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Florence Schmitt

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 11:00pm
Florence Schmitt, age 93, passed away at Prairie Gardens Assisted Living on Friday, November 29, 2024. A visitation will be held at 9:30 A.M. with a funeral service beginning at 11:00 A.M. at First Presbyterian Church, Columbus, on Saturday, December…

John Francis Ujke

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 11:00pm
January 13, 1955—November 27, 2024

James G. Miller

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 11:00pm
December 1, 2024

Lawrence Kaderavek

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 11:00pm
November 27, 2024

Gloria Mae Crawford (nee Koenecke)

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 11:00pm
Gloria Mae (Koenecke) Crawford, age 87, passed away November 29, 2024, at Our House Assisted Living in Reedsburg. She was born September 2, 1937, to Walter and Esther (Gundlach) Koenecke in the Town of Excelsior, Sauk County, WI.

Gerald C. Sorensen

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 11:00pm
Gerald C. Sorensen passed away November 9, 2024, at UW Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, with family by his side. The eldest of three children, Gerry was born November 13, 1936, in Rochester, Minnesota, to Gordon and Virginia (Weinrich). Gerry met…

Barbara Botham

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 11:00pm
March 24, 1942—November 28, 2024

3 things that stood out from Wisconsin men's basketball's loss to open Big Ten play

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 10:27pm
Offensive struggles and defensive lapses against Michigan proved costly as the Badgers suffered their first loss of the season. Here's what we learned.

Polzin: What I liked and didn't like from Wisconsin men's basketball loss in Big Ten opener

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 10:23pm
The Badgers let a halftime lead slip away against Michigan and its pair of talented 7-footers.

'There needs to be more' after WIAA finally admits Madison West football should have made playoffs

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 9:36pm
An admission from the WIAA that West belonged in the football playoffs did little to quell frustration. Here's what happened at the meeting and possible paths forward.

Bucks advance in NBA Cup as Antetokounmpo and Lillard key in win over Pistons

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 9:05pm
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 28 points and Damian Lillard had 27, lifting the surging Milwaukee Bucks to a 128-107 win over the Detroit Pistons and into the NBA Cup quarterfinals.

‘That guy’s what’s right about football:’ Why one unsung Packers linebacker is drawing coaches’ praise

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 7:45pm
Packers linebacker Isaiah McDuffie has played a crucial role for the team in recent weeks, leading coaches to begin heaping praise on the unsung standout.

New York Daily News: Kash Patel isn't qualified to replace Christopher Wray at the FBI

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 6:40pm
President-elect Donald Trump’s Saturday night announcement that he’s going to nominate a new director of the FBI, the woefully unqualified and completely unfit Kash Patel, is premature by a few years because the director’s position is not open. Director Chris…

President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers urge judge to toss his hush money conviction

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 4:52pm
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump’s lawyers formally asked a judge Monday to throw out his hush money criminal conviction, arguing that continuing the case would present unconstitutional “disruptions to the institution of the Presidency.“

Obituary index for Wed., Dec. 4

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 4:07pm
BOTHAM, Barbara, 82 Madison

Second Sun Prairie School Board member resigns, three weeks after the first

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 4:02pm
Lisa Goldsberry resigned over policies she believes limit the board's accountability to the public and give too much power and authority to District leaders.

Wall Street inches higher to set more records

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 3:33pm
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks tiptoed to more records during a mixed Tuesday of trading, tacking a touch more onto what’s already been a stellar year.

Defamation suit filed over photo, brief interaction at Madison's Willy Street Fair

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 3:30pm
Mother says "two grey haired male fair officials driving in a golf cart" made lewd comments to daughter.

Dane County firefighters tackle landfill blaze

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 3:09pm
Madison Fire crew were joined on scene by rigs from Verona, Fitchburg, McFarland and Cottage Grove.

Letters to the editor

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 1:55pm
UW should find way out of onerous buyout deal

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