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The Badgers will open the season Nov. 15 vs. Louisiana Tech at the Kohl Center.

Scott Bodley called strange and narcissistic by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb for his attempts to keep the Internal Revenue Service from investigating him for not paying taxes.  

Unlike in the Republican primary with a plethora of potential presidential candidates, the Democrats only real choice appears to be Hillary Clinton in 2016.

MOUNT HOREB - Amos M. Moen, age 98, of Mount Horeb, died on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at Ingleside Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements are pending at the ELLESTAD CAMACHO FUNERAL HOME, 500 N, 8th …

WINDSOR - Monna E. Aldrich passed away peacefully Monday, May 11, 2015. She was born Oct. 4, 1937, the daughter of Orin and Ruth Dalton. On April 21, 1956, she was united in marriage to Billy …

SAN JACINTO, Calif. - Robert W. Lynch, loving husband, dad, grandpa, great-grandpa, uncle, and friend, age 74, of San Jacinto, Calif., died on May 10, 2015, at home surrounded by his loving fa…

COTTAGE GROVE - Raymond T. Jackson, age 67, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at the University of Wisconsin Hospital.

MADISON - August Bauer, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. August was born Aug. 6, 1924, in Germany, to the late Georg and Barbara (Engl) Bauer. He married Berta Stoeberl on Oct. 20…

EVANSVILLE - Kelly Rae Provo, age 46, died unexpectedly in her sleep on Sunday, May 10, 2015. She was born in Richland Center on June 27, 1968, the daughter of Diane and Ed Smyth. Kelly grew u…

STOUGHTON - Ronald W. Ehle, age 73, passed away at his home Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, May 18, 2015, at WEST KOSHKONONG LUTHERAN CHURCH. Visitatio…

MADISON - Alice Jane Matranga, age 85, of Madison, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at Oak Park Place in Madison. She was born on July 12, 1929, in Madison, the daughter of Ruby and Edward Heinz.

SUN PRAIRIE - Phyllis Mae Murphy, age 71, passed away May 11, 2015, the beloved daughter of her father, Lawrence (deceased) and mother, Florence (still living at the age of 100) Murphy; sister…

MOUNT HOREB - Lorraine Katherine Meylor, age 88, of Mount Horeb, died on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Girlie's Manor in Mount Horeb, with her family at her side after her fight against brain ca…

The Wisconsin Assembly is poised to take up bills imposing new restrictions on public-benefit recipients, such as requiring them to undergo drug tests or avoid using food stamps to buy junk food.

The game against the Orange, 18-13 last season, is set for Dec. 2 at the Carrier Dome.

But protesters have a responsibility to themselves and the community, he said.

Wisconsin just learned criminal charges will not be filed against Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny in the fatal shooting of Tony Robinson on March 6.

The Madison indoor waterpark resort company is now part of Centerbridge Partners.

Oakley, Nutrition Shack and Windsor are new additions

America’s convoluted tax code has needed comprehensive reform for years. The case for change would be open and shut even if families on low and middle incomes hadn’t come under increasing stra…