Wisconsin State Journal Local News

Allowing the formation of charter schools paid for with tax funds taken from school district budgets and functioning without district oversight is a travesty.

The "Right To Work For Less" legislation being fast-tracked this week will hurt Wisconsin as it has hurt every other state that has it.

The Wisconsin Education Association Council is reinventing itself by starting back at the local level and building a new foundation of support.

Three questions were asked of Republicans seeking the nomination for president: "Do you believe in evolution? Does our president love America? Is the president a Christian."

Building trades unions probably won't be able to postpone the effects of an open-shop law in Wisconsin by extending contracts, a top union official said.

A Madison man who police say accidentally shot a blood center worker in the foot last week, setting off a lockdown at nearby schools and businesses, was charged Tuesday with illegal gun posses…

Dane County authorities have arrested a Cottage Grove man in connection with a suspected arson fire to a house where a sex offender was to live despite the objections of his prospective neighbors.

Nationwide, banks also earned less, for the first time in five years, the FDIC said.

MADISON - Edith L. "Sue" Anderson, age 91, passed away on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, in Madison. She was born on Dec. 13, 1923, in Prentice, Wis., the daughter of Fred and Ethel (Thornton) Shelhamer.

WATERTOWN - Herman J. Tiedeman, age 69, of Watertown, died of cancer on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, at Sunset Ridge Assisted Living in Johnson Creek, with Rainbow Hospice. Herman John Tiedeman was …

LODI - Captain Peter Howard Van Ness, USN, Ret., died peacefully on Feb. 23, 2015, in Lodi, at the age of 69, of pancreatic cancer.

WAUTOMA / MADISON - Ruby A. Braun of Wautoma, formerly of Madison, went home to be with her LORD on Feb. 19, 2015. She was 79 years old.

ARGYLE - Gerald W. Bruehlman, age 52, of Argyle, passed away peacefully on Feb. 23, 2015, at his home. He was born on June 8, 1962, in Monroe, Wis., the son of John William and JoAnne Helen (I…

WISCONSIN DELLS - Nancy L. (Kozak) Holzem, age 58, of Wisconsin Dells, Wis., died peacefully at her home on Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, in the arms of her husband. She handled cancer the way she li…

WISCONSIN DELLS - Dorothy Frances Bisely Van Wie, age 97, of Wisconsin Dells, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed from her earthly home into the hands of God on Saturday,…

PORTAGE / DeFOREST - Lawrence R. Sande, age 87, passed away on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. Arrangements are pending for Saturday, March 7, 2015.

SAUK PRAIRIE / MILWAUKEE - Steve Robert Berger, age 49, passed away unexpectedly at his residence in Milwaukee on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. He was born in Burlington on April 27, 1965, to Rober…

MAZOMANIE - Robert "Bob" Brings, age 63, of Mazomanie, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015, at the U.W. Hospital in Madison. He was born on Oct. 15, 1951, in Madison, the son of Clarence an…

REEDSBURG - Marjorie M. "Marge" Dietz, age 89, of Reedsburg, formerly of Madison, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at Our House in Reedsburg.

LODI - Jeanine C. Kozel, age 85, of Lodi, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, at Oakwood Village East. She was born on Dec. 10, 1929, in Sauk City, Wis., the daughter of Hubert and Annie O'T…