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JANESVILLE - Patrick William Ryan died on May 30, 2016, in Janesville. He was born in Madison on Oct. 8, 1955, the son of Diana and Donald Ryan.

BARABOO - Dorothy J. Ennis, age 87, died on Wednesday, June 1, 2016.

MADISON - Raymond Theodore Klettke, age 86, died on Monday, May 30, 2016, at Meriter Hospital in Madison. He was born on June 22, 1929, in Fond du Lac, the son of Theodore Klettke and Verna (Batchelder) Klettke.

BARNEVELD - Kathryn A. Fargo, age 70, of Barneveld was called home by Our Lord on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was at Agrace in Fitchburg and passed away peacefully with her family at…

STOUGHTON - Nancy J. Reineke, age 72, of Stoughton, passed away on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg.

EVANSVILLE - Dr. Howard Henry Krueger, DVM, age 85, died June 1, 2016, with his family around him. He was born to Edwin H. and Helen A. (Anschuetz) Krueger on Aug. 14, 1930, in Cedarburg, Wis., where he enjoyed his…

MADISON - Philip L. Talty, age 89, died on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. He was born on Sept. 14, 1926, to Leo and Ruby (White) Talty in Green Bay.

MADISON / ROCKFORD, Ill. / BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. - John Joseph Gaffney, age 76, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in Madison. He was born on Nov. 27, 1939 in Rockford, Ill., to the late Raphael and Catherine…

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Janesville said Thursday he'll vote for Donald Trump in the fall presidential election.

Walker says he is open to increasing funding for the University of Wisconsin System, while tying the additional money to certain performance categories.

Call it baseball-tainment. It’s that unique mix of sports competition and family amusement that returns to Warner Park every summer during the Madison Mallards amateur baseball season. And it all begins again on Friday night.

It could be clear and chilly in Madison Thursday night, before rain moves into the area Friday night and sticks around into Saturday night.

Two crashes on Thursday, one on Madison's East Side and the other Downtown, left three people injured, two seriously, with one crash involving a pedestrian and car and the other a truck, motorcycle and bicycle.

Scott Walker opposes a revenue increase while the top Assembly Republican says a long-term solution is needed.

Tee times have been announced for Monday's opening round of the two-day, 36-hole WIAA state boys golf tournament at University Ridge Golf Course.

The University of Wisconsin men's hockey team opens its Big Ten season at Michigan on Dec. 9.

The first new master plan in nearly 30 years for the popular 92-mile-long Lower Wisconsin State Riverway calls for improved boat landings, more options for hiking and camping and steps to protect water and land.

A Madison heroin user found unconscious in his car on Wednesday led police on a wild chase near the Henry Vilas Zoo, the man driving through congested streets and climbing over a fence topped with barbed wire, before he was…

National High School Basketball Coaches Association recognizes Wisconsin's Petitgoue and Ken Barrett.

The tournament begins Thursday at Nielsen Tennis Stadium.