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This past Saturday I visited Madison's wonderful Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square. As usual, and to be expected, it was very crowded.

Those who have their undies in a bundle over transgender people using certain bathrooms should just think about the issue for a minute. North Carolina's ban on using bathrooms that don't correspond with your sex assigned at birth is totally…

The great Badger baller named Hayes,

I agree in part with Chris Rickert’s recent column in which he seemed to say that, regardless of their foibles, the African-American men who were recently killed loved their families and were loved by their families. They were human beings…

I read the State Journal's article about Attorney General Brad Schimel's intent to join other states in a lawsuit to thwart the "latest power grab" by President Barack Obama. This is in response, in part, to the president's wish to…

Sunday's letter to the editor "Let's put a tax on all of the new tax schemes" asks a good question. If the revenue from a steadily rising carbon fee were returned to households as a monthly dividend, won’t people just…

Expansions of DeForest's Village Hall and Public Safety Building will accommodate the space needs of several growing village departments.

UW-Madison's PEOPLE program has been hampered by a lack of data and central organization, and its participants graduate at lower rates than other low-income and minority students.

Last year’s Brat Fest sold more than enough savory sausages to feed every man, woman and child in Sun Prairie, Middleton, Fitchburg, Verona, Waunakee, Beaver Dam, Whitewater, Fort Atkinson, Portage and Platteville combined.

The excess credits could run into the millions of dollars after initial review found average discrepancy of $25,000.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended May 22nd.

VERONA - Loraine N. (Monson) Olstadt has found her peace on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, and is on her long-awaited trip to join her husband, Jack.

REEDSBURG - James F. Montgomery, age 95, of Reedsburg, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2016.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. - A Memorial Service for Lee Ross White of Mountain Home, Ark., will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday, May 29, 2016, at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Mountain Home, Ark., with the Rev. David Gadbaw officiating. Visitation will…

COLUMBUS - Carol J. Lange, age 75, died on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at Eagle's Wings assisted living in Beaver Dam. She was born on April 8, 1941, in Columbus, to Clarence and Hazel (Mulvaney) Kuehl.

FENNIMORE - Catherine M. Riemenapp, age 96, died on Wednesday morning, May 25, 2016, at the Fennimore Good Samaritan Society in Fennimore.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Lois R. Rivers, age 86, of Allentown, Pa., died Sunday, May 22, 2016. Her greatest joy was her family.

PRIMROSE TOWNSHIP - Robert Weiss, age 90, of Primrose Township, Wis., died unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 25, 2016.

CROSS PLAINS - Karen Trappe, age 74, passed away on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, at her home. She was born on July 20, 1941, in Richland Center, Wis., the daughter of Oscar and Freda (Surrem) Rognholt. She married Gary Trappe…

A federal appeals court on Thursday dealt a setback to Epic Systems' defense of a lawsuit for overtime pay by the company's technical writers, finding that the company violated federal law by requiring some of its employees to arbitrate wage…