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The July 27 letter to the editor "Wisconsin is suffering from eroded support" from a frustrated parent of an overworked Wisconsin Department of Corrections officer is spot-on in identifying the staffing shortages and the dysfunction of Gov. Scott Walker's Department…

Hauser and Baraboo's Tom Ginther, who committed to North Dakota State for baseball, played in the GRB Academy program.

It is appropriate and even necessary to rebuke Donald Trump for his attacks on the Gold Star father and mother whose poignant story became a centerpiece of last week’s Democratic convention. Even prominent Republicans agree that Trump went too far.

The increase would be phased in over four years to ease the sting for taxpayers.

According to numbers released by the team, 432,000 fans have experienced the Duck Blind since it was created in 2001.

Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell said the information on the ballots is correct, but a problem with the margin has caused problems feeding the ballots through voting machines. The ballots will be remade by poll workers on Election Day.

So far, the only mosquitoes in America carrying the Zika virus are confined to one neat square mile north of downtown Miami. And public health officials seem confident that they will be able to keep most of them there.

LAKE DELTON - Robert Karl, age 68, of Lake Delton, Wis., passed away after a brief illness on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wis.

MADISON - Shelton Carlton Berel, age 33, passed away on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. Arrangements are pending. A full obituary will appear at a later date. Please share your memories at www.CressFuneralService.com.

Hillary Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine said in his first campaign stop in Wisconsin that a federal court ruling overturning a number of voting restrictions approved by Republicans will allow more people to vote.

The great weather that Madison is experiencing on Friday could be the order of the day through Wednesday, forecasters say.

Emily Thomas was in her SUV when she asked to use the victim's cell phone, then stole her purse.

Looking beyond the quarterbacks (in most cases) there are other players who will play pivotal roles for their Big Ten teams this season

Two people are dead after a crash between a semi and automobile on Highway 129 in the town of South Lancaster, according to the Grant County Sheriff.

A 71-year-old Beloit woman missing since Thursday morning has possibly been spotted in Minnesota, prompting Beloit police to send out a statewide alert on Friday afternoon.

At around noon Thursday, a Madison woman collected her 40th citation for driving without a valid license.

The ads touch on familiar themes for the candidates: jobs, corporate tax loopholes and fighting terrorism.

Madison (15-0) will play Seattle (11-5) at 7 p.m. Saturday, after Dallas (15-0) and Toronto (13-2) play in the first semifinal at 4 p.m. The winners will play for the title Sunday at noon.

This week marks the 71st anniversary of the 1945 nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Fortunately for the world, no nuclear weapons have been used since.

Plea deal dismisses felony counts and asks for probation for Ball but judge adds jail time.