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MADISON - Franklin F. Ewers, age 93, of Madison, passed away on Monday, April 27, 2015. He was born on March 22, 1922, in Bishop, Calif., the son of Van Buren and Madeline Ewers. He married Pa…

WAUNAKEE - Father Roger H. Taylor, age 78, passed away on April 25, 2015. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, April 30, 2015, at 11 a.m. at ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, 209 So…

The Packers announced Monday what had been long expected: Brett Favre's dark green No. 4 jersey will be formally retired on Thanksgiving.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. recently honored an Edgerton project during the 24th- annual Wisconsin Main Street / Connect Communities Awards ceremony held at St. Norbert College in…

A Madison man suspected of several hit-and-run crashes Friday was arrested for his alleged fourth drunken driving offense.

A Madison woman told police a driver with the ride-hailing service Uber touched her inappropriately during a Downtown trip early Saturday morning.

A driver reportedly speeding at up to 100 miles per hour on the Beltline early Saturday crashed his car before fleeing in a second car parked nearby, police reported.

M3 Insurance provides several opportunities for employees to volunteer either individually or as a group.

A new CEO and executive vice president will take over at the regional transmission company.

On a recent Sunday afternoon, team members set up tables alongside a road in rural Cross Plains to get their rockets ready.

A woman who called police early Monday to report someone shot at her car while she was driving on the Beltline refused to tell police what happened, except that a passenger in the car was cut …

ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan — At Kurdish forward command headquarters, not far from the Syrian border, President Massoud Barzani is planning the next stage of the battle against ISIS. The headquart…

The Madison College full-time faculty vote was highest, at 82 percent to recertify. Next was paraprofessional and school-selated personnel -- known as "PSRP" -- at 76 percent. Sixty percent of…

Despite demonstrable benefits, free-trade agreements are controversial.

Madison gas prices are up slightly in the past week.

A Fond du Lac woman suffered minor injuries Sunday night in a crash in Dodge County, but it could have been worse if not for passersby pulling her from her burning car.

I have fished for trout for more than 50 years and have seen many excellent fly and spin anglers. I have not seen many that use both methods.

A 6-year-old boy was severely injured Sunday in Green County when the all-terrain vehicle he was a passenger on crashed into a pole, and the driver was arrested for alleged drunken driving, po…

Tighter limits on legal immigration play well with some blue collar workers, but not so much with businesses and mainstream GOP.

The day was fresh as only early spring mornings can be. The sun was bright but callow in its warmth, as if the shirt-sleeves feel could be swept away by a single chill breeze. The first flecks…