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UW-Madison professor Stanley Kutler, 80, Watergate-Nixon historian, dies

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 9:30pm
Stanley Kutler, the pre-eminent historian on Nixon-Watergate, lover of words and the freedom to use them, the sort of professor who considered providing inspiration to be part of his mission, …

Steve Arnold leads Fitchburg mayoral race, Paul Esser leads in Sun Prairie

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 9:12pm
Arnold is leading incumbent Shawn Pfaff with one of four wards reporting while Esser leads Bill Clausius with three of four wards reporting.

Tom Oates: 2014-15 team changed men's basketball culture at UW

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 9:00pm
Want to know how relevant the University of Wisconsin has become in men’s college basketball?

Badgers men's basketball: Replacing a talented core will be UW's biggest offseason task

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 9:00pm
INDIANAPOLIS — As he sat slumped in his locker late Monday night at Lucas Oil Stadium, his eyes red from crying, junior forward Sam Dekker provided an eloquent answer when asked what he’d miss…

Supreme Court race pits veteran against veteran; voters decide chief justice selection

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 8:25pm
Justice Ann Walsh Bradley ran for a third, 10-year term on the high court. Military veteran James Daley, a long-time Rock County Circuit Court judge, challenged her.

Madison is poised to elect its next mayor

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 7:45pm
Mayor Paul Soglin and Ald. Scott Resnick have run energetic campaigns but outside events have overshadowed the race. 

Badgers Final Four runs are special -- John M. McDermott

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 6:00pm
I was talking with former Badgers basketball coach Dick Bennett one day, and I told him taking the Badgers to the Final Four was perhaps the greatest achievement of any Badgers coach. It was g…

Nation lacks real leadership -- George E. Sutton

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 6:00pm
We have serious problems: the Middle East, terrorists, illegal immigrants swarming across the border and not enough jobs for our own citizens. The list goes on and on.

Badgers should be proud of their record -- William M. Rosensteel, Jr.

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 6:00pm
Thanks, Badgers basketball team. Thanks for great games and exciting finishes, 36 wins to only four losses and the Final Four two years in a row. It's a record to be proud of.

Badgers are all still winners -- Randy Ree

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 6:00pm
On Wisconsin!

Bo Ryan, not Calipari, deserved honor -- Lane Webster

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 6:00pm
As Dick Vital would say: Unbelievable!

Rolling Stones letter insulting to people of age -- Mel Stark

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 6:00pm
I resent the letter in Tuesday's State Journal "Rolling Stones cheating fossilization."

Fitchburg man charged with 10 child porn counts

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 5:20pm
A Fitchburg man was charged Tuesday with 10 counts of possessing child pornography after state agents executed a search warrant at his apartment last week and examined his computer.

Lakeshore Path closed starting Wednesday

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 4:00pm
Consumers should watch out for and insurance companies should not sell the type of title insurance that includes "blanket exceptions," that offer little protection, a state regulator warned.

Hands on Wisconsin: Thanks for making us believe

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 4:00pm
Badgers basketball stand-out Frank Kaminsky is off for the NBA. 

Bakke, Glenn O.

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 3:30pm
DANE - Glenn O. Bakke, age 78, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 4, 2015, at the family farm surrounded by his family. He was the son of Lewis and Iva (Vogts) Bakke. Glenn was born on …

Brechtl, Kathryn E. "Kate"

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 3:30pm
PLAIN - Kathryn E. "Kate" Brechtl passed peacefully on Sunday, April 5, 2015, at the Meadows Assisted Living in Spring Green. She was born on April 16, 1919, on the family farm in Sauk City, t…

Woodward, Helen D.

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 3:30pm
Fitchburg - Helen D. Woodward, age 88, of Verona, formerly of Fitchburg, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 4, 2015, at Four Winds Manor in Verona. Helen was born Feb. 22, 1927, in Gree…

Malicki, Rose A. (nee Szelmeczka)

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 3:30pm
MILWAUKEE - Rose A. (nee Szelmeczka) Malicki, age 88 years, was taken to Heaven on April 5, 2015.

Breszee, Lorraine M.

Tue, 04/07/2015 - 3:30pm
SUN PRAIRIE - Lorraine M. Breszee, age 94, passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2015, at her home. She was born on Oct. 7, 1920, in Sun Prairie, and was the daughter of Stephan and Anne (Thomas) Paksy.

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