MADISON - Helen Thompson DeBardeleben, age 96, died on April 24, 2016, at Oakwood Village University Woods in Madison, where she had resided since 1995. Helen was born in Jackson, Tenn., on June 24, 1919, to Myrtle Helen (nee Nipe)…

PORTLAND, Ore. / MADISON - Marilyn Louise Cone, age 88, died of congestive heart failure on April 30, 2016, at Laurelhurst Village nursing home in Portland, Ore. She was the daughter of Charles Aubrey and Vivian Mary (Johnson) Cone. Born…

STOUGHTON - Jacqueline B. Hill, age 97, passed away peacefully at the Skaalen Home in Stoughton on Thursday, April 28, 2016. She was born Feb. 6, 1919, in Bayonne, N.J. She was the daughter of the late Albert and Elsie…

WAUNAKEE - John A. Hardy, age 58, of Waunakee, died on Friday, May 6, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg following a long illness. A Visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.…

SPRING GREEN - Virginia R. Hackl, age 73, of Spring Green, passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2016, at Greenway Manor Nursing Home in Spring Green. She was born on April 1, 1943, in Spring Green, the daughter of Wilbert…

DEFOREST / PORTAGE - Clayton "Bud" Loomis, age 80, of DeForest, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2016, at Fountainhead Home. He was born on Feb. 26, 1936, in Portage, the son of Delos and Charlotte (Townsend) Loomis. Bud married…