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After a difficult end to his 2014 season, University of Wisconsin center Dan Voltz has taken another step toward returning to full strength.

Hooked on Kobe

The senior point guard (broken foot) has missed 19 straight games. 

Brandi Grayson, the leader of the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, has talked of violence no matter what the investigation into the Tony Robinson shooting on Williamson Street turns up.

I support the Sun Prairie Star's endorsement of Bill Clausius for mayor. His long career with the Department of Corrections coupled with a record of government and volunteer service countywide…

I'd like to send a message to Madison Police Chief Mike Koval about his recent statements in the aftermath of the death of Tony Robinson.

I live in Sun Prairie and have been a friend of Paul Esser for many years. He is running for mayor of Sun Prairie, and I am supporting his candidacy.

It’s going to take years before tens of thousands of the tankers that carry crude oil and other combustibles over North America’s rail lines are replaced with safer models. Funneling significa…

MOUNT HOREB - Helen "Nell" Areglado, age 71, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, surrounded by her loving family and friends at Agrace HospiceCare.

MADISON - Sharon Lee Fedele, age 72, passed away Monday, March 23, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg.

MADISON - Maxine V. "Max" Cook, age 92, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 23, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital. She was born on Feb. 20, 1923, in Wauzeka, the daughter of Joseph and Ethel (C…

RIO - Lora Ann Waugh, age 80, died on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at her home in Lowville Township.

CROSS PLAINS - Following a courageous battle with cancer, Connie Mae Housner passed away at age 66, in the comfort of her home surrounded by her loving family.

RACINE - Barbara J. Whitnall Lennox, age 68, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, in Beaver Dam, Wis. She was born on Aug. 31, 1946, in Clinton, Iowa, the daughter of Robert and Jeanne (Dal…

MADISON - Patricia A. Zwettler, age 79, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Four Winds Manor in Verona.

POYNETTE - Pearl Klaila, age 90, of Poynette, went to join her loved ones in Heaven on Wednesday, March 25, 2015.

STOUGHTON - Claire "Kelly" Sperle, age 92, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Stoughton Hospital. He was born on the family farm on Feb. 12, 1923, the son of John and Ella (Otteson) Sp…

Unemployment was up in most major Wisconsin cities and counties between January and February. But the three Dane County communities included in the state's top 32 fared well.

After a rough few opening months, the Statehouse restaurant brought in a former general manager from the steakhouse Johnny Delmonico's.

So it turns out you really do deserve a break today at McDonald’s. Or at least a day two years from now.