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MADISON - Bonita M. Doyle, age 79, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014.

MADISON - Joseph D. Thielke passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, at home.

SPRING GREEN / MIDDLETON - Kristine A. "Kris" Holton, age 63, of Spring Green and formerly of Middleton, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, at the Greenway Manor Nursing Home in Spring Green.

Aaron Rodgers is confident his left calf will feel better when the Green Bay Packers play their first postseason game in a couple weeks.

Madison police are looking for a man they say robbed a BMO Harris Bank just off East Washington Avenue on Tuesday.

The Dane County Sheriff's Office will have more deputies than usual in the field on New Year's Eve in an effort to crack down on drunken driving.

Based in Warren, Michigan, Lipari Foods will strengthen its natural and organic food lines with the purchase.

Emails, records discuss official Milwaukee County business; were seized from both county and private computers as part of now-closed investigation.

Wisconsin dairy farmers have until Jan. 15 to apply for the Grow Wisconsin Dairy 30x20 Grant. Milk producers could use the grant to cover costs involved with business planning, financial analy…

The Joint has opened its first local chiropractic clinic at 6317 McKee Road, Suite 400, Fitchburg.

The Badgers (12-1) play host to the Nittany Lions (12-1) in their Big Ten opener at noon Wednesday at the Kohl Center.

Three people and a cat were able to escape a Madison home that sustained extensive damage in a fire Tuesday morning, authorities said.

A fire in a Janesville home's garage caused an estimated $60,000 worth of damage early Tuesday morning.

Charlotte, Evelyn and Isabel (or Isabelle) tied for the most popular first name for girls born at Meriter Hospital this year, the hospital said Tuesday.

Suh is appealing the suspension and has a hearing scheduled for Tuesday, but it’s rare that a league-issued punishment is overturned.

We need more than we're getting to keep our emotions in check and respond with flexibility to stressful events.

The $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill signed by President Barack Obama contains many giveaways to Wall Street, casinos and the coal industry. But the ones that might do the most severe damag…

Madison Area Technical College collections drive the decrease, but bills still range widely among municipalities.

Eventually, we will all need to take up gardening or bingo and let the young'uns have a shot at running the world.

Big Ten Conference men’s basketball teams went 3-18 during the non-conference season against teams currently in the Top 25 of the Ratings Percentage Index.