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MILWAUKEE — If you were able to uncover your eyes long enough to watch the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday, hopefully you took a good, long look.

Madison police say the 23-year-old smashed windows Sunday on the city's West Side.

Se espera que el fabricante de chips semiconductores Intel Corp. anuncie el lunes sus planes para comprar al diseñador de chips Altera Corp. por cerca de 17.000 millones de dólares, de acuerdo…

“This is for adults, 60 years old and older, who for whatever reason have not been able to continue to get out on a lake to fish panfish,” said Wayne Whitemarsh, outdoors department manager at…

Global warming is real. Note the recent impact of weather around the world. More broadly, note that global warming is part of total climate change and, on an even broader scale, environmental change.

The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee accepted the Department of Corrections' request for an additional $5 million to increase the prison population by about 500 people in the next 2 years.

Having recently read an article on the further decline of honey bees, perhaps modern day man and the U.S. Department of Agriculture should be more active and aggressive in saving our bee popul…

Regarding the recent story that the state may lease buildings elsewhere, I enthusiastically support this idea. Let’s start with the governor’s mansion in Maple Bluff.

As a teacher for 48 years in the University of Wisconsin Colleges, I find the recent article in the State Journal about trimming “administrators” distressing.

Lines formed early for no-fee Maddie’s Pet Adoption Days, which benefited Dane County Humane Society in more than one way.

Semiconductor chip maker Intel Corp. is expected to announce plans Monday to buy chip designer Altera Corp. for about $17 billion, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.

The city's forestry department will monitor rainfall and schedule watering times for newly planted trees.

McFARLAND - Gerri M. (Stapelman) DiMaggio, age 65, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, May 31, 2015. Arrangements are being organized. A complete obituary will appear at a later date. Online c…

SUN PRAIRIE / MOUNT VERNON - Grace E. Gerber, age 75, of Sun Prairie, died on Friday, May 29, 2015, at Pine View Living in Sun Prairie. She was born May 17, 1940, to Marvin and Helen (Gammeter…

MADISON - Elaine F. Leight, age 83, passed away Saturday, May 30, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare. A visitation for Elaine will take place Thursday, June 4, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at CRE…

MADISON - Helen S. Reynolds, age 107, passed away at Attic Angel Place in Middleton on Saturday, May 30, 2015. She was born Aug. 7, 1907, in Madison, to the late Louis and Sophie (Hamacher) Sc…

MOUNT HOREB - Carol J. Bohn of Mount Horeb entered into her heavenly home on Saturday, May 30, 2015, at UW Hospital in Madison. She was born March 17, 1945, to Joseph and Clara (Swingen) Tolle…

Let’s say you have a friend or relative who needs organizing assistance and they ask you for your support. Consider it an honor — it probably wasn’t easy for them to ask you.

The first of what is expected to be an annual event starts Sunday in Columbus, Ohio, and will highlight what's working and address problems.

Developer Dan Rinehart is converting a century-old building into apartments in the last of three such projects.