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MADISON / MONROE - Catherine C. "Kay" Dwyer, age 79, of Madison, formerly of Monroe, died Sunday, July 24, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison.

MADISON - Robert Charles "Sparky" Fuerstenberg, age 75, of Madison, died peacefully on Tuesday, July 26, 2016. He was born Jan. 29, 1941, in Lancaster, Wis., the son of Clarence and Clara (Cogan) Fuerstenberg. Robert married Susanna Bussan on May…

MADISON - June Carol Anderson, age 85, of Madison, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at the St. Mary's Care Center in Madison. She was born on June 15, 1931, to Gustav and Alvina (Baumbach) Licht. June was…

LIVINGSTON / ROCHESTER, Minn. - Emmeline J. Brun, age 100, of Rochester, Minn., entered eternal life on July 25, 2016, after a brief stay at Samaritan Bethany Rehabilitation. Emmeline has made her home at the Shorewood Senior Campus in Rochester…

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN - Kenneth I. Johnson, age 82, of Prairie du Chien, passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at the Crossing Rivers Hospital. He was born June 26, 1934, in Coon Valley, Wis., the son of Laurence and Julia…

CORVALLIS, Ore. / MADISON - Louise Tamura Eberhart, age 89, died July 14, 2016, at home in Corvallis, Ore. Louise was born June 30, 1927 in Honokaa, Hawaii, the youngest daughter of Tadayoshi (Thomas Henry) Tamura and Mathilda Ziegelhoefer Tamura.

MADISON - Eileen E. Pickett, age 88, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg.

CROSS PLAINS - Laurice W. "Lorie" Coulson, age 84, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2016. He was born in Prairie du Sac, on Feb. 21, 1932, the son of the late William and Verda (Coldwell) Coulson. He married Shirley…

MADISON - Jesse L. Sparks, age 34, of Madison, passed away on Monday, July 25, 2016, at his home, after fighting a courageous battle with heroin addiction. He was born on April 3, 1982, in Madison, the son of his…

The Office for Civil Rights says the boy's complaint meets the criteria for opening an inquiry.

Showers and thunderstorms could accompany a cooling down of the Madison area before temperatures start climbing again this weekend.

The flooding in Madison a week ago could have an effect on the August 9 primary election.

This always happens: I eat one meal while devising the next.

A few days ago national Democrats looked as though they had finally resolved their differences enough to stage a well-scripted convention with a single goal in mind: winning the presidential election.

Booker had delegates roaring with tongue-in-cheek tales about his native New Jersey.

PHILADELPHIA — On a night awash in history, Hillary Clinton triumphantly became the first woman to lead a major American political party toward the White House, breaking through a barrier that painfully eluded her eight years ago.

Public service researchers at UW-Madison will vie for $1.5 million from the foundation of former U.S. senator and UW-Madison graduate Herb Kohl.

A man suffering from a gunshot injury and wanted in two different jurisdictions left a Madison hospital against advice, and could still be in the area, police say.

U.S. Postal Service will relocate Downtown office from Madison Municipal Building to Manchester Building, 2 E. Mifflin St., on Capitol Square.