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A young lawn care worker had his paychecks dunned $600 because his lawnmower tossed a rock into a truck.

Wowed by what Badgers tailback Melvin Gordon did Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium, four players score in double-figures led by double-doubles from Nigel Hayes and Frank Kaminsky.

BARABOO - Lyla E. Agema, age 92, passed away on Friday, Nov. 14, 2014, at Meadow Ridge Assisted Living in Baraboo. Lyla was born on Oct. 6, 1922, to Ernest and Frankie Sieg of Augusta, Wis., a…

NORTH FREEDOM - Shirley M. Baumgarten, age 86, of North Freedom, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, at St. Clare Meadows Care Center in Baraboo. Shirley, the daughter of the late John M. …

DEFOREST - Emily Holm, age 83, passed away suddenly on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. Emily was born Oct. 20, 1931, in Eau Claire, to Kenneth and Ethel Thorn. She grew up in Eau Claire and graduated…

ATTICA - David R. Hollis, age 72, of Attica, Wis., died peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, surrounded by his family. He was born on April 21, 1942, at home in Dayton, Wis., the son of Cloy…

The renamed Palace Theater, closed since 2010, opens Wednesday with new owners and after a more than $2 million upgrade.

Snowy and icy roads caused a crash that hospitalized two Monroe residents on State Highway 104 Saturday evening.

Michael Keller had a 1 in 170,000 chance of winning. Luckily, the odds were in his favor.

As Melvin Gordon and the Badgers secured their victory over conference-rival Nebraska Saturday afternoon amid snow showers, the UW-Madison Police Department doled out 33 citations to fans in a…

A fire at the east side location of the Great Dane Pub caused more than $150,000 in damage Saturday afternoon, according to a Madison Fire Department report.

Since Sanchez replaced Nick Foles, the Eagles have scored touchdowns on each of their seven trips inside the opponents' 20 in the last seven quarters. 

Cottage Grove's Greg Dockter has invented a product that helps stop nosebleeds in a minute.

After showing proof of legal drinking age, fans can buy $20 beer cards at a cashier. After again showing an ID, fans then swipe the card at the machine.

Andy Land of Fond du Lac is climbing Mount Everest to encourage people to talk more about end-of-life decisions.

Almost two inches of snow covered south-central Wisconsin after Saturday afternoon's snowstorm, causing tougher driving conditions and much cooler temperatures

Allen Eskens, a criminal defense attorney in practice in Mankato, Minnesota, sets the scene for intrigue with the first line of his debut novel, “The Life We Bury.”

Joyful Path, faced with a loan-refinancing crisis, is making its case on an online crowdfunding site.

Services now include large-format sign-printing and non-printing work such as branding and marketing.

Scott Walker, the Republican governor of Wisconsin, took on public employee unions about to sink the state and reduced their bullying powers sufficiently to save the government billions and he…