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OREGON - Jeanette D. Ryan, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg.

APPLETON / PORTAGE - Erin Kimberly Cutsforth, age 34, of Appleton, and formerly of Portage, was taken from this world unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 3, 2015.

Utah-based company is now exploring other sites for the event in Madison area this summer.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The former information technology director for the city of Sun Prairie has agreed to plead guilty to a federal theft charge.

A state-run health insurance exchange that could help 183,000 people who might lose federal subsidies under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling would be created under a bill announced Wednesday by Dem…

This is the stark reality we now face in the turbulent era of the Islamic State:

The Chicago Cubs considered playing their entire 2015 home schedule at Miller Park in Milwaukee because of delays to the renovation of Wrigley Field, Sports Illustrated reported.

The U.S. has so much crude that it is running out of places to put it, and that could drive oil and gasoline prices even lower in the coming months.

Middleton senior Chase Jollie has signed a National Letter of Intent to play rugby at Bethel College in Mishawaka, Indiana next fall.

One of Madison's most popular media personalities is coming back to radio. Mitch Henck will be back in the saddle starting March 23 on WXXM-FM.

Kumquats are the rare citrus with an edible rind, which is sweeter than the fruit inside.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A furniture company has decided against pursuing a $6 million tax credit from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

This week's recipe took honorable mention in the State Journal's meat category in 1969 and was submitted by Mrs. Fred Halverson of Madison.

Torsten Johnson got his start acting with Children's Theater of Madison. This weekend, he returns, with The Acting Company, to perform "Macbeth." 

How many times have you driven by a place you’ve always meant to visit, yet never do? That is exactly what has happened to me endless times on Highway 19 near Windsor while either leaving town…

Any chef will tell you that you need great ingredients to pull off a great meal. Less discussed but just as true: You need to cook the ingredients in the right order.

A local sales tax in Milwaukee and four surrounding counties paid for Miller Park, home of the Brewers.

Raised in a German ship-building family, Carl Grotke laid a keel in the mud and erected ribs which he covered in scrap lumber.

UW faces a Purdue team in that has lost 10 straight games.

University of Dubuque freshman Ernest Winters, a 2014 Middleton graduate, won three titles and was named Most Valuable Performer to lead the Spartans to a record-setting third-place finish at …