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Badgers football: LSU star running back Leonard Fournette presents major challenge in opener

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 8:00pm
Leonard Fournette wasn’t even a footnote in LSU’s 28-24 victory over the University of Wisconsin football team in 2014.

EatStreet moves to bigger digs

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 7:30pm
The mobile restaurant-food ordering company is a new tenant of the AT&T building, just off the Capitol Square.

Family of man who died at Tomah VA medical center files wrongful death lawsuit

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 7:15pm
The family of Jason Simcakoski says that despite accepting responsibility for his death, the VA not acted on a claim filed nearly a year ago.

Ignore social issues this election -- Thomas B. Jones

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
I would like to suggest an appropriate way to choose a political party. Pretend that abortion or gay marriage are not issues.

Apply tolerance test to all Americans -- Jeff Virchow

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
In outlining his proposals to address what he sees as a problem with certain immigrants coming to our country, Donald Trump may have inadvertently hit on a solution to the divisiveness that is spreading across our nation.

Enjoy summer because fall is coming -- Janet "J.B." Grosse

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
I was musing there must be something else to talk about besides politics, and the following came to my head:

We should be able to stop scam artists -- Roger Remus

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
OMG! I just got a call from the IRS telling me to call a certain number because the agency is going to sue me. I have also run across an "error" on my computer telling me that I had to…

Climate change is like a runaway train -- Steve Lewis

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
Climate change is like a runaway train headed for a cliff. Like a train, the climate system is big and hard to stop after you send it in a certain direction. Also, like being on a train, it's easy not…

Climate activists should walk the walk -- Ray Unger

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
All the letters telling global warming deniers to accept global warming fail miserably because climate change activists are poor examples.

Packers leadership took the high road -- Dean McGuire

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 6:00pm
When Brett Favre started talking about retirement in 2006, it put in motion a chaotic decade for Green Bay Packers fans that ended on a stage in Canton, Ohio the evening of Aug. 6, when Favre was inducted into the…

Man pleads guilty to heroin delivery in overdose-related case

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 5:20pm
A Madison man pleaded guilty Monday to delivery of heroin in a case related to the 2014 death of a Janesville woman on Madison's East Side.

Vacant house in town of Burke starts on fire

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 5:15pm
Around 4:20 p.m. on Friday, firefighters responded and quickly put out a fire at 6081 Portage Road while the cause is still under investigation, the Sun Prairie Fire Department said.

Man charged in crash that injured four, smashed into Willy Street coffee house

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 4:45pm
A man who police said crashed into a vehicle and sent it careening into a Williamson Street coffee house, injuring four of the vehicle's occupants, was charged Monday with several felonies.

Badgers football: Inside linebacker T.J. Edwards ruled out against LSU

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 4:30pm
University of Wisconsin inside linebacker T.J. Edwards has been ruled out for Saturday's game against LSU at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

Badgers football: UW adds Monona Grove standout Collin Larsh as preferred walk-on

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 4:15pm
The University of Wisconsin football team added Monona Grove kicker/punter Collin Larsh as a preferred walk-on Monday.

Prep football rankings: Middleton moves up one place to No. 3 in weekly large-school rankings

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 4:10pm
Waunakee jumps three spots to No. 4 among the large schools.

School Spotlight: First class for incoming freshmen is High School 101

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 4:00pm
MSCR summer program helps orient rising ninth-graders to their new school.

Schwarz, Brian Raymond

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 3:30pm
PRAIRIE DU SAC - Were the last 31 years a beautiful dream? With proof of our wonderful life, our three sons, I can't dream of a better love and life with my most generous, kind and loving husband.

Hefty, Vivian A.

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 3:30pm
MOUNT HOREB - Vivian A. Hefty, age 82, of Mount Horeb, died on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ellestad Camacho Funeral Home, 500 N. 8th St., Mount Horeb.

Oestreicher, Arleen A.

Mon, 08/29/2016 - 3:30pm
SUN PRAIRIE - Arleen A. Oestreicher passed away on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, after a brief illness. She was born Feb. 5, 1930, to Ben and Elvina (Blaska) Blaschka. She graduated from Sun Prairie High School in 1948, and was…

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