Wisconsin State Journal Local News

The recent UW grad finishes third at the U.S. trials to secure her spot on the American team for Rio.

I am outraged by calls for Madison Police Chief Mike Koval to lose his job. He has done nothing but work diligently on behalf of the citizens of Madison since taking office.

The five justices on the U.S. Supreme Court who were the majority on the recent Texas abortion ruling are as blind to human dignity as the majority of the Roe v. Wade decision of 1973 which legalized abortion on demand…

Kudos to Stu Bykofsky for a well-balanced article on the debate over guns on the cover of last Sunday's Opinion section. Like him, I self-identify as a "gun nut," and I am a member of several firearms rights organizations.

To the Afghani woman I met in the checkout at Walmart 13 years ago: I saw your name tag, and recognized it as a Muslim name. When I asked where you were from, you said “Afghanistan." Then I froze.

The right-hander scatters seven hits over seven scoreless innings.

Tammy Thayer spent 18 years honing her world view abroad, now she has the reins of MATC's fundraising and scholarship arm.

This State Journal editorial ran on July 3, 1916:

WISCONSIN DELLS - On July 1, 2016, Heaven welcomed an Angel. With his loving family by his side, James Joseph Van Dinter, age 86, of Wisconsin Dells, Wis., decided it was time to go Home.

MADISON - Bryan J. Slack passed on peacefully, but unexpectedly, from this world on June 29, 2016, after a long struggle with Type 1 diabetes. Bryan arrived on this earth in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 4, 1978, where he…

SPRING GREEN - Marcylene A. Stapleton, age 84, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2016, at the Meadows Assisted Living in Spring Green, surrounded by her loving family, following a long illness. She was born Nov. 9, 1931, in Plain,…

MADISON - Our beloved husband, father, and friend, Bill Peden, passed away on June 30, 2016, surrounded by his family. He was born April 17, 1952, in Columbus, Ohio, to William and Theresa, and moved to Madison in the mid-1970s.

CROSS PLAINS - Daryl "Pete" Krueger, age 65, passed away at home on Thursday, June 30, 2016. Arrangements are pending for a Memorial Celebration of Life to be held at First Unitarian Society. A full obituary will be published at…

MADISON - Sybil Clara Francis Dee Robinson passed away on May 20, 2016. Celebration of Life will be at ATTIC ANGEL PLACE, 8301 Old Sauk Road, Middleton, at 3 p.m., on Saturday, July 16, 2016.

COLUMBUS / MADISON - Beverly (Ellis) Burbach, age 68, of Madison, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare.

MADISON - Darrell E. Dyer, age 82, of Madison, passed away on July 1, 2016 at home. He was born in Madison on July 1, 1934, the son of the late William and Mernia (Haskins) Dyer Sr. He married Margaret…

MADISON - James William Hagerty, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, at Karmenta Nursing Home after a brief health issue. He was born on Jan. 24, 1929, in Dodgeville, Wis., to John and Emma (Dochnahl) Hagerty.

DEFOREST / ARLINGTON - Martin J. Tyler Sr. passed away Sunday, June 26, 2016, at the age of 88 years. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War.

MCFARLAND - Gary L. Salverson, age 63, of McFarland, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2016, at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital surrounded by his family. He was born on July 29, 1952, the son of Kenneth and…

RACINE / ANTIOCH, Ill. - Florence A. Hanke, 95 years old, of Racine, Wis.; formerly lifelong resident of Antioch, Ill., passed away peacefully in her sleep Saturday, June 25, 2016, in Racine, Wis. She was born June 20, 1921, in…