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MADISON - Larry Jon Miles, age 67, died on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. He was born Sept. 16, 1947, in Eau Claire, Wis., the second son of Lawrence and Dorothy (Schelberger) Miles. He graduated …

MADISON - Loving wife and mother, Tracy Lynn (Kendall) Midelfort, passed on peacefully into God's grace at home on Sunday, March 22, 2015, surrounded by loved ones, after a courageous battle w…

MILWAUKEE / WATERLOO / MARSHALL - Gerald Arthur Zimmerman, age 95, passed away peacefully in Middleton, on March 22, 2015. He was born on Dec. 1, 1919, in Milwaukee, the son of Arthur and Wini…

MIDDLETON - Bernice Ardell Atkins, age 91, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare, in Fitchburg.

LOS ANGELES / AVOCA - Father Frederick Michael "Fred" Jones, age 80, of Los Angeles, formerly of Avoca, passed away peacefully on March 19, 2015, after a lengthy illness. Fred was very prepare…

MADISON - Louis Vivier, age 85, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2015. He was born in Castleton, N.D., on Dec. 3, 1929, the son of Peter and Yvonne Vivier.

COBB - Norman W. Nagel, age 84, died on Tuesday afternoon, March 24, 2015, at Upland Hills Health & Rehabilitation. Norman was born on Feb. 21, 1931, in Dodgeville, the son of Melvin and A…

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Mark Beckley Roberts, age 54 years, passed away peacefully after a long illness, surrounded by good friends on Sunday, March 22, 2015, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was born in Madison…

MADISON - Laura Belle M. Howe, age 86, passed away, surrounded by her family, on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare.

MADISON - On Tuesday, March 24, 2015, Joel Thomas Schuster lost a long battle, but his life was defined by the connections he forged between people. Without Joel, we'd be strangers sitting sid…

MADISON - Florence M. Shaw, age 98, passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2015.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - J. Peter O'Neil, age 68, of Eden Prairie, Minn., died on March 25, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Carol (Sypniewski); his daughter, Kelly (Kevin Gross); his son, Tom (…

NEW GLARUS - Suzan (Rickbeil) Buresh, age 68, of New Glarus, passed away on March 25, 2015, at Belmont Nursing Center in Madison. She was born on June 24, 1946, in Worthington, Minn., the daug…

RIDGEWAY - Burnell Ambrose McDermott, age 95, of Ridgeway, passed away on Thursday, March 26, 2015, at Upland Hills Rehab, following a brief illness.

Midwest game birds’ spring colors, calls and maneuvers excite their own kind, but also entice observers, including hunters, birders and photographers to have a closer look. And listen carefully, too.

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Paul Soglin, Scott Resnick say city is thriving but that all residents must share in economic vitality.

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN — Coming back from our vacation in the sun, our pilot came on the intercom to calmly inform us that one of our two engines had failed and we were returning to our departure airport.

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In their Elite Eight match-up a year ago, UW got 28 points and 11 rebounds from Frank Kaminsky, who shined on the national stage vs. Arizona to get the Badgers to the Final Four.