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ROCHESTER, Minn. - Joan Draxler, age 82, of Rochester, Minn., and formerly of Plainview, Minn., passed away on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, at Cottagewood Senior Communities in Rochester.

MADISON - The world lost a gym rat when Gordy Bass died of complications due to interstitial lung disease on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. Gordy wants to be remembered for the way he lived, not for h…

MADISON - Nancy Garst, age 89, passed away on Dec. 6, 2014.

The Madison utility company also plans to sell its electricity service area in southeast Minnesota.

If tomorrow was Friday, we could have a hit song, but since it's Thursday, expect clouds. The sun will come out the day after tomorrow.

A Madison woman who told police she wasn't stealing but was returning clothes to a store was arrested for shoplifting after officers allegedly found thousands of dollars of merchandise in her …

A man found walking in and out of backyards in a West Side neighborhood fled after being confronted by a homeowner, with police finding pry marks on the windows of a house.

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The Dodgeville retailer reports lower sales as some shops in Sears close. 

A man who appeared to be drunk allegedly grabbed the backside of a grocery store employee Tuesday, the man found by police outside, sleeping against a tree.

When gas prices soar, Americans wail. Inevitably Congress launches an “investigation” and discovers — over and over again — that by and large prices are the result of market conditions and taxes.

Gordon is projected by some draft analysts to be a first-round pick after rushing for 2,336 yards and scoring 29 touchdowns this year.

Making a New's Years resolution to get healthier? Start the year on the right foot by taking the annual hike in a Wisconsin state park or forest.

Meat from the popularly hunted animal can be turned into a variety of things. 

The small Madison brewery has embraced contract brewing to survive and is looking to diversify its offerings.

An historic creamery in Cross Plains that was destroyed by a bug is coming back as new living space.

Sun Prairie police have released surveillance video images of three men believed to be suspects in an armed robbery at a residence in November.

With close to 200 Wisconsin residents already hospitalized with the flu this season, state health officials are urging people to get vaccinated as one of the best ways to protect yourself from…

There’s a new classy casual restaurant called Doolittles on East Towne Boulevard that I’ve visited four times in the past month to make sure I wasn’t dreaming because this was a place my retir…

If you are a Janesville business owner and get a phone call telling you the power to your business will be cut off within the hour because of unpaid bills, it's a scam.