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Oscar Fox and Lewis Crane celebrate Independence Day in this week's Mendota Marsh.

Multiple petition signers who spoke with the Wisconsin State Journal are still waiting for their checks, months after the election was called.

A Dream Flight for two centenarians this week came with a bonus surprise.

Brandon Woodruff hasn't pitched in the big leagues since undergoing shoulder surgery after the 2023 season.

NHL

WASHINGTON — James Wood had a career-high five hits including his 23rd home run hours after being named to the Home Run Derby, Jake Irvin survived a rocky first to pitch six solid innings, and the Washington Nationals beat the…

NEW YORK — Brandon Nimmo homered again, Juan Soto came through with a tiebreaking single and the New York Mets held off the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Thursday night.

LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw was laboring in pursuit of his 3,000th strikeout. His pitch count soaring, he was down to the last batter he would face, needing one more swing and miss to become the 20th pitcher to reach…

NEW YORK — Jacob Misiorowski made everything look so easy in his first three major league starts.

Brandon Nimmo homered again, Juan Soto came through with a tiebreaking single and New York took two of three from Milwaukee — just as the Mets did last October.

Close unfair tax break on inherited stock

Those who want to volunteer with the pantry or donate to it can find information at www.riverfoodpantry.org.

Driver dies in crash into tree

The lock, a vital passage on Madison’s Near East Side, had been closed since Tuesday due to problems with the gate system.

The lock, a vital passage on Madison’s Near East Side, had been closed since Tuesday due to problems with the gate system.

WASHINGTON — House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump’s trillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage Thursday in Congress, overcoming setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a Fourth of July deadline.

LOS ANGELES — Michael Madsen, whose menacing characters in “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill” made him a standout in Quentin Tarantino’s films, died at age 67.

The 2025-27 biennial budget would spend roughly $111.1 billion in total funds and leave an estimated $829 million in remaining state funds by the close of the two-year period.

I have been a viewer of public television and a listener to public radio for nearly 60 years. So when I heard Congress was considering a bill to eliminate federal funding for public broadcasting, I had to speak out.

The woman was jailed on tentative charges of possession of an electric weapon, battery, and disorderly conduct while armed.