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While it’s comforting to learn Gov. Scott Walker’s political committee has agreed to pay for his extensive travels recently, it is still galling that the taxpayers of Wisconsin are stuck with …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin man climbing Mount Everest has survived a powerful earthquake that shook Nepal on Saturday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin egg company executive says a Lake Mills facility will become productive again after they euthanize all 800,000 chickens due to a highly contagious avian influe…

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is doing well in polls nationally as he prepares for a run for president. In Wisconsin, his popularity is almost at an all-time low, and people of all political per…

Campus Kitchens-UW-Madison is the 45th chapter of the national Campus Kitchens Project organization.

If lawmakers really want to put the responsibility where it belongs, they’d task the guilty driver with removing the deer or dragging it from view.

MADISON / McFARLAND - Irmgard M. Krebs, age 87, of McFarland, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at Harmony Living Center. She was born on Oct. 2, 1927, in Dorsten, Germany, the daughter …

SUN PRAIRIE - Carol J. Grenier, age 82, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2015, at the Flagstaff Medical Center, Flagstaff, Ariz., as the result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle acciden…

WAUNAKEE - Virginia "Ginny" Diane (Ikeman) Sabin, age 65, of Waunakee, passed away on April 23, 2015, at her home. She was born on Aug. 21, 1949, in Beloit, the daughter of Frank and Margaret Ikeman.

PLATTEVILLE - Alan L. Propst, of Platteville, Wis., passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2015, at home surrounded by family. Al was born in Decatur, Ill., on Oct. 1, 1949, the son of Carl and Mi…

APPLETON - The final verse to the living poem we all knew as Ellen Kort was written when she passed on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at the age of 79. Ellen was an author, poet, teacher, speaker, a…

STOUGHTON - Wayne C. Harvey, age 61, passed away unexpectedly of natural causes, on Thursday, April 23, 2015, while on his way to fulfill his dream of becoming an ordained minister.

STOUGHTON - Ramona Eason, age 84, of Stoughton passed away on April 22, 2015, at Kindred Hearts in Cottage Grove. She was born on March 4, 1929, in Deer Park, Mo., the daughter of Frank and Te…

BLANCHARDVILLE - Norma Elaine McKeon, age 70, of Blanchardville, died on Thursday evening, April 23, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on Aug. 10, 1944, in Dodgeville, t…

MOUNT HOREB - Craig Hoernke, age 47, of Mount Horeb, Wis., passed away on Friday, April 17, 2015, after an extended illness. We lost a very talented and gifted man. He was a true craftsman. He…

MADISON / McFARLAND - Patricia "Pat" Prohovnik passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 16, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital with her daughter, Deb, by her side.

MADISON - Robert Stuart Elvehjem, age 77, passed away peacefully from multiple complications, on Friday, April 24, 2015. He was born on March 13, 1938, in Madison, to Conrad Arnold Elvehjem an…

MADISON / ENDEAVOR - George A. "Art" Swan, age 94, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at Oak Park Place in Madison. Art was born in Mott, N.D., on Jan. 17, 1921, to George and …

MADISON - Mom passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at The Villa, in Middleton. She had been under hospice care only a few days.

MADISON / NORCO, Calif. - Stan Stitgen, of Norco, Calif., died peacefully on Feb. 25, 2015. He was born on April 17, 1932, in Madison, to Ben and Catherine Stitgen, and was not only a great le…