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The right-hander strikes out seven and walks none in the eighth straight start in which he has given up two earned runs or fewer.

The Tuesday letter "Incompetence runs amok in government" complained about the federal government, and the author is right to spare local government from such harsh criticism. My experience wi…

The Islamic State is the epitome of evil and must be destroyed as soon as possible for this world as we know it to have any chance of a brighter future. They are a cancer that is spreading rap…

The two companies have agreed to work together to find potential cancer fighting drugs. 

MIDDLETON - Ruth Lorene Shaffer, age 74, died June 24, 2015. After a long journey with cancer, she left us as she lived, with grace and dignity.

CLINTON - Ada "Jean" Boudreau, age 68, of Clinton, Wis., died Wednesday, June 24, 2015, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Feb. 16, 1947, to the late Eugene and Florence (Graves) Sc…

MARSHALL / MOUNT HOREB - Esther J. McMahan, age 86, of Marshall/Mount Horeb, died on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ellestad Camacho Funeral Home, 500 N. 8th…

OREGON - Phyllis K. Hubert, age 85, of Oregon, passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital. She was born on July 6, 1929, in Tomah, the daughter of Ray and Bessie (McKane) Shutter.

DEERFIELD - Melvin Hubred, age 96, passed away at his home surrounded by family on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. He was born on Jan. 18, 1919, in Stoughton, son of John and Karen (Mickelson) Hubre…

TOWNSHIP OF DEKORRA - LaVerne K. Gorman, age 92, of the Township of Dekorra, passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at his home.

LODI - Andrew T. McKenna was spending time on the Wisconsin River on Friday, June 19, 2015, with his father Elliot, brother Nathaniel, and some friends. Unfortunately, a tragic accident took t…

SHEBOYGAN - John R. Holden, age 94, of Sheboygan, Wis., died Wednesday, June 24, 2015, at Sharon S. Richardson Community Hospice in Sheboygan Falls, Wis. He was born Feb. 28, 1921, in La Valle…

LODI - Rose Marie McDowell, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. She was born on Dec. 16, 1925, in Boscobel, the daughter of Henry and Katherine (Robinson) Promenchankel. Rose was …

VIROQUA — A senior administrative assistant at the Vernon County Clerk of Courts office in Viroqua has been charged with stealing more than $4,500 from the office.

Alliant Credit Union will serve employees of Alliant Energy and their families.

A judge properly dismissed a lawsuit alleging Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun libeled a former friend who helped him fight allegations he abused steroids, a state appeals court ruled Thursday.

Gov. Scott Walker has signed two guns bills into law this week in the wake of the shooting in Charleston, South Carolina. One would allow retired and off-duty cops to carry concealed weapons i…

The justices said in a 6-3 ruling that the subsidies that 8.7 million people currently receive to make insurance affordable do not depend on where they live, as opponents contended.

A 24-year-old Madison man was arrested at his home on Wednesday for allegedly robbing a pizza store in Monona a week ago.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday upheld subsidies that help 166,000 Wisconsin residents pay for insurance on Obamacare's federal exchange.