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The Madison man received a letter from the Veterans Benefits Administration informing him of his death and cautioning his wife about cashing any more of his benefit checks.

Gino R. Sherman, 39, no permanent address, was arrested on tentative charges of burglary and criminal damage to property for the incident around 7:45 p.m. at a home in the 1300 block of Manass…

James B. Campbell, 23, was arrested on a tentative charge of second-degree reckless endangerment for the incident shortly after 7:15 p.m. in the 4200 block Lumley Road, police said in a news release.

WASHINGTON -- Denis McDonough, the White House chief of staff, had a peculiar reaction to the Democrats' defeat in the midterm elections, widely blamed on President Obama's unpopularity.

The witnesses, a husband and wife, saw a man attempting to enter a side door to their neighbor’s home in the 4900 block of Tokay Boulevard about 4:20 p.m. 

The race in the top-heavy NFC North could go down to the last game between Detroit and Green Bay at Lambeau Field.

The former deputy chief of staff to the governor when he was the county executive of Milwaukee County argued that prosecutors used unconstitutionally broad search warrants to obtain emails fro…

It's not technically rice, but it is popular with fall and holiday dishes

A woman walking home was mugged Saturday night in Downtown Madison, getting punched and kicked by the suspect before he fled the scene.

This week's recipe won first place in the State Journal's microwave cookery category in 1983 and was submitted by Shari Lange of Baraboo.

Living in a four-season state offers many reminders that turkey time is on the way. Besides the calendar hanging in the kitchen that we see at first glance each morning, our Indian summers and…

Yellowstone is one of more than 90 public hunting areas that receives pheasant releases from the Poynette Game Farm or one of its satellite operations.

A Mount Horeb woman stopped by police in Janesville Monday night was arrested for her alleged fifth drunken driving offense.

In the old Soviet Union, Kremlinologists would read the state party newspaper Pravda not so much for the news it contained, but to glean what the commissars wanted readers to believe the commi…

How busy is the Beltline?

A longtime Madison advertising executive is inducted into the Wisconsin Advertising Hall of Fame.

Mary Ann McVane came to Peshtigo from Maine sometime before 1870 and, after operating a boarding house in town, joined her husband in the woods.

But UW coach Kelly Sheffield says it’s silly to suggest some teams benefit more than others.

This isn't football, folks.

That season-opening loss was a tough one for the Darlington football team.