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MADISON - John Metz, age 63, of Madison, passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at St. Mary's Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending. A complete obituary will appear in next Sunday's edi…

McFarland - Deborah Sue Blanchar, age 64, passed away on June 10, 2015, at Skaalen Home in Stoughton. Debbie, the oldest of six children, was born in Madison, on Dec. 28, 1950. She was the dau…

WESTPORT - Donald Vernon Harbort, age 87, passed away on June 10, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare. Don was born to Chris and Edna (Simonson) Harbort in Madison on Jan. 12, 1928. They resided on Sh…

COTTAGE GROVE - Doris Christine Garczynski, age 61, passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, after a four year battle with cancer. She was born on Feb. 20, 1954, in Madison, the daughter or Si…

MADISON - Jeffrey A. Ellingson, Sr., age 57, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, June 9, 2015. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3325 E. Washington…

PEWAUKEE/GENESEE - Betty H. Kane, formerly of Pewaukee and the town of Genesee, died on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at LindenGrove at the age of 88. She was born in Madison on April 29, 1927, th…

MADISON - Arlette A. Morse, age 102, passed away on Friday, June 12, 2015, at Oakwood Village University Woods. She was the daughter of Otto and Alvina Kleinert, born on July 4, 1912, in Morri…

MADISON - Virginia (Baldwin) Laughlin was born Dec. 30, 1927, in Madison. She majored in Music Education at the University of Wisconsin and married Roger Laughlin in 1948. They lived in Prospe…

MERRIMAC/MAZOMANIE - Shirley A. (Duhr) Garfoot, age 79, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2015, at her home with her family by her side. She was born in the Town of Buena Vista near Richland C…

DODGEVILLE - Marion E. Peterson, age 91, of Dodgeville, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2015, at Upland Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation following a brief illness. The former Marion Smith wa…

BARNEVELD/WAUNAKEE - Kathy Haag, age 57, passed away on Friday, June 12, 2015. Arrangements are pending.

McFARLAND - Gary Nils Levander, age 63, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at his home. He was born on March 20, 1952, in Madison, the son of Nils C. and Shirley J. Levander…

NEW GLARUS - Forrest H. "Timber" Ott, age 86, of New Glarus, passed away on Thursday, June 11, 2015, at his home where he was born and raised. Timber was born on Jan. 7, 1929, to his parents, …

BLACK RIVER FALLS - Harold H. Ludeman, age 91, of Black River Falls, Wis., passed away on Monday, June 8, 2015, at Pine View Care Center, Black River Falls.

RICHLAND CENTER -- Craig Chicker is so passionate about hunting turkeys it practically killed him.

Now out of school, summer vacation plans have begun to take shape for Sun Prairie's Jackie Weigen, 12, who will be in seventh grade at Patrick Marsh Middle School in the fall. And fishing will…

The Conscious Carnivore, tucked into the Shorewood Shopping Center, is a deceptively fancy butcher shop with roots deep in Wisconsin soil. Super clean, primly packaged, the products are meats …

But Amy Lautenbach told the AP in a telephone interview Thursday that she was targeted after complaining about her supervisor mocking “Coexist” bumper stickers.

I would like to thank someone in the Madison area whose name I will never know but to whom I will be forever indebted.

Who wouldn't want to work at a place where it's really hard to get fired?