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Larson, Laurance
MADISON - Laurance Larson, age 71, passed away peacefully May 28, 2015, after a courageous battle with cancer. Laurance was quite a character and had a wide variety of interests. He was a part…
Carome, Madeline M.
SUN PRAIRIE - Madeline M . Carome, age 83, passed away at home on Friday, June 12, 2015. She was born on Dec. 19, 1931, in Milford, Conn., to James and Veronica Molyneux. She married Charles J…
Davies, Edna M.
SPRING GREEN/BROWN DEER - Edna M. Davies of Brown Deer passed peacefully on Thursday, June 11, 2015, at the Hospice Alliance- Hospice House in Pleasant Prairie. She was born on May 12, 1926, i…
Steele, James W.
VERONA / BLACK RIVER FALLS - James W. Steele, age 48, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. Arrangments are pending, and a full obituary will be published Tuesday.
Woman held after apparent homicide in Dane County
TOWN OF VIENNA, Wis. (AP) — A woman is in custody following an apparent homicide in south-central Wisconsin.
Together: Taming the toy clutter
If you have kids you most likely have a vast surplus of toys. How do you keep toys organized? It is a daily struggle!
More than just a winery in Cambridge
The Vineyards at Cambridge will include housing, a distillery and an events center designed to bring residents and tourists to the community.
A search for connection in one hot summer
Back in the ’90s, a recently-dumped friend decided the best way to soothe her broken heart was to throw herself fully into a “dirty summer.” Her break-up cure: Ill-advised coupling in a small …
Cherry-picking POWs inspire debut novel
First-time novelist Lucy Sanna learned a bit of surprising history that eventually would become the subject of her first novel: German prisoners of war had been dispatched to help pick cherrie…
Just Read It | Mary Grace Foxwell
Just Read It is a regular feature in which the State Journal seeks recommendations from authors, literary enthusiasts and experts, focused on the contributor’s particular genre of expertise.
Of vices and voices: DeVita's detective channels the Bard
James DeVita’s latest novel, “A Winsome Murder,” is a disturbing psychological thriller that he says was born of the “long, cold winters” of Wisconsin.
Career Corner: Service network your way to a new job
Think back to your last job search. What did you do first? Looked for listings online or in the newspaper? Responding to posted jobs is easily the most common job-search strategy, but is it effective?
On Wisconsin: Fact, fiction and legend in Lake Mills
Different schools of thought exist about archaeological clues about past life at and around Aztalan State Park.
In the Spirit: As Ramadan nears, all three Madison mosques are in growth mode
Two have big plans for constructing new mosques, and the third is settling into a spacious new home on Madison's Far East Side.
In a global rarity, Jewish congregation in Madison to own Torah scroll written by a woman
Congregation Shaarei Shamayim commissioned the Torah, one of perhaps only a dozen or so in the world by a female scribe.
Hands on Wisconsin: Money does grow on trees
Republicans could fix most of the budget problems in the state if they simply accepted federal funding to expand Medicaid.
Paul Soglin says compassion without rules harms city and the homeless
But homeless advocates say short-term solutions for shelter and services for the homeless are needed.
Judge Milwaukee Bucks arena on its own merits
Local governments in Milwaukee will contribute a lot more money to a Milwaukee Bucks arena in the city’s downtown, under the latest proposal to keep the professional basketball team in Wisconsin.
Chris Rickert: Start-ups not the best measure of Wisconsin's throwback economy
There are plenty of metrics by which to judge the economic health of the Badger State.
Steve Chapman: Why poor people stay poor
In the 1970s, crime was soaring, and American policymakers had all sorts of ideas for how to reduce it: longer sentences, more police, prison reform and more.
