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Obituary index for Wed., Sept. 24

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 3:54pm
TODAY'S OBITUARIES

Madison teacher delivers her own baby, with her toddler as her coach

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 3:45pm
The middle school teacher found herself on the bathroom floor of her Far East Side home, unexpectedly delivering her baby girl.

20 million birds will cross Wisconsin on Wednesday; advocates call for lights out

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 3:30pm
Wisconsinites should turn off nonessential lights Wednesday, which can disorient the millions of birds migrating across the state, birding groups say.

Polzin: Barry Alvarez went too far in his criticism of Wisconsin football fans. Even he admits that

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 3:27pm
The former Badgers football coach and athletic director stands by his overall message about fans booing and chanting for Luke Fickell to be fired. But ... "I'm sure I overreacted."

Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany launches bid for Wisconsin governor

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 3:15pm
Tiffany was elected to Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District in a May 2020 special election. He served two years in the state Assembly and seven in the state Senate.

Trump harsh but hopeful

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 2:45pm
UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump castigated the United Nations as a feckless institution in a speech to the world body on Tuesday, praising the turn America has taken under his leadership while warning Europe will be ruined if it…

See where Wisconsin schools stack up in this year’s Best Colleges rankings

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 2:02pm
This year’s U.S. News and World Report rankings were announced Tuesday. Here’s how Wisconsin colleges and universities are ranked.

Packers bolster line depth with roster move

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 1:49pm
Injuries have taken a toll on the Packers offensive line. The team reportedly addressed the issue with a roster move Tuesday.

Sites that shaped Madison are getting new historical markers

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 1:33pm
What were meant to be temporary markers are deteriorated or gone completely.

Warrens Cranberry Festival kicks off Friday

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 1:00pm
The 52nd annual Warrens Cranberry Festival begins its three-day run Friday in the community about 110 miles north of Madison off Interstate 94.

Games in Europe await Wisconsin men's hockey in future season

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 12:19pm
The Badgers will take part in the only NCAA men's hockey tournament not held in the U.S.

Man fires shot inside car that misses woman, 2 children, Janesville police say

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 10:55am
At about 3:20 a.m., officers were sent to the 1600 block of Milton Avenue after witnesses reported possible gunshots, Janesville police said.

Photo of the day: Extending the season

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 8:35am
Featured images by the Wisconsin State Journal's photo team of Amber Arnold, John Hart and Owen Ziliak.

'Family values' backer running for Wisconsin governor followed sexually explicit accounts online

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 7:10am
The revelation led to calls from some Republicans for Bill Berrien to drop out of the race.

UW Badgers football players don't deserve to be booed | Douglas Alexander

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 7:00am
It’s a cycle. Embrace it.

Sun Prairie school used race to prioritize which students got extra attention

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 6:50am
Northside Elementary required teachers to check in with Black students for two minutes for 10 days, one of several outreach strategies the district uses, an administrator said.

Dane County seeks private partner to renovate Alliant Energy Center Coliseum

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 6:45am
The county is looking to the private sector to modernize the 58-year-old Veterans Memorial Coliseum — and make it profitable.

Tom Still: 2 Rock County companies aim to change how lifesaving drugs are delivered

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 6:40am
Can Rock County become a global hub for the main atomic isotopes that power nuclear medicine?

Federal cuts to foreign language grants leave UW-Madison programs, students in limbo

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 6:35am
The federal grants have trained UW-Madison students in less commonly taught languages for more than 60 years.

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