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MADISON - Terry Lee Massey, age 67, of Madison, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016. He was born on March 6, 1949, in Walhalla, S.C., son of Thomas and Loraine (Randal) Massey. Terry…

BELLEVILLE - Jeffrey Orville Van Stelle, of Belleville, Wis., was born Jan. 24, 1953, and died at age 63 on Sept. 7, 2016, in Madison, Wis.

MADISON / NOKOMIS, Fla. - Rodney A. Abraham, age 71, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016. Memorial Services will be held at GUNDERSON WEST FUNERAL HOME, 7435 University Ave., Middleton, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. Visitation…

The University of Wisconsin softball team announced four games for its 2016 fall season.

Southern Wisconsin was pounded with heavy rains on Wednesday, but the rain isn't over yet.

The University of Wisconsin men's hockey program already was well represented in the upcoming World Cup of Hockey with four former players on the 23-player U.S. roster.

Do you know how to speak Mandarin? It could be your ticket to a job as an interpreter in court.

In leading the Regents to a 2-1 start, Carey, a senior, has caught 18 passes for a conference-leading 394 yards and five touchdowns, rushed 11 times for 91 yards, intercepted three passes and made 12 tackles.

Almost all of state's corn and soybean crops are in good or excellent shape.

The nonprofit agency was one of two entities that applied to run the center, expected to open by next summer.

An 83-year-old Madison woman was NOT giving up her purse to a young woman, punching the attacker before the younger woman ran away.

A week of dry weather helped Wisconsin growers make hay and harvest oats, continuing a very good 2016 in farm fields, officials said.

As the season’s fruit, each in its turn, marches through farmers’ markets, aligned in battalions in juice-stained wood-strip baskets, strawberries then cherries then apricots then peaches then blueberries, we think about eating them between two pieces of crisp, rich pastry.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Martin, who has served for 38 years, most of them as chief judge of the federal bankruptcy court in Madison, announced Wednesday that he is retiring at the end of the month.

Owner Aichan Weng hopes to have her State Street restaurant, Dragon I, back open today.

A man was mugged in Downtown Madison early Sunday morning while out getting some late night food.

Here's where a handful of media outlets predict the Badgers will be going in the postseason

Teams from around the state were eager to test the University Ridge Golf Course, site of the state meet. But rain and wet conditions forced the tournament to be called off.

WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump just renewed his vow of opacity.

The "Forward Agenda" will be released this morning in a press conference at the state Capitol.