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With two daughters on the team, coach Yvette Updike hopes her Hillmen can make history at state tournament

The former office manager for a Madison dental office allegedly took more than $166,000 in cash and checks from the office over a four-year period, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.

Founded in 2010, SHINE also has a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy. 

The polls close at 8 p.m.

Jeffrey C. Hilgers, 42, of Madison, who worked in the Dane County Jail, is charged with second-degree sexual assault for having a sexual relationship with a jail inmate who was confined to her…

Alterra Bank is now part of First Business, based in Madison.

The site on West Main Street where St. Raphael Cathedral once stood was properly taxed by the city of Madison in 2013 because the church's leaders missed a deadline to seek a religious exempti…

Sam Dekker continues to make progress as he works his way back from a left ankle injury he sustained in practice on Oct. 24.

MONONA - Rodney H. Rossdeutscher, age 88, of Monona, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, at Agrace HospiceCare.

MADISON - Kenneth A. Schumacher, age 91, died on Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in Madison.

MILTON - Mary Eileen (Griffin) Wright died Oct. 31, 2014, at age 92. She was born in Baraboo in 1922.

MADISON - Edith Bernice "Pat" Holzhueter Roth, age 75, passed away at home on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. She was born in Waukegan, Ill., the daughter of Jerome and Bernice (Roland) Felt.

BARABOO - Irma Helen Lange, age 94, of Baraboo, passed away Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, at St. Clare Hospital.

REEDSBURG - Dennis R. Geffert, age 64, died on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014, in his home.

BLACK EARTH - Barbara Jean Stone Michaels, age 59, of Black Earth, passed away on Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, at Manor Care in Platteville. Barb was born on July 23, 1955, in Waukesha, the daughter …

EVANSVILLE - A light went out on Garfield Avenue in Evansville on Monday. Lawrence "Larry" Paul died on Nov. 3, 2014, at Meriter Hospital in Madison.

MONONA / SUN PRAIRIE - Joseph H. Yelk, age 92, passed away on Monday, Nov. 3, 2014.

JONESDALE - Charles A. "Chuck" Ley, age 92, of Jonesdale, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, at Bloomfield Healthcare and Rehab Center.

Splurge, a home decor and gift shop, has opened in The Shoppes of Prairie Lakes, 2808 Prairie Lakes Road, Sun Prairie.

REEDSBURG - Duaine Benton Olds, age 94, of Reedsburg, died on Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in the Reedsburg Area Medical Center.