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A Madison resident has charged that use of a squad car and official uniform by the Dane County sheriff for political uses violates the county's ethics code.

It will take longer to fill a Dane County judicial opening after a committee and group of advisers that vet judicial hopefuls for Gov. Scott Walker rejected all four of the applicants for the job.

A Madison man who was charged last month with firing a gun at Madison police officers at a Southwest Side apartment was indicted Wednesday in federal court for illegal gun possession.

Travel to Indiana on Dane County's tab would be prohibited unless that state repeals what three gay Dane County Board supervisors consider to be a discriminatory law.

A Madison teen was charged Wednesday with reckless endangerment for allegedly dragging a Madison police detective on the car he was driving for about half a block before crashing into a curb. 

A class-action lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of Cellular Dynamics International shareholders is asking that a Dane County judge quash a proposed $307 million purchase of the Madison firm b…

OREGON - Bernard R. "Bernie" Brickner, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Funeral arrangements are pending.

MIDDLETON - Chester "Chet" Howard, age 90, entered Heaven on Saturday, March 28, 2015. Chet was born in Mazomanie on May 15, 1924, to Roy and Barbara (Kirch) Howard.

MAZOMANIE - Evan Ray Watson, age 61, passed away on March 29, 2015. He was born on July 28, 1953.

MORRISONVILLE - Darlene D. Gove-Beyer, age 81, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at Meriter Hospital, following a brief illness.

FLORENCE - Donald N. Gardner, age 77, of Florence, passed away Monday, March 30, 2015, peacefully in his sleep, at his home on Loon Lake. He was born April 16, 1937, in Milwaukee, son of the l…

BARABOO - Marjorie Amelia "Marge" Zimmerman, age 88, of Baraboo, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at Oak Park Place.

McFARLAND - Lester Glen Brennum, age 86, of McFarland, passed away at Agrace HospiceCare on Monday, March 30, 2015. He was born on April 17, 1928, the son of Milo and Mary (McBoyle) Brennum.

MONONA - Deanetta "Dean" Mensink, age 96, passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at Heritage Monona.

MADISON - Betty Lou Albertson Beyer, age 70, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison.

O'FALLON, Ill. - Ralph L. Homburg, age 77, of O'Fallon, Ill., passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at his home in O'Fallon, Ill.

Brandon Duck will be the new chief financial officer for Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., effective April 27.

Madison police on Tuesday arrested a Fitchburg man they say provided heroin to two people who nearly died from overdoses.

"It's been a tough week here in the Hoosier State," said Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, stepping to the microphone to address the backlash over the state's new Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The Assembly sponsor pushing repeal of the payment of prevailing wages on government projects said the 2013-15 budget may be a more appropriate place for the measure.