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POYNETTE - Ronald Hazard, age 89, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2015, at American Way in Portage. Ronald was born on Dec. 6, 1925, in Leeds Township, Columbia County, the son of Raymond and…

MADISON - Richard C. Emden, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Funeral services will be held at OUR REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, 1701 McKenna Blvd., Madison, at 11 a.m. on Friday, Ma…

TAMPA, Fla. - Jacqueline J. "Jackie" (Johnson) Kirk, age 63, of Tampa, Fla., passed away on May 16, 2015. She was born on Sept. 15, 1951, in Madison, Wis., the daughter of Leonard and Christin…

A homeless man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly stole a beer and battered the victim, Madison police said.

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

Memorial Day weekend.

The Madison Police Department made a number of arrests late Wednesday night in response to recent gun violence.

The $15 million project creates another open-air corridor

A jury found that the former Dane County sheriff's deputy was not legally responsible for the homicides of Steele's wife and her sister.

The Henry Vilas Zoo is opening their new Arctic Passage polar bear exhibit in Madison this weekend. 

It never made sense for the Pentagon to offer surplus materiel such as grenade launchers and mine-resistant armored personnel carriers to local law enforcement agencies.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lawmakers on the Legislature's budget-writing committee have killed Gov. Scott Walker's plan to eliminate a small state agency that approves and regulates for-profit colleges.

The 2016 presidential election is attracting an unusually large number of hopefuls. The Republicans will probably field more than a dozen candidates and the Democrats, as many as five.

A week ago Friday, the Pentagon assured us the terrorists of ISIS were on the run. Not to worry.

The Cambridge native turned in a dominating lap of 194.252 mph at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the third round of NASCAR’s knockout qualifying format.

Wisconsin's new 70 mph speed limit will help Gov. Scott Walker get to Iowa faster, as he prepares to run for president. 

Opponents of the measure pointed out that the board takes no state money and even returns 10 percent of revenue it collects from the colleges back to state coffers.

Film writer and "Dirty Dancing" creator Eleanor Bergstein talks about a stage show meant to be "somewhere between a rock concert and a story.”

You’d think Wisconsin’s polar-opposite U.S. senators would be looking for opportunities to show they can work together.

Lodi's Jim Campbell helped turn a book he wrote about his cousin who lived in remote Alaska into a television series.