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LODI / POYNETTE - Thomas A. "Cowboy" Bender, age 65, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, at home.

MONTELLO / VERONA - Eldon Henry "Duke" Himsel, age 81, and Beverley Jean Himsel, age 82, died on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2014.

MADISON - Adeline Grosse, age 94, passed away early Sunday morning, Nov. 24, 2014, at Oak Park Place on Madison's East side. She was born on Aug. 10, 1920, in Globe, to Edward and Annette (Bah…

MADISON - Bonnie Ann Rayho, age 66, of Madison, passed away on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014.

DeFOREST - Ruby A. Schmidt, age 85, passed away on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. A full obituary will appear in tomorrow's edition.

An outdoor ice rink, one of the much-talked about winter amenities at The Edgewater hotel, will open Friday with free skating and festivities not usually seen at most rinks around the city.

St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church will host a "craft-in" as an alternative to Black Friday. 

Black Friday shoppers who plan to camp out overnight for the best after-Thanksgiving deals should bring extra coats and blankets.

Four people have been arrested in a string of armed robberies in Madison and Middleton, stretching back to October.

Travelers heading to the Pacific Northwest will have a new airline to consider come July.

Coach Mike McCarthy has said this offensive line has a chance to be the best front in his nine seasons.

Recipients could be awarded as much as $5,000 for business planning, machinery or other uses.

The Madison company's screening test for colorectal cancer will be reimbursed by Medicare for $502 per test.

Weather more like January than November stopped farmers from completing field work in Wisconsin last week, with frozen ground putting off fall tillage until next spring.

The flight lasted just minutes and sparked a federal investigation. But a month and a half later, University of Wisconsin police still don't know who flew a drone over Camp Randall Stadium dur…

The two resolutions ask Madison Gas and Electric to make a bigger commitment for renewable energy.

The Badgers (4-0) play the Blazers (2-2) in a Battle 4 Atlantis quarterfinal game at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

State regulators will act on Madison Gas & Electric's request to change its rate structure, boosting fixed charges.

UW-Madison has started a national search for a new vice-provost for diversity and chief diversity officer.

Even though substantial snow fell in Dane County on Monday, the county's snowmobile trails are not open, and will not open before Dec. 1.