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Russell Lorenz sat in the UW Hospital Emergency Room for ten minutes waiting. His problem fixed itself, but he was still charged $143 and he is not happy about it.

Nelson allowed only two runs, but the Milwaukee Brewers were held to only three hits in a 2-1 loss to Atlanta on Sunday.

Statistics say the 2 now is the better play, but that doesn't mean NFL coaches will pay any heed to the number-crunchers.

The Blue Devils shot 3-under-par as a team in the Capitol Conference tournament, with sophomore Logan Walzer shooting 6-under 65.

The NCAA Division II basketball recruit is also tearing it up on the softball diamond for the Cougars.

Showers and thunderstorms are predicted to continue on Memorial Day Monday, but “we’ll have a drier flow of air that should create a brief lull in the precipitation for the afternoon hours,” s…

Before he tried marijuana, he thought of trying suicide.

Thanks for your May 10 article about organ transplants, which mentioned 6,000 Americans die each year from the lack of organ availability.

Memorial Day should be a time of somber reflection on the enormous sacrifice that these deceased veterans made to secure and preserve our many freedoms.

I am concerned with the educational policy changes that are being implemented as the Legislature passes our state budget.

My heart is broken for the killing of another unarmed citizen by an anxious police officer.

Members of LGBT Books to Prisoners are disgusted yet not surprised by Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne’s decision not to indictment Madison Police Officer Matt Kenney. It's one exam…

Middleton Police said tires were slashed on 23 vehicles late Saturday or early Sunday at the Arbor Lakes Apartment complex, at the corner of Highway Q and Century Avenue.

STOUGHTON - Donald C. Hellum, age 86, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Saturday, May 23, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born in Stoughton on June 17, 192…

OREGON/STOUGHTON - Curtis E. Sorenson, age 86, passed away on Sunday May 24, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare. He was born on Aug. 3, 1928, in Madison, the son of Earl and Anna (Peterson) Sorenson.…

MADISON/VERONA - Elizabeth Coan, age 83, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015. Arrangements are pending.

WAUNAKEE / CROSS PLAINS - Alice M. Richards, age 91, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at Middleton Village Nursing Home. She was born on Feb. 2, 1924, to Minor and Gertrude (Laufenberg) …

JUNEAU - Robert E. Bothum, age 94, died on Thursday, May 21, 2015. He was born in Dane County on Dec.10, 1920, the son of Christ and Tilla Bothum. Robert enlisted in the U.S. Army and served h…

During a debate over what to do next about Wisconsin’s lead economic development agency, a Republican member of the Legislature’s budget-writing committee took an openly skeptical stance.

Peterson hit the first pitch from Brandon Kintzler toward the gap in left-center field.