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HIGHLAND - Margaret A. (Shields) Aide, age 79, of Highland, passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2016 surrounded by her loved ones. Survivors include her husband, Clifford; six children, Debbie Korb; Susan (Dennis) Welsh; Mark (Margo); Dan; Theresa Aide and…

LIVINGSTON - Walter T. Hannan, age 89, of Livingston, Wis., died on Monday, June 27, 2016, at Manor Care, Platteville.

MADISON - Michael L. Perez, age 83, of Madison, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. He was born on May 30, 1933, in Gary, Ind., the son of Micha and Emma Perez. He married Darlyne Ray…

MADISON / EAGLE RIVER - Thomas W. Sather passed away on Monday, June 27, 2016. A visitation will be held at CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3610 Speedway Road, Madison, on Friday, July 1, 2016, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. A…

OREGON - Nancy Shermo-Denton passed away on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. She was born in Eau Claire, on June 15, 1934. In 1953, she married Lester Shermo, and together they had two children, Greg and Terri, in Spokane, Wash., while…

MADISON / SUN PRAIRIE - Bernice A. "Bea" Freitag, age 87, of Madison, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. She was born on July 30, 1928, in East Bristol, the daughter of Henry and Isabella (Warmuth)…

FITCHBURG - Gregory Allen Schmitt, of Fitchburg, died unexpectedly in his sleep on Monday, June 27, 2016. Gregg was 56 years old, born on Oct. 26, 1959, in Beaver Dam, Wis. He was the son of Robert C. Schmitt and…

Attorney seeking plaintiffs to represent in a class-action lawsuit over the 2013 "Capitol Crackdown" arrests.

The sun should continue to shine on Madison on Wednesday, but there's a chance for rain coming in on Thursday.

A fire in a mobile home in Janesville on Sunday was caused by natural gas ignited by an arcing electrical line.

A shortcut familiar to West Side hardware buyers will soon be relegated to history.

What universities produce the captains of industry and finance in America? Harvard is a given, but what about the University of Wisconsin?

Madison police are distributing leaflets in areas of the city where there's been an uptick in burglaries from garages, the latest being a burglary early Monday morning from a garage on the city's Southwest Side.

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A 14-year-old Madison boy faces multiple charges after being arrested Saturday for allegedly stealing a car, stealing credit cards and having a facsimile handgun in his back pack.

An 80-year-old Juneau County woman has been reported missing after leaving her house on Sunday and not returning.

Lambeau Field will host Wisconsin and LSU in the Lambeau Field College Classic on Sept. 3, the first major college football game ever held at the historic stadium.

The tournament will take place from July 2-10 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Charlotte Hornets forward and former University of Wisconsin standout Frank Kaminsky will have offseason surgery to repair a small pocket of air in his chest wall. The Hornets estimate six weeks of recovery time from the procedure.

Dane County communities wanting to clean up urban storm water runoff can get financial help from the county.