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PLOVER / JEFFERSON - Warren P. Michaelis, age 92, of Plover, formerly of the Jefferson area, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at St. Michael Hospital in Stevens Point.

MADISON - Patricia June Woicek was born on June 15, 1930, to Junius and Esther (Pasch) Stevens. Pat married Mike Woicek on July 24, 1950, in Madison, Wis. She raised five children and worked w…

Three candidates are seeking to represent the Madison City Council's 1st District. The primary is Feb. 17.

MOUNT HOREB - Harold P. Elmer, age 92, of Mount Horeb, died on Monday, Feb. 8, 2015, at Heartland Country Village in Black Earth.

BIG SPRING - Patrick H. Coon, age 63, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, surrounded by his loving family.

The Worker's Compensation Advisory Council wants assurances that the governor's proposed reorganization will not harm the system for compensating injured workers.

Depending on how much the Madison School Board agrees to increase the district's property tax levy, a school district budget gap could range from $12.2 million to $20.8 million for the 2015-16…

Madison Sourdough's new patisserie opened today, just in time for Valentine's Day. 

The Des Moines Register reports that Walker is the first 2016 presidential contender to lease an office in the state.

Phil Keiser will replace co-founder Craig Culver

Update: The two killed include a 15-year-old girl and a 39-year-old man. The girl was a student at Wisconsin Heights High School.

The UW Urban Canid Project aims to trap and track foxes and coyotes on UW-Madison's campus — the urban wild.

Maybe there's an inverse relationship between the academic and vaccination achievement gaps: As income and whiteness levels go up, vaccination rates go down.

Tim Thompson is opening a pub and restaurant in Monona, Waypoint Public House, set to open in mid-April or early May on the Yahara River.

While the big kerfuffle in Madison last week was over Gov. Scott Walker’s budget attempt to redefine the Wisconsin Idea and turn state universities into jobs programs, there remains in the bud…

The governor has proposed Wisconsin’s biennial budget. Now the work begins.

LINCOLN, Neb. — Coaches around the Big Ten Conference are scratching their heads trying to come up with ways to slow down senior center Frank Kaminsky and the University of Wisconsin men’s bas…

This is the time of year when University of Wisconsin Athletic Department officials are in full number-crunching mode.

In Big Ten play, Nebraska is 5-1 at home and 0-5 on the road. The Cornhuskers are shooting 46.8 percent at home and 36.9 percent on the road in conference play.

Michelle Kienow is a six-time letterwinner competing in basketball, volleyball and track and field and has compiled a 4.064 GPA. A member of Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) Club, Fut…