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A Dane County deputy has been fired after she allegedly delivered contraband to a jail inmate.

The selection of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as Donald Trump’s running mate signals a measure of discipline -- whether imposed by others or not -- heretofore unseen in the Trump campaign.

Trying to assist someone with dementia can be daunting, so a new initiative has started in Dane County to help businesses and government agencies get a feel of dementia so there's more feeling in helping.

A Boscobel man who said he hates law enforcement was arrested Saturday after he allegedly punched an off-duty officer several times in the face while at a Fennimore tavern.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will begin assessing storm damage in northern Wisconsin next week to help officials determine if the state should apply for federal relief.

The Utah-based company opens its first Wisconsin location in the American Center Business Park.

Recent polls show Donald Trump polling under 40 percent in Wisconsin (not that Hillary is doing much better). Gov. Scott Walker's approval is still stuck under 40 percent, after his failed presidential bid last year.

However, the Speaker did not mention controversial presumptive nominee Donald Trump in his remarks.

The bicyclist killed on Friday while riding on Highway 14 near Cross Plains has been identified as Cynthia Arsnow, 62, of Madison.

A nation desperately in need of healing instead has more lives to grieve after a shooting Sunday morning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, left three law enforcement officers dead and three wounded.

Dane County Jail staff prevented an inmate from killing herself Sunday morning when she was discovered unresponsive in a jail cell.

The administrator of the state elections commission, Michael Haas, confirmed that the ads went on air the week of July 11.

Critics of a proposed river master plan question why it is being approved at a meeting five hours north in Ashland.

Ryan has focused on poverty since his 2012 vice presidential run and continues to do so as House speaker.

Thirty-five years with a Wisconsin driver’s license and against all prodigious odds I have never hit a deer.

Jerry W. Johnson of Madison is this week’s You Toon winner. Congrats, Jerry!

The melting point is the temperature at which molecules in a solid can move past each other and form a liquid. The boiling point, on the other hand, involves liquids and gases.

Here’s something I never thought I’d have to say.

Kris Agnew’s two-out RBI single caps a four-run 10th inning.