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A Sauk City man who Madison police say struck and killed a pedestrian last week as she crossed East Washington Avenue told police "I wanted to hit her," and said he "just kinda speeded up and …

MADISON - Elizabeth "Betty" Valley, age 92, passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare. Arrangements are pending. A complete obituary will appear in the Sunday paper.

COBB - Loralee Ida Fritsch, age 62, of Cobb, Wis., passed away Thursday evening, June 25, 2015, after a brief battle with cancer. She was born on Feb. 1, 1953, in Janesville, Wis., to August a…

DARLINGTON - Eileen Wilhelmson, age 89, of Darlington, Wis., passed away Thursday, June 25, 2015, at Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County in Darlington.

Republicans speak with candor about Sen. Ron Johnson.

There will be 800 runners added to the Sunday morning Madison traffic as "Her Madison Half Marathon & 5K" makes its debut on the city's running event schedule.

Madison Catholic Bishop Robert Morlino, a consistent and outspoken critic of gay marriage, said Friday that marriage can only ever be between one man and one woman.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that law banning gay marriage are unconstitutional. Marriage equality is now the law of the land. 

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

The German gastropub on Monroe Street that originally got turned down for a liquor license is set to open in the days after July 4, its owners say.

Wisconsin's law is "just 'marriage lite'" and discriminates against heterosexual couples, Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt said Friday.

The U.S. Supreme Court rescued Obamacare from a conservative attack for the second time in three years on Thursday, prompting Justice Antonin Scalia to rename the law “ScotusCare.” He was just…

Walker said the ruling legalizing gay marriage is "judicial activism."

By agreeing to put new trade agreements on a fast track, Congress accomplished something far greater than critics of the legislation acknowledge. Since the last fast-track law expired in 2007,…

In a landmark ruling Friday, the nation's highest court said same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage.

The small town has a long brewing history, but Potosi's present and future lie in adventurous, forward-looking beers as well as tradition.

Justice Michael Gableman, who is part of the four-justice conservative majority on the state's highest court, filed his request to reconsider the case of Kelly Rindfleisch on Thursday.

The summer series has become a regular part of the city's music calendar. 

Ald. David Ahrens also files complaint that Downtown Madison, Inc. president Susan Schmitz has lobbeyed city but failed to register as a lobbyist.

The governor’s economic development agency has repeatedly failed to protect public money.