Wisconsin State Journal Local News

FALL RIVER / COLUMBUS - Elaine E. Cass, age 91, passed peacefully surrounded by her family on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at the Columbus Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Columbus.

WAUNAKEE - Albert "Al" Kuehn, age 90, of Waunakee, died on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at the Waunakee Manor. He was born on Jan. 25, 1925, in the Town of Springfield, to John and Appolonia (Schro…

NEW GLARUS - Jack E. Heller, age 82, of New Glarus, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, at his home. He was born on Jan. 7, 1933, on the family farm outside New Glarus, to his parents, Fr…

MADISON - Jack Priester, age 68, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. A celebration of Jack's life will be held at ESSEN HAUS RESTAURANT AND BAR, 514 E. Wilson St., Madison, at 6 p.m., on Tu…

McFARLAND - Manuel H. Lugo, age 67, passed peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. Arrangements are pending. A full obituary will appear on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. Please share your memories at ww…

DeFOREST / WAUNAKEE - Donald Miller, age 82, of DeForest/Waunakee, died on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, at a Madison hospital.

REEDSBURG / MUSCODA - Bernice McClary, age 100, of Reedsburg, and formerly of Muscoda, died on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, at Sauk County Healthcare Center in Reedsburg. She was born on Nov. 26, 1…

MADISON - Joseph J. Radovan, age 88, of Madison, died peacefully at home on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015.

MADISON - Richard David "Pastor Matt" Matthews, age 81, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, at ST. MARY'S CARE CENTER, Madison. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Feb. …

WAUNAKEE - Neal Burkle, age 51, was called to his heavenly home on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Judy; children, Libby and Zach; parents; 12 siblings and in-laws.

Hilley, a setter/outside hitter from Champlin, Minn., edged fellow UW recruit Mariah Whalen, an outside hitter from Wausau Newman, for the PrepVolleyball.com honor.

George A. Nelson, a Madison businessman who has been involved in virtually every major public works project in the city for past three decades, including Monona Terrace, died Wednesday of chro…

Unity Health Plans Insurance Corporation and Gundersen Health Plan are exploring a partnership, the organizations announced Thursday.

In a long-awaited ruling that will affect similar cases, a state appeals court ruled Thursday that a lower court properly dismissed citations against a participant in the daily noontime Solida…

The head of UW System says he is "very frustrated" by the governor's comments that faculty should work harder.

Police say they have arrested a suspect in the Jan. 10 killing of a Chicago man in an apartment on Madison's North Side.

Hundreds of fans who had tickets to that game were initially turned away because temporary seating at Cowboys Stadium was deemed unsafe.

Last year Madison-based non-profit Clean Wisconsin hired Landi for a key role as its analyst on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, which has drawn opposition from Gov…

Oregon, Wisconsin (January, 2015) The Board of Directors of Oregon Community Bank announced the appointment of two new members, Mike Victorson of M3 Insurance and Andrew Bosshard of Bosshard P…