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The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office named the man who was killed Thursday in an officer-involved shooting as Michael William Schumacher, 41, of Fitchburg.

A man who prosecutors said fatally stabbed and struck a police drug informant in the head with a sledgehammer was found guilty Friday night of first-degree intentional homicide, ending a week-long jury trial.

Officials identified 60-year-old Ronald J. Brokaw of Cambridge as the man killed in a motorcycle crash in the town of Christiana on Wednesday evening.

I have no strong objection to a ban on assault rifles, provided it is intelligently designed.

I encourage Congress to take at least two steps to reduce the number of people being killed in our country by people who shouldn't have guns.

The writer of the June 20 letter to the editor "Madison should welcome fighter jets" stated he was happy to have the F-16s stationed at Truax and felt the 10 to 15 seconds of noise associated with their takeoff, flyover…

In a recent article, Gov. Scott Walker attributes his low rating to the media’s negative coverage of him. Perhaps he should stop being the supplier of the negative material.

Silicon Valley businessmen who are UW alums created the fund to boost promising Wisconsin startups.

Zach Ziemek has performed on big stages before.

Thomas Jefferson's succinct expression of the American Dream remains foundational 240 years later

LANCASTER - Albert J. Kwallek Jr., age 89, of Lancaster, Wis., passed away of natural causes on Tuesday, June 28, 2016.

MADISON - Richard Frey, age 88, passed away peacefully with his family on June 23, 2016.

JANESVILLE - Arlene C. Hulick, age 95, of Janesville, died on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at Cedar Crest. She was born to George and Bessie (Williams) Finley on March 30, 1921, in Elkhorn, Wis. She graduated from Whitewater State Teacher's…

PORTAGE - Donald R. Zuther, age 79, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at Divine Savior Heathcare in Portage.

When we celebrate the Fourth of July with a three-day weekend vacation, picnics and fireworks, we sometimes forget the real meaning of the holiday.

Larry Avila, the former business editor of the the Post-Crescent in Appleton, has joined the Wisconsin State Journal as its new business editor.

BluDiagnostics is working on a fertility test for women based on hormone levels in their saliva.

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has warned no scientific evidence exists to support such a process.