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Homeless persons Downtown don't have any legal place to use the restroom in the evening hours.

PLATTEVILLE - Dr. Harold D. Beals, PhD, age 83, of Platteville, died on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at Manor Care Health Services, Platteville.

CUBA CITY - James Bradford "Jim" Eveland, age 85, of Cuba City, Wis., died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at Epione Pavilion in Cuba City surrounded by his family.

The landlord of the building that until recently was Diego's Mexican Bistro, admits it's going to be difficult to find a new tenant.

The Packers are up. Property taxes are down. And Gov. Scott Walker is seriously considering a bid for the presidency.

Madison Green Box offers an alternative to cardboard boxes for moving and storage and is appealing to anyone who has put together and broken down a mountain of boxes.

WASHINGTON — “Romney Recycled” was the headline atop a Wall Street Journal editorial last week lamenting Mitt Romney’s intimations that he will make a third run at the presidency in 2016.

A Minnesota man is building what he hopes will be a World Record ice wall to bring in tourists.

In 52 finely wrought essays, John Hildebrand meditates on time, place, and the idea of home in “The Heart of Things: A Midwestern Almanac.”

Each of the attacks in Paris that killed 17 people was an atrocity, a threat to freedom and an act of terrorism. On those points, most people agree, and they’re right.

Lawmakers gave themselves a raise, but the Republicans in charge refuse to raise the minimum wage.

Sgt. Tim Patton is the department's chief recruiter, bringin new officers to MPD and leading them through the police academy.

Madison's top police recruiter says a string of recent law enforcement controversies have made some applicants more hesitant to enter the field.

Speaker Robin Vos had sought the papers before making committee assignments.

First annual report by Gov. Scott Walker's Office of Children's Mental Health identifies gaps in state's approach to helping children.

Debby Ganaway's daughter took her own life after coping for 16 years with mental illness.

Kelly Turner coined a term for when patients with advanced cancer survive despite being sent home to die or without using conventional treatments.

The state is asking for $7.2 million more than originally estimated over the next three years to administer new Common Core-aligned tests.

Walnut wood to be shipped from Georgia to a Madison woodworking enthusiast brings along a considerable history.