Wisconsin State Journal Local News

WHITEWATER - Dr. James Richard Connor, age 87, of Whitewater, Wis., passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2016, in Whitewater.

SAUK PRAIRIE / LODI - Daniel R. Bockhop, age 61, passed away May 10, 2016, at UW Hospital, Madison, surrounded by family.

MAZOMANIE - James M. "Jim" Auchue, age 62, passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at ST. PETER CATHOLIC CHURCH, 5001…

COLUMBUS - Peggy J. Fredrick, age 80, of Columbus, died on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital, Madison. She was born on March 23, 1936, in Columbus, to Willard and Marian (Thomas) Owen. She graduated from Columbus High…

REEDSBURG - Francis "Frank" Cundari III, age 59, of Reedsburg, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison following a lingering illness. He was born on June 28, 1956, in Chicago, Ill., the son of…

REEDSBURG - Joyce V. Verthein, age 85, died on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at Our House Memory Care in Reedsburg.

MADISON - Lucille Jacobson, age 91, of Madison, died on Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. Lucille was born on March 23, 1925, in the beautiful Township of Caledonia, the daughter of Irwin and Bernice (Jevens) Allan.

MARSHALL - Theodora P. Margala, age 72, died at her home in Marshall on Wednesday, May 11, 2016.

State Republicans soundly defeated Trump in April, but now must contend with him at the top of their ticket in the fall.

Madison's three main hospitals, along with the Madison Fire Department and Dane County EMS, will offer free, half-hour training sessions in hands-only CPR May 21 at two dozen sites.

Showers in Madison Friday afternoon will usher in cooler weather for the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

Camryn Kluetmeier's work monitoring the health of local streams has won her recognition from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Hillary Clinton will not be elected president of the United States. Why? Because she can’t win, that’s why. And the sooner you figure this out, the calmer you will be.

Reaching out to his former customers, police said, Douglas Pfaff brought them a great deal on corn seed from what he said was his new employer. But there wasn't a kernel of truth in his pitch, and farmers got nothing…

One of two people arrested on drug charges a week ago in Lafayette County has been linked to a widespread methamphetamine operation in southwestern Wisconsin and eastern Iowa that has been under investigation for two years.

The payments result from an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Mountford participated in the 1988 and 1998 Olympics and was selected as the USCA 1991 Female Athlete of the Year.

University of Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes was officially measured at the NBA Draft Combine.

Gov. Scott Walker never fails the need to point out the shortage of welders in Wisconsin. Now that professors have less job security, at least they have something to fall back on.

People love purity. They trust it; they think of it as “better” or even “the best.” Proclaiming something to be 100 percent this or that is a tactic used by brands to convey quality. We are conditioned to assume as…