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Two major critiques are leveled against Gov. Scott Walker as a presidential contender -- that he didn't fulfill his promise of bringing 250,000 jobs to Wisconsin, and that he lacks foreign pol…

In September, Pope Francis will be making his first trip to the United States, with a major speech at the United Nations in New York City, an address to a joint session of Congress in Washingt…

I would never fault a person who has the desire to be president. I have a problem, however, when a person has been given a job by the public to run the affairs of a state and is not giving his…

A June 5 letter "Private vouchers raid public schools" from the co-president of Madison’s Freedom From Religion Foundation opposed giving parents more choices when it comes to education.

Tony Frank's Tavern closed Monday after 86 years, its owner saying it just got too tough to hang on.

Waunakee school board has final approval in July 

The Wausau area bank has had a smaller loan office in Madison since 2010.

DNR veteran Jack Sullivan says severe pending budget cuts played a role the timing of his retirement.

Authorities say there is no ongoing danger to the public from the spill, which happened around 1 p.m.

Matthew Reineke is charged with first-degree reckless homicide for the 2013 heroin overdose death of Travis Barnett in DeForest.

STOUGHTON / ADAMS-FRIENDSHIP - Roger W. Gunnelson, age 86, passed away on Monday, June 22, 2015, at Moundview Memorial in Adams-Friendship. He was born in Cambridge on Dec. 12, 1928, the son o…

WAUNAKEE - Alfred Karls, age 89, of Waunakee, died on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at the Waunakee Manor Health Care Center.

DeFOREST - James Edward Black, age 67, passed away at his home on June 18, 2015, from a heart attack.

MADISON - Lyle Ross Siebert Jr., age 45, died unexpectedly June 19, 2015. He was born July 3, 1969, to Ruth Strand and Lyle R. Siebert Sr. His mother and stepfather, Gordon Strand raised him.

MADISON - Daniel Urban Imhoff, age 82, born in Madison, Wis., passed away peacefully on June 24, 2015, after a short illness.

WAUNAKEE - Christopher James Ziegler, age 49, of Waunakee, beloved husband, father, son, brother and friend, died unexpectedly on Sunday, June 21, 2015. He was born on Aug. 11, 1965, to David …

MADISON - Rindert (Ren) Kiemel Jr., age 81, was at home when he peacefully passed away during the night with his wife sleeping by his side on June 23, 2015. A complete obituary will appear in …

FRIENDSHIP - Robert Feuling passed away at the age of 81, on Saturday, June 6, 2015, after a brief illness. He was born on Nov. 16, 1933, in Madison, to Alma (Feuling) Jacobson and Leroy Feuli…

HARTLAND - Stanley Ray Berg, of Hartland, passed away on June 24, 2015, from complications of a stroke at the age of 62.

LODI - Rose M. McDowell, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Arrangements are pending. A full obituary will follow at a later date. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.