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MADISON - Erik E. Belanger, age 33, of Madison, passed away suddenly on Sunday, May 17, 2015. Erik was born at home on May 6, 1982, in South Milwaukee.

MIDDLETON - Janice L. Hoernke, age 67, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. She was born May 2, 1948, in Sparta, the daughter of Bruce and Eldora Heilman.

BEAVER DAM - Susan A. Leslie, age 48, of Beaver Dam, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, May 23, 2015. A celebration of Susan's life will take place at Bayside Supper Club, W9231 County Trun…

PLATTEVILLE / BELMONT - Lela E. Jenny, age 87, of Platteville, formerly of Belmont, died on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at Gray's Nursing Home, Platteville, after a brief illness.

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted top FIFA official with corruption charges. 

The Badgers' six-member class includes five of the country's top 100 players, according to PrepVolleyball.com.

Lawmakers plan to lift the cap on the statewide voucher program.

Gov. Scott Walker attended groundbreaking for Saint-Cobain Performance Plastics' planned expansion.

Former West High School girls basketball coach Shelton Kingcade had a sexual relationship lasting more than two years with a girl he coached, starting when she was 13 years old, and had sex on…

Walker tells reporters that then-Secretary Mike Huebsch was just doing his job when he pushed for a $500,000 loan that was never repaid.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin contestants in the Scripps National Spelling Bee have been eliminated.

A Monroe motorcyclist was killed Wednesday night when he crashed head-on into a car in the town of Montrose.

Sheryl Moreland, office manager at Bachmann

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Lawmakers are assuming women dig pastels enough to motivate them to kill 10-point stags and strap them to their cars.

All three of Wisconsin's contestants were eliminated during preliminary rounds.

Oemichen directs the Cooperative Network, which provides services for more than 600 member cooperatives. 

Depression is a recurrent disorder affecting millions of people. By some estimates, 5 percent of the population suffers from it at one time or another.

Play, learn and have fun in Madison this summer -- for free.

The Badgers' 998 leads a top five that includes Northwestern (992), Duke (992), Michigan (990) and Stanford (987).