Wisconsin State Journal Local News

CUBA CITY - Lloyd B. Houtakker, age 80, of Cuba City, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, on Sunday, May 8, 2016.

MADISON - Robert S. Sundbakken II, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, after a brief illness. Robert graduated from La Follette High School in 1969. He had a lifelong love of sports, especially the Packers, Badgers and the Brewers.…

SUN PRAIRIE - Scot David Nelson, age 54, passed away on Monday, May 9, 2016, at Meriter Hospital surrounded by his family. He was born on March 21, 1962, in Milwaukee, the son of David and Alyce Nelson, the oldest…

NEKOOSA / WATERLOO - Susan I. Stark, age 67, of Nekoosa, formerly of Waterloo, passed away on May 8, 2016, at Aspirus Hospital of Wausau following a short illness.

Former University of Wisconsin women's basketball signee Alona Johnson has committed to play at Bradley next season, according to Wisconsin Playground Elite.

Both girls were released from the hospital within one week of the April 21 incident.

Showers that have plagued Madison since late Monday night are starting to move out, but a new round of rain and storms is expected to arrive in the area on Wednesday night.

An allegedly very intoxicated Baraboo man who was possibly suicidal led police on a wild chase Monday night, crashing his pickup truck four times, the last time into the Baraboo River.

Carlini is a two-time first-team American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American and led the Big Ten Conference with 11.91 assists per set as a junior.

The very popular Token Creek County Park north of Madison will be getting bigger by about 70 acres, if the Dane County Board approves the purchase.

The move will cost taxpayers $1.125 million in interest over the next eight years.

More than 100 school districts have spent $138 million above their state-imposed revenue limits without voter approval since 2009, according to an analysis from the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance.

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel on Tuesday issued an opinion sought by state legislative leaders that restricts Department of Natural Resources regulation of high-capacity wells that have been linked to depleted lakes and streams.

Many Big Eight Conference baseball and softball games have been rescheduled to Wednesday.

Ongoing road construction in the Nakoma Road/Midvale Boulevard/Mohawk Drive area will result in the shutdown of Nakoma Road for two overnights this week, with only one lane of traffic open during the day.

Drivers who eat, text, comb their hair or otherwise don't pay attention to actual driving could come under close and expensive scrutiny in Dane County this summer.

With all five top players back, the Crusaders — first or second at WIAA Division 2 state seven times since 2008 — hope to unseat defending champion Lodi at state.

An 88-year-old Waterloo woman died Monday from injuries suffered in a three-vehicle crash on Wednesday in Dodge County.

A Cottage Grove man stopped for speeding on the Beltline Sunday night was arrested for his alleged eighth drunken driving offense.

Pavelski and St. Louis Blues right wing Vladimir Tarasenko are the two finalists in a fan vote that lasts until May 16 at 2 p.m. CT.