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MADISON - Marie E. Hale, age 73, passed away Sunday, July 31, 2016. Arrangements are pending.

BARABOO - Audrey Emma (Bazzill) Thomas, age 89, of Baraboo, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2016, at St. Clare Hospital with her family by her side. Audrey, the daughter of Harry and Emma (Neis) Bazzill was born Jan. 25,…

DEFOREST - Wilma Ione Mayr, age 91, passed away Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. Arrangements are pending.

MONONA - Vivian Grace Thompson, age 86, of Monona, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare, Fitchburg, Wis.. She was born on July 11, 1930, in Black River Falls, Wis., the daughter of Edwin and Grace Moldenhauer.…

HILLPOINT - Verna L. Brandt, age 90, of Hillpoint, died on Sunday, July 31, 2016, at home with her loving family beside her.

MONONA - Ann L. Voeck, age 94, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2016, at her home. She was born on Jan. 17, 1922, in Sun Prairie, to Edwin and Ethel (Rood) Woerpel. She married David Voeck on Jan. 24,…

MADISON - Florence Kaider, age 83, passed away peacefully on the morning of August 1, 2016, at Oakwood Village University Woods. She was born Nov. 18, 1932, in Brooklyn, N.Y., and had been a Madison area resident for 50 years.…

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Nobody was injured Saturday afternoon when an SUV crashed into an East Side home, the vehicle lodging under the porch of the house.

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