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SUN PRAIRIE - Ronale Frederick Wepfer, age 65, of Sun Prairie, passed away on Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at his home. He was born on May 29, 1951, in Milwaukee, Wis., the son of Bessie (nee Davis) and Arthur Wepfer.…

MADISON - Alyssa Hagenbaugh, age 25, died May 29, 2016, from an accidental drug overdose. She was born Feb. 12, 1991, daughter of Amy Campbell Andrew and Daniel Hagenbaugh.

LAKE BEULAH - Thomas G. Ela was born on Aug. 10, 1950, and passed away on May 31, 2016."www.krausefuneralhome.com

VERONA - Russel L. Burgenske, age 95, passed away on Friday, June 3, 2016. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 6, 2016, at RYAN FUNERAL HOME, VERONA CHAPEL, 220 Enterprise Drive. Visitation will…

FORT ATKINSON / FREEPORT, Ill. - Joyce Marilyn Preston, of Fort Atkinson, Wis., longtime Freeport, Ill., resident, and formerly of Stoughton, Wis., passed away peacefully at Marquardt Village, Watertown, Wis., on June 1, 2016. Joyce was born on Dec. 21,…

Saturday shouldn't be a complete washout in Madison, but an umbrella or raincoat could be in order.

I don’t understand the outrage over shooting a gorilla that dragged a 3-year-old boy through a moat.

Fifty people died in crashes on Wisconsin roads in May, seven less than the total in 2015 and equal to the five-year average.

Nothing calls our can’t-win parenting culture into sharper focus than the outrage aimed at the parents of a 3-year-old boy who entered a gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo last weekend.

Wayne Bender, whose quest to donate his organs despite having ALS was featured in a series on transplants in the State Journal last July, died this week without donating his organs.

In a story more fitting for Vegas than Madison, armed, masked robbers are cleaning up at poker games in the area, with three reported robberies since March.

Longtime Madison journalist and alternative media leader Norman Stockwell has been named publisher of The Progressive Magazine.

A Madison man sitting in his car Friday morning had a gun pointed at his face by a masked man demanding money, but the would-be robber fled when he didn't find anything of value.

A Madison man stopped by police on the Beltline Thursday was arrested for allegedly stealing the car he was driving, taken during a burglary in Illinois.

The state meet is Friday and Saturday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in La Crosse.

JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Police in Janesville are hoping home visits with known gang members will help reduce crime in the city.

A man being arrested for loitering in a Southwest Side pharmacy parking lot Thursday night got into more trouble when police looked inside his backpack, allegedly finding a handgun and a bag of oxycodone pills.

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, had built a reputation as a smart and principled conservative. Then he endorsed Donald Trump.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 29th.

Motorists will be detoured off of Highway 14 at Interstate 39/90 in Janesville on Monday and Tuesday nights, so girders can be set for the newly widened southbound interstate bridge.