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STOUGHTON - James Paul Hoffman died peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, in Stoughton, Wis., at the age of 74.

JEFFERSON - Betty Mae Posorske, age 87, formerly of Jefferson, passed away Monday, June 27, 2016, at Kindred Hearts in Cottage Grove. She was born on the family farm in the Rushford Township, Winnebago County, to the late Arthur and…

A Middleton teen representing the Overture Center’s Tommy Awards was named among six finalists in the 2016 National High School Musical Theatre Awards this week, Overture Center has announced.

With a new leader, a new headquarters, a new name, new programs and an expansion outside of Dane County, Journey Mental Health Center is embarking on a new journey.

Major highway projects in Wisconsin will go on holiday at noon on Friday to make it easier for travelers to get around the state at the start of the long Fourth of July weekend.

Journey Mental Health Center, which tests repeat drunken drivers in Dane County to see if they are still consuming alcohol, has started using a new kind of test — of fingernails, instead of blood.

The body of a Madison man who was on the Wisconsin River on Sunday with a group of people has been found, according to the Juneau County Sheriff's Office.

A chance of rain in Madison on Thursday is the only bump in a forecast calling for great weather through the Fourth of July on Monday.

Caponata, the color, is a dark chocolate with purple undertones. It creates a “lush atmosphere,” according to paint producer Benjamin Moore, when applied to fireplace, base molding or soffit. In other words, it’s intense. Use sparingly.

The state's Manufacturing and Agriculture Tax Credit is expected to cost twice as much as initially projected.

One way or another, Scott Tolzien always ends up in Wisconsin.

One day, Madison Memorial’s Colt Tegtmeier would like to become a professional tennis player.

Speakers said if what Madison officers did last week in their forceful arrest of a resisting Laird at East Towne Mall was legal, the law should change.

Since finishing his UW career in 2008, Butch has played in Tokyo, Dubai, China, Germany, Puerto Rico and the Philippines.

In response to Friday’s letter to the editor “Police actions were over the top,” I would point out the following life principle: If someone resists arrest, bad things are going to follow, regardless of skin color. It was true for…

When I came home on leave from the Army in 1972 , while walking down State Street with my short hair and wearing my field jacket, a punk started screaming at me calling me a baby killer and spit in…

I was an only child, and my father taught me how to shoot a .22 pistol, a 12-gauge shotgun and a .22 rifle. I also was a member of a rifle club in high school. I am a lifelong Republican…

I hope those representatives who were sitting on the floor in the U.S. House found their marbles. I assume they were lost, when I saw them acting like second-graders.

Let’s see if I got this right. The city of Madison assessed the Chamber of Commerce property at $993,400, and a private real estate firm Landretti & Co. appraised it at $1.35 million. Then Dane County makes a deal to…

Not that long ago, back in the stone age, to belong in society you had to follow the rules. The primary rule was that if you were politely asked by someone in authority -- parents, teachers, bosses or police --…