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I would like to suggest an appropriate way to choose a political party. Pretend that abortion or gay marriage are not issues.

In outlining his proposals to address what he sees as a problem with certain immigrants coming to our country, Donald Trump may have inadvertently hit on a solution to the divisiveness that is spreading across our nation.

I was musing there must be something else to talk about besides politics, and the following came to my head:

OMG! I just got a call from the IRS telling me to call a certain number because the agency is going to sue me. I have also run across an "error" on my computer telling me that I had to…

Climate change is like a runaway train headed for a cliff. Like a train, the climate system is big and hard to stop after you send it in a certain direction. Also, like being on a train, it's easy not…

All the letters telling global warming deniers to accept global warming fail miserably because climate change activists are poor examples.

When Brett Favre started talking about retirement in 2006, it put in motion a chaotic decade for Green Bay Packers fans that ended on a stage in Canton, Ohio the evening of Aug. 6, when Favre was inducted into the…

A Madison man pleaded guilty Monday to delivery of heroin in a case related to the 2014 death of a Janesville woman on Madison's East Side.

Around 4:20 p.m. on Friday, firefighters responded and quickly put out a fire at 6081 Portage Road while the cause is still under investigation, the Sun Prairie Fire Department said.

A man who police said crashed into a vehicle and sent it careening into a Williamson Street coffee house, injuring four of the vehicle's occupants, was charged Monday with several felonies.

University of Wisconsin inside linebacker T.J. Edwards has been ruled out for Saturday's game against LSU at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

The University of Wisconsin football team added Monona Grove kicker/punter Collin Larsh as a preferred walk-on Monday.

Waunakee jumps three spots to No. 4 among the large schools.

MSCR summer program helps orient rising ninth-graders to their new school.

PRAIRIE DU SAC - Were the last 31 years a beautiful dream? With proof of our wonderful life, our three sons, I can't dream of a better love and life with my most generous, kind and loving husband.

MOUNT HOREB - Vivian A. Hefty, age 82, of Mount Horeb, died on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ellestad Camacho Funeral Home, 500 N. 8th St., Mount Horeb.

SUN PRAIRIE - Arleen A. Oestreicher passed away on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, after a brief illness. She was born Feb. 5, 1930, to Ben and Elvina (Blaska) Blaschka. She graduated from Sun Prairie High School in 1948, and was…

BELMONT - Lloyd M. Tiedemann, 95, of Belmont, Wis., died on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, at Our House Assisted Living, Platteville. Lloyd was born on Aug. 9, 1921, in Elk Grove Township, son of Herman G. and Nora W. (Adickes)…

HILLSBORO - Frank L. Nemec, 72, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, at the Veterans Medical Center in Tomah, Wis. He was born on March 26, 1944, to Ladimer and Libby (Mislivecek) Nemec in Hillsboro, Wis. Frank served in…

Muggy conditions in Madison on Monday could be repeated on Tuesday, before cooler and drier air moves in on Wednesday.