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Milwaukee scores three runs over the final two innings while the relievers close the door.

The partial recovery of state forests and waterways from the decimation of logging the old growth pine and oak forests in the 19th century offers a metaphor for new life after civic tragedy.

The kerfuffle over who should use what school bathroom can be solved with what my father called "a reductio ad absurdum," or for those who didn't study Latin: "a reduction to an absurdity."

I am so disappointed in House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, after hearing he endorsed Donald Trump for president.

Regarding Gov. Scott Walker’s May 29 column, "We didn't eliminate UW tenure," there seems to be two main issues.

I strongly resent Phil Hands' cartoon in the May 29 State Journal disparaging the Department of Veterans Affairs. Why discredit the entire system because of a few?

A May 28 letter to the editor contended that “many people with excellent morals do not call themselves Christians.”

ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit confirmed on the Doug Gottlieb Show on Friday that College GameDay will begin its season in Green Bay.

When publicist Joan Collins was 12, she started The Neighborhood Chatterbox newspaper in Wisconsin Rapids, her hometown. Before the internet, before fax machines, she typed the newspaper on a manual typewriter through four pieces of carbon paper to get five…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin supporters of presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders have scored a win at the state Democratic convention.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin supporters of presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders have scored a win at the state Democratic convention.

DEFOREST - Shirley Ann Holford, age 80, of DeForest, died on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at Artisan Assisted Living in DeForest surrounded by her family. Shirley "Munka" Holford, known to family and friends, was born in Madison on Dec. 10,…

MADISON - "Danny has left the building!" Daniel Alan "MO" Morehouse, age 61, of the lower eastside of Madison, passed away on June 3, 2016. He was born in Madison on Nov. 18, 1954, the son of Albert and Virginia…

MADISON - A Celebration of Katie's Life will be held on Sunday, June 12, 2016, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., with a program at 2 p.m., at 1306 Forster Drive, Madison.

MADISON - George R. Alter, age 83, of Madison, passed away on June 2, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. He was born in Milaca, Minn., the son of Reid and Jenny (Hunter) Alter. He married Helen Stieb in 1980 in Madison.…

MAZOMANIE - Julie Ann Mellum, age 52, passed away at her home on Friday, June, 3, 2016, surrounded by her loving family, after a yearlong battle with cancer.

MADISON - Edwin Hill Jr. passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at UW Hospital surrounded by his family. Born Jan 8, 1934, in Madison, he was the one and only son of Edwin and Charlyne (Daniels) Hill. Ed…

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - John Pedden Bellows lived from Nov. 18, 1921, to May 13, 2016. He was warm, strong, and a devoted husband to Florence for 64 years. He was a D-Day veteran with a Bronze Star, proud member of…

MADISON - Vicki E. (Hanson) Orth, age 51, of Fitchburg, passed away with her family by her side, on Saturday, May 7, 2016, at Karmenta Center. She was born on May 4, 1965, in Viroqua, the daughter of Marilyn and…

ARENA - John Louis Forseth, age 75, of Arena, made his highest climb on May 28, 2016, when he lost his 25 year battle to prostate cancer.