Wisconsin State Journal Local News

Wisconsin Reinsurance Corporation shareholders re-elected Howard Schwartz, Mark Splinter and Bruce Thomas to the company's board of directors for a three-year term at the 2015 Annual Sharehold…

First Choice Dental Group is pleased to welcome Dr. Elizabeth Wagner and Dr. David Niles to its practice. Dr. Wagner will practice at the First Choice Dental West location, 138 Junction Road, …

Sharon Brantmeier, a Private Wealth Advisor with Eventus Wealth Advisors, an Ameriprise Private Wealth Advisory Practice, has qualified for the company's 2014 Circle of Success, an annual reco…

Mike Roche has been named member services manager of The Alliance, an employer-owned, not-for-profit cooperative of more than 240 employer members.

Renee Moe is executive vice president of resource development and marketing for the United Way. 

It can take a long time for a good vision to come into focus.

At a party a few months ago, I met a woman who told me that Anna’s Pizzeria in Sun Prairie makes her favorite pizza — better than Glass Nickel and Salvatore’s, two favorites that operate in Su…

According to recent research published in the journal The Lancet, children who were breastfed as babies have higher IQs.

BASEBALL

It’s fair to think that the academic year of 2014-15 produced one of the most decorated groups of UW student-athletes-as-graduates ever.

The sophomore played on the United States Tennis Association juniors tour this spring.

He strikes out 10 Milwaukee batters and Chicago hits two first-inning home runs off Jimmy Nelson.

"If we sell it, it's gone forever," board member Joseph Hasler said of the proposal that would have given the college authority to start hearing offers to sell the Downtown campus. "It's a val…

Senior catcher Mike Mierow went 2-for-4 and drove in a pair of runs, but the UW-Whitewater baseball team suffered its first loss in an NCAA Division III tournament opener since 2001, falling 1…

There is an old saying in boxing that styles make fights.

Turkeys in Wisconsin have been hunted hard for well over a month and as we get close to the end of the spring season, it’s common to go into the woods and not hear a turkey sound for hours at a time.

I have been an interested observer of the events surrounding the death of Tony Robinson, and the various opinions expressed about this tragic event.

As a young man, I worked temporarily in a mental health facility. A few times we were confronted with a character who had “gone crazy.”

Tony Robinson made a bad decision the night he was fatally shot.

Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny was punched in the head by a man who was 6 feet 4 inches tall, resulting in a concussion. I can't imagine anyone wouldn't fear for their life and take action …