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POYNETTE - Guenter Schmitt, age 91, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, at Shorehaven Nursing Home. He was born on March 8, 1925, in Wuppertal, Germany. Guenter married Sofie Schoeneberg on March 7, 1948, in Linz, Germany. Guenter loved…

Despite heavy graduation losses, the new Mount Horeb/Barneveld head coach has plenty of tools to keep the Vikings' program moving forward

Sunshine, high temperatures and humidity will combine to make it very sticky around Madison on Wednesday and Thursday.

The money will be distributed in the form of loans to 38 communities that requested money.

The event is scheduled for the West Course at Yahara Hills Golf Course.

The University of Wisconsin finished up its second practice of fall camp Tuesday. Here's what we saw at Camp Randall Stadium:

Scott Walker also plans to call for extending the freeze on in-state tuition that the head of the UW System is asking legislators to end in the coming budget.

MADISON - Nei-Turner Media Group Inc., a publisher with offices in Fitchburg and Lake Geneva, announced Tuesday it has acquired Brava Enterprises, publisher of Brava magazine in Madison.

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A man getting out of a car at a Downtown parking ramp on Saturday was hit in the face and knocked out, losing money he was holding in his hand in the process.

An Oregon woman escaped injury early Sunday morning when a passenger in a car on the Beltline allegedly started shooting at her while she was driving.

House Speaker Paul Ryan had nearly $10 million in the bank and a primary opponent no one had heard of. Then Donald Trump got involved.

A UW-Madison student arriving home at his fraternity Monday night stopped a burglary in progress by tackling and holding one of the three suspects, the 16-year-old taken into custody and tentatively charged with a variety of crimes.

The restaurant at 2102 W. Beltline Highway is getting new cabinets, and will reopen Wednesday $1 waffle cones. The promotion lasts all week.

Polls are open in Wisconsin where voters are making decisions in a primary election.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is scheduled to make appearances in La Crosse and Milwaukee on Thursday.

This summer full of heat and humidity in Wisconsin is producing a bumper crop of crops, but the weather is also producing a large dose of mosquitoes, according to the weekly crop report.

La Rosita Mexican Buffet is getting ready to open on Monona Drive in the former home of Jeng’s Asian Kitchen.

A man standing in the foyer of his apartment building was robbed at gunpoint early Sunday morning on Madison's South Side.