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MADISON - Sharon Ann (Kussow) Denissen, age 73, of Madison, passed away peacefully on July 11, 2016, following a stroke. The daughter of W. Sherman and Verna (DeRuyter) Kussow was born May 16, 1943, in Green Bay.

BLUE MOUNDS - V. Joseph "Joe" Ryan, age 86, of Blue Mounds, Wis., died on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at Heartland Country Village in Black Earth. He was born on June 11, 1930, in Brigham Township, Wis., to Elmer and…

Pokemon Go has swept the nation and become the newest craze this week. So when Instagram user dongruibai posted a photoshopped image of Bucky Badger in the world's hottest mobile app, the University of Wisconsin's Twitter account picked up the…

He joins Joshua Ess, a defenseman from Lakeville, Minnesota; T.J. Koufis, a forward from Palatine, Illinois; and K’andre Miller, a forward/defenseman from Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Severe thunderstorms remain in the forecast for southern Wisconsin Wednesday afternoon into the evening, but forecasters say the chances for bad weather appear to be declining.

Cologuard, the colorectal cancer screening test by Madison-based Exact Sciences, could be included in national quality guidelines, which might encourage more doctors to use the home-based stool test, the company said Wednesday.

Tony Award winner Karen Olivo, a fixture on the Madison theater scene since moving here from New York in 2013, will have a starring role in the upcoming production of "Hamilton" in Chicago, it was announced Wednesday.

A clerk at the Dane County Landfill was found to have $18,000 in cash stashed in a locked desk drawer, instead of deposited in a bank, a criminal complaint states.

UW-Madison added another high ranking to its dossier, and it wasn't for an athletic achievement.

Thirty-eight percent of respondents to a new Marquette Law School Poll said they approve of Walker's job performance

Bearden was a high school teammate of current UW guard Zak Showalter.

The open-carry movement faced a very public test in Dallas last week. It failed.

A 15-year-old Madison boy who allegedly stole a van from a funeral home on Saturday morning had one thing going for him: no body in the back.

Madison Mallards outfielder Zach Jarrett will compete in the 2016 Northwoods League Home Run Derby on July 18 in Kenosha.

Schultz helped Pittsburgh win the 2016 Stanley Cup, recording four assists and a plus-1 in 15 playoff games.

After the Dallas ambush, I thought of a rookie cop I met a few weeks ago.

The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team honors college football players for their commitment to community service and “enriching the lives of others.”

In CNN town hall, the House Speaker previews case for Donald Trump he'll be making next week in Cleveland.

Feingold led Johnson in the most recent Marquette poll in June, 45 percent to 41 percent among registered voters.