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She took charge at shortstop like a champ and produced the best batting average on her WIAA Division 1 state tournament team.

The PGA Tour Champions American Family Insurance Championship at University Ridge Golf Course ended Sunday evening, but that doesn’t mean tournament director Nate Pokrass’ work is done.

More than 80 percent of the state's corn, oats and soybean crops are in either good or excellent shape.

I would expect the good people of Kewaunee County would disagree with Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp when she said, "Deer and the butterflies and clean air and clean water ... don't pay taxes and they don't sign…

Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead once said of efforts to save the rain forests: “Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.”

In response to Friday's letter to the editor, "Military-style rifles are unfit for civilians," I would like to thank the writer for his service to our country. He has clearly done more for this nation than I have.

Johnny R. Dunlap, 18, of Madison, was tentatively charged with operating a motor vehicle without owners consent and resisting and obstructing a police officer.

They all have ties to Wisconsin government and one has worked for the Government Accountability Board.

Witnesses will testify that they saw Juan Aguilar-Vargas stab and strike drug informant Jacob Payne with a sledgehammer, but they didn't tell police that story until months after they were first contacted, the lawyer for Aguilar-Vargas told a jury Monday,…

One of the drivers was cited for inattentive driving and for not wearing a seatbelt.

Walker also expedited his administration's request for the next state transportation budget and hinted some large highway expansions may need to be scaled back.

Glass Nickel Pizza on the West Side reopened this month after a Feb. 12 fire did hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.

Each voucher for students with disabilities is worth $12,000, resulting in a $5 million reduction in state funding for school districts.

MADISON - Antonio Tapia-Castillo, age 47, of Madison, died on May 14, 2016, at Meriter Hospital. He was born on June 13, 1968, in Puebla, Mexico, to Antonio Tapia and Buena Ventura Castillo. He married Diane L. Fischbach on April…

BLANCHARDVILLE - Jerome Hendrickson, age 54, of Blanchardville, died of natural causes on Saturday, June 25, 2016, at his home.

DODGEVILLE / BARNEVELD - Joan E. Johnsrud, age 91, of Dodgeville/Barneveld, died on Monday, June 27, 2016, at Crest Ridge Assisted Living.

BARABOO - James L. "Jim" Theisen, age 81, of Baraboo, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2016, at home. He was born on Oct. 12, 1934, in Roxbury.

PLAIN - Ernest H. Floerke, age 89 of Plain, Wis., beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, uncle and friend died on June 25, 2016. Ernest was born on June 3, 1927, at Platteville, son of Ernest and Dorothea (Nohns) Floerke.

BELMONT - Roger L. "Rebel" Riechers, age 66, of Belmont, Wis., passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2016, due to a long valiant battle with cancer.

CROSS PLAINS - Wendy Sindberg, age 54 of Cross Plains, died on June 25, 2016, at UW Hospital.