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Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has taken an important step toward repealing the Pentagon's ban on open service by transgender troops, a discriminatory policy that has cut short the careers…

McFARLAND / MUSKEGON, Mich. - George E. Howard, age 96, of McFarland, passed away on Thursday, July 16, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He fought a courageous battle with cancer.

LYNDON STATION - Gerald "Jerry" Ryczek, age 76, of Lyndon Station, Wis., passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family Thursday, July 16, 2015.

DELAVAN - Leona D. Los Sterken Vande Zande, age 91, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015.

RANDOLPH - Richard Ervin Haase, age 87, died peacefully on, Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at Golden Living Center in Randolph, Wis.

Jones was an assistant at Madison East 

BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — Blue Bell's chief executive told shareholders this week that Texas billionaire Sid Bass will lend the company up to $125 million, and that the investment is essential for…

Dane County foreclosures now have dropped year-over-year for 32 of the last 35 months, court records show.

Former quarterback Brett Favre will be inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame and have his No. 4 jersey retired on Saturday.

The state is a must-win for Walker, who launched his campaign on Monday touting his winner/fighter record.

Here's how members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted on major issues this week. 

About 2,000 members of the American military have four legs, not two. These dogs, often used for sniffing out roadside bombs, serve with courage on the battlefield and have saved countless hum…

Gov. Scott Walker’s pronouncement that “healthy or sick, ... I will fight for you” is standard Walker fare. His words mean nothing and are often at odds with the truth. His disdain for the hea…

Roger Berg's recent letter to the editor about good news in his community was like a blood transfusion to a critically ill patient.

After 44 years in business, most of them on State Street, the quotable John Williamson is selling his last pairs of sneakers.

Tenured UW-Madison professor Sara Goldrick-Rab's comments on Twitter comparing Gov. Scott Walker to Hitler are not only reprehensible but is outrageous and historically massively false.

Adam M. Sutter was committed to Mendota Mental Health Institute's forensic unit and ordered to take medications to treat his mental illnesses.

Most of us understand that to practice responsible citizenship we must be well informed. To fulfill this responsibility we read newspapers, watch television, look up things on the Internet and…

Gov. Scott Walker is supporting a federal constitutional amendment that would allow each state to determine whether or not it recognizes same-sex marriage as a legitimate union.

Brown sentenced after he was found guilty of first-degree reckless injury for stabbing his cousin in the head following an argument at Brown's home on the Far East Side in 2014.