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Another Marquette Law School poll is out. But once again, no questions about cannabis legalization were asked. One has to go all the way back to September 2014 for that.

Gov. Scott Walker's latest public stumble is the posting of an obsolete, 48-star version of Old Glory to recognize Flag Day.

I saw on the Ch. 3 news that rats had been sighted along East Washington Avenue in Madison.

Perhaps some do not understand that the "noise" they hear from fighter jets is the sound of freedom.

Madison Police responded to the 2900 block of Coho Street just before 3 p.m. Friday for reports of shots fired.

Seniors Jen Brien and Makena Fanning score in a 2-0 semifinal victory that makes a Division 2 state championship repeat possible

The two Madison biotechs also drew much more attention than usual on Wall Street.

Here's how members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted on major issues this week.

This State Journal editorial ran on June 20, 1916:

Former President George W. Bush, after seven-plus years in the political wilderness, is surfacing to raise money for Republican senators facing tough re-elections this fall, including U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, The New York Times reports.

DEFOREST - Marie L. Stewart, age 72, of DeForest, Wis., passed away June 16, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg, Wis., after a long struggle with COPD. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2016, from…

REEDSBURG - Eunice E. Wheeler, age 90, died peacefully on Thursday, June 16, 2016.

PACKWAUKEE - Mary Jane Hollenbeck, age 86, of Packwaukee, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 16, 2016, at Tivoli in Portage. She was born on Dec. 20, 1929, in Madison, to Peter and Laura (Denruyter) Trapino. Mary Jane married Junior…

A Middleton man who was charged Friday with shooting two men near a South Park Street restaurant last month said he was defending himself, after one of the men pulled a gun on him that jammed as he tried to…

DODGEVILLE -- Over a dozen residents gathered in a sitting room at Upland Hills Health's Nursing and Rehab Center patiently awaiting the arrival of a special guest.

A private airplane landed at Reedsburg Municipal Airport Friday morning at a speed too fast to stop and too slow to regain flight, resulting in a route on land through the end of a runway and an eight-foot chain-link fence.

Leaders from the two Madison-based companies had been in talks for more than a year.

The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board approved extensions for seven different Badgers coaches on Friday.

Construction on the Capitol Square will close streets between East Washington Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue for three weeks starting Monday as concrete pavement is removed and replaced.

A couple of familiar faces returned to a familiar place on Friday afternoon, and the result was a rousing success.