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The "Emerge Block" gives newer artists a chance to be a part of the fair and connect with patrons and other artists.

The Mad City Drone Racing League has bimonthly races throughout the summer months.

What’s uncommon is how close the six-member class has become a year before actually becoming Badgers.

With the recent spate of alleged police misconduct, a holistic analysis is much needed.

Tim Shannon's July 3 column was a very good picture of Thomas Jefferson and his masterpiece of words, which is our Declaration of Independence. I was raised in the area that produced Jefferson, Washington, John Marshal and Patrick Henry, and…

I liked Timothy J. Shannon’s column on the pursuit of happiness in a secular society on the cover of last Sunday's Opinion section. But I think Christians can have a more positive contribution to our society without trying to establish…

Several recent State Journal letters have castigated the intolerance of liberals. I will focus here on just one specific charge of intolerance -- that liberals have removed prayer from public schools.

Eleven taxpayers pocket $21.5 million in agriculture and manufacturing income tax breaks, but we can't afford to fix the roads that the rest of us depend on every day. It's pretty obvious who the lawmakers and the governor really work…

I agree with the July 3 letter to the editor "Teachers should be paid like Packers" that performance should determine teacher's pay. Unfortunately, despite Gov. Scott Walker's contentions, Act 10 did not create a merit-based compensation system.

Maybe, just maybe, if the Department of Transportation hadn't insisted on putting in roundabouts at virtually every intersection (try going to Mount Horeb, for example) they'd have money to maintain the state's highways.

Carlos Martinez strikes out 11 batters in five innings of work.

OXFORD / MONONA - Roger R. Jones, age 75, of Oxford and Monona, passed away on Friday July 8, 2016, peacefully at home with family and friends. He was born on Jan. 21, 1941, in Madison, Wis., the son of…

OREGON - Jeffrey Earle Kaercher, born Feb. 17, 1951, in Waukesha, Wis., passed away suddenly July 1, 2016, while in Oaxaca, Mexico.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Christopher Anthony Misurelli was a candle that burned brightly to give others light. Sadly, that light was extinguished on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, in San Diego, Calif.

MADISON - Mara McDonald, age 68, of Madison, passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2016. A Celebration of Mara's Life will be held at a later date. Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.

MIDDLETON - Delrosa C. (Crowley) Bruns passed away peacefully on Friday, July 8, 2016, in La Crosse. She was born April 21, 1918, at home, in Steuben, Crawford County, Wis.

MADISON - David A. Lewis, age 70, passed away on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wis., in the loving arms of his wife, Jeanine. He was a strong, kind, gentle, brilliant, quiet man and he will…

MADISON - Donald Hester, age 80, died from complications of MSA on Friday, July 8, 2016. Arrangements are pending, and a full obituary will be published once complete. Please share your memories at www.CressFuneralService.com.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii / PEWAUKEE - Janice Marie McFarlin, age 65, passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2016, in Hawaii after a long battle with cancer. She was born on June 27, 1951, in Chicago and was the daughter of Raymond…