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Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump would benefit from focusing on his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, instead of "sideshow issues."

Local marijuana advocates failed to gain the needed traction to get a question legalizing the drug on the on the November ballot.

A recent proposal to purchase a re-entry home in the city's South Side is facing criticism from community leaders and residents because of its close proximity to an elementary school.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice has set up an anonymous tip line for anyone with information on the police shooting of a black man whose death sparked violence in Milwaukee.

MADISON - Chick-fil-A seeks to fill as many as 100 jobs for its new location at 4212 E. Washington Ave. near East Towne Mall.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended Aug. 14th.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin system's governing body has approved a request for $42.5 million in new funding.

There’s a great children’s riddle here, something like: What has thousands of ears but still can’t hear?

MADISON - John Victor Hario, age 92, of Madison, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, at Karmenta Care Center. He was born on April 24, 1924, in Hibbing, Minn., the son of John E. and Marie (Nehiba) Hario.

PORTAGE - Ryan Michael Dorn, age 38, passed away on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, at his home in Portage.

SPRINGFIELD CORNERS - Walter F. Schacht, age 85, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, at the William S. Middleton Memorial VA Hospital. Walter was born in Baraboo, to the late Walter and Gladys Schacht and attended Baraboo High School. He…

MADISON - Jeffrey R. "Jeff" Turner, age 60, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016.

STOUGHTON - Judith Mary Kittleson, age 72, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, on Aug. 18, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. Arrangements are pending. A full obituary will follow. Please share your memories at www.CressFuneralService.com

MADISON - Joan M. Nagle, age 86, died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. Arrangements are pending, and a full obituary will be published at a later date.

The mini-heat wave in Madison should last one more day, before storms bring cooler temperatures starting Saturday.

The driver of a van was killed Thursday morning after failing to stop at a stop sign and hitting a flat bed semi-trailer in Columbia County.

City of Madison voters will be able to vote using absentee ballots a full six weeks before the Nov. 8 election, after limits on early in-person absentee voting were dismissed by U.S. District Judge James Peterson.

Officials acknowledged Thursday's vote is the start of a lengthy process that they hope will reverse years of declining state support in the next budget.

A man who told security guards he had a gun allegedly took a bottle of liquor and a pink walrus from a West Side supermarket on Wednesday, getting arrested a short distance away at a bus station.

A Madison woman who spent her career in the legal field was swindled out of over $5,000 in the timeless "Grandma, I need help" scam, police said.