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Booth 331. That’s where you’ll find Madison acrylic and mixed media artist Christine Echtner as she relishes participating in Art Fair on the Square this weekend — for the first time in more than 20 years.

The turbines are planned for St. Croix County, about 230 miles northwest of Madison.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended July 3rd.

Democrats criticize Ron Johnson for floating a possible hearing on an FBI investigation that resulted in no charges.

WAUNAKEE - Robert J. "Bob" Ballweg, age 46, of Waunakee, died on Sunday, July 3, 2016, at a Madison hospital following a brief illness. He was born on April 23, 1970, in Madison to Jerome and Caroline (Hetzel) Ballweg. He…

STOUGHTON - Donald N. Oncken, age 83, of Stoughton, passed away at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. He was born on Jan. 23, 1933, in Madison, the son of John H. and Melva L.…

MADISON - Our beloved mother, Bernadette C. "Bert" (nee Carroll) Smith, age 90, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2016, at All Saints Assisted Living. She was born in Rugby, N.D., on March 9, 1926, the eldest child of Raymond…

Union leaders have been told wiener production will cease by the end of September.

The threat of severe weather in Madison has diminished as Thursday has gone on, with forecasters now calling for a 50-50 chance for showers and thunderstorms into the night.

A 20-year-old Reeseville man who allegedly struck and killed a teen in Dodge County in September has been charged with vehicular homicide, the crash happening a few minutes after the man inhaled a dust cleaner product.

Someone tuning into Wisconsin's Senate race after never previously paying attention to politics would have no idea that Ron Johnson is the incumbent and Russ Feingold is a former senator who wants backs in.

A woman found dead on Wednesday in a Fitchburg apartment was the wife of a Dane County sheriff's deputy, with the deputy found injured in the apartment, according to news reports.

City of Madison Streets Division crews will be concentrating on collecting broken tree branches and debris possibly over the next four weeks, after big storms Tuesday night brought down or damaged hundreds of trees.

Today in History

As the Negroni and spritz continue to gain ground in America, can aperitivo — the Italian cocktail hour when those drinks are featured — be far behind? We can only hope.

Two teens were arrested early Wednesday morning after residents on Madison's Southwest Side saw them trying to get into cars, the teens telling police they were successful about 20 times since Monday.

I could eat quarts of gazpacho all summer long. When I set about making this version, the goal was a gazpacho with great, fresh tomato taste, but even deeper flavor.

June of 2016 was the fourth safest June on Wisconsin roads in terms of traffic deaths since the end of World War II, according to statistics from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

ROME — The lawyer for a man accused of pushing an American student into the Tiber River in Rome says surveillance footage shows the teen tried to swim a few strokes after falling in but was carried off by rapids…