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The award was presented at the 39th Governor’s New Product Awards Banquet on Wednesday in Milwaukee.

Despite its eccentricities, the third party for fiscally conservative, socially liberal America provides an alternative to Trump and Clinton

"BLANCHARDVILLE"Amos Peterson, age 94, of Blanchardville, died on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at his home. He was born on Feb. 3, 1922, to Ben and Anna (Johnsrud) Peterson.

LANCASTER - Mary I. Brandemuehl, age 94, passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center, in Dubuque, Iowa, surrounded by her family. She was born on Jan. 26, 1922, the daughter of Herbert and Fern (Miles) Schwantes.

AUSTIN, Texas - Kaaren Anne Janssen, age 50, of Austin, Texas, passed away Tuesday morning, May 10, 2016, at St. David's Round Rock Medical Center. She was born in Rochester, Minn., at the Mayo Clinic on March 11, 1966 to…

MADISON - Marian Kathryn Genin, age 91, of Madison, died on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. Marian's family celebrates her victory over the constraints of her physical decline, knowing she was welcomed into heaven by a loving Savior.

OREGON - Carolyn Bunnell, age 87, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016, at AgraceHospice Care in Fitchburg.

Agreement is a good first step toward possibly securing a country torn apart by violence and political dysfunction

Elijah Washington, who was shot to death last week outside a town of Madison gas station, was also armed with a handgun as he tried to run from Kortney Moore, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday that charged Moore…

Tom Perez is considered a possible vice presidential choice.

Here's how members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted on major issues this week.

On the surface, ramps are a lovely harbinger of spring, wild leeks that are unable to be cultivated, hence part of their mystique (think truffles).

A short stretch of Highway 14 in Middleton that's been deteriorating will be revitalized beginning Thursday night, state highway officials said.

A woman and her daughter were accosted, then allegedly attacked, by a man on the city's East Side Thursday, police reported.

Eleven people have applied for an appointment to the Supreme Court to replace Justice David Prosser, who is leaving his seat in July.

A 14-year-old girl who didn't want to go to a certain class at Monroe High School admitted to police she sent a threatening email to the school district so school could be disrupted.

The Lakeland Times sought records related to a prosecutor.

In March, the U.S. Census Bureau released a report on world population trends. Which of the following does the Census predict will occur for the first time in human history by the end of the decade?

A 16-year-old female student was arrested Thursday for allegedly using pepper spray in a fight with another student at Janesville Craig High School, police said.