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The report that Madison is seeing a growing need for pickleball courts, due to interest in the sport, is not surprising.

That fact that many Madison Area Technical College students rely on Metro Transit to move between home, class and employment seems to have been lost in the debate on whether to relocate the Downtown campus.

Recently I attended a public meeting about services offered by agencies for the homeless in Dane County and learned that there is no central homeless day resource center.

Over 40 percent of students who enrolled at for-profit institutions between 2012 and 2014 left school without finishing their programs.

Calling himself "a progressive through and through," Jimmy Anderson announced his candidacy Monday.

Fund Bethel until new day center opens

A Beloit man allegedly swung at police officers with a beer bottle while his car was stopped in the center lane of the Beltline Sunday afternoon, according to the Monona Police Department.

Nelson is well ahead of schedule following his knee injury and said the strength and conditioning coaches gave him the same offseason workouts that his teammates were given.

UW System spokesman Alex Hummel denied that he deleted the videos out of concern that the footage could be politically unpopular.

McCray played with the Denver Broncos over the last two seasons, mostly on special teams.

RACINE / PLAIN - Dennis J. Haas, age 55, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Dennis was born March 3, 1961, to LaVerne and Luella (Bauer) Haas.

MADISON / MONTELLO - John D. Guzzetta, age 83, died on Saturday, April 16, 2016, following a tragic accident while working at his home. He was born on Oct. 20, 1932, the son of Dominic and Rosalia "Sara" (Quartuccio) Guzzetta.

RAPID RIVER, Mich.- M. June Hassell, age 79, of Rapid River, passed away Sunday morning, April 17, 2016, at home following a brief illness. June was born June 1, 1936, in Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., the daughter of Walter and…

GAYS MILLS - Darold Nelson Coleman, age 85, died Saturday, April 16, 2016, at Sannes Skogdalen Heim in Soldiers Grove, Wis.

MARSHALL - Thomas M. Doyle, age 69, of Marshall, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, April 16, 2016, after a three year battle with ALS. He was born April 30, 1946, in Platteville, the son of Myron and…

ROXBURY - Elizabeth M. "Betty" Endres, age 81, of Roxbury, passed away peacefully in her sleep at Waunakee Manor on Sunday, April 17, 2016. She was born in the Town of Dane on May 22, 1934. She was the daughter…

MINOCQUA - Elizabeth M. "Liz" Helman, 81, Minocqua, Wis., died April 14, 2016. Born on Feb. 22, 1935, in Waunakee, Wis., she was the daughter of Anton and Theresa (Ripp) Kalscheur.

Professionals from cake decorator to retail theft investigator talk with students about their careers as part of the AVID college readiness program.

The Capitols finished eighth out of nine teams in the USHL's Eastern Conference with a 25-27-5 record in Ward's lone season with the team.

The long stretch of beautiful weather in Madison has to end sometime, and that sometime most likely is Tuesday.