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Proposals for two mixed-use developments in the Capitol East District and a branch office for the Ho-Chunk tribe will be presented to the city's Urban Design Commission on Wednesday. 

WAUNAKEE - Catherine M. (Ruppert) Kopp, age 94, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. Please see Sunday's notice for full details. Please share your memories at www.CressFuneralService.com.

Madison Memorial junior center midfielder Dominick Mesdjian confirmed in a phone conversation on Friday that he has made a verbal commitment to play soccer for the Wisconsin Badgers.

New estimates show the state would finish the current fiscal year with a $283.4 million shortfall

Janesville Craig senior point guard Alison Hughes confirmed in a phone conversation on Friday that she has verbally committed to play basketball at NCAA Division II Minnesota-Crookston, which …

He also is skeptical of state-imposed sanctions.

Sun Prairie graduates Tony Butler and Nate Hoffman will return to play for the Madison Mallards for the 2015 season.

The Republican governor says the risk the casino would bring to the state's taxpayers is too great.

Line 61 through Wisconsin would carry more tar sands crude than Keystone, prompting fears of a spill like the one that fouled 35 miles of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan.

"Woven Gardens of Hope" will showcase the work of Afghan rug makers -- and the nonprofit that has empowered them.

Investors Community Bank has an office in southwest Wisconsin, in Darlington.

The Green Bay bank says loans grew 8 percent in 2014 over the year before.

When Johnny Parisi was a boy, life was all about the ice.

Dorothy Thompson of Richland Center has visited more than 170 countries, and she's not finished.

The Middleton City Council on Tuesday approved a public participation component that includes meetings and surveys that will kick off a new comprehensive planning process.

The Blue Man Group, hard as it is to describe, is a cultural phenomenon that has captivated some 17 million people over its more than 20-year run.

You don’t often hear U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan say he “agrees with every word” of something the president says.

Testimony from former director of the nursing home leads to dismissal of one felony count that dropped $300,000 from proposed restitution total. 

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