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MADISON - Jerome R. "Jerry" Meder, age 77, went to his Heavenly home on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare, after a long illness. He was born on March 9, 1939, in Hartington, Neb., the son of Walter and…

WAUNAKEE - Peter Alan Ripp, age 25, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, as a result of an auto accident. Peter was born April 7, 1991, in Madison, to Mark and Mary Ripp. He was a 2009 graduate of…

RIPON - Susan "Sue" Bonfield Volkmann, age 72, of Ripon, Wis., passed away on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, with her husband by her side, at their home in Ripon.

BELLEVILLE - Angela D. Eichelkraut, age 48, of rural Belleville, Wis., died on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. She was born July 28, 1968, to Harry "Sonny" and Jacqueline (Johnson) Anderson. She graduated from Wisconsin Heights High School in 1986. Angie…

FALL RIVER / COLUMBUS - Alvin Frank Koehler, age 91, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, at an assisted living home in Columbus. Survivors include his two sons, David of Green Bay and Mark (Kathy) of Clearwater, Fla.; one…

STOUGHTON - Richard "Dick" Gilson, age 69, died on Aug. 13, 2016, at Artisan Assisted Living, after a battle with cancer. He was born June 11, 1947, to Viola and Loy Gilson in Stoughton. After graduation he worked at several…

OREGON - James "Neil" Denton passed away on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. He was born on Nov. 19, 1931, to James and Annie Marie "Mary" (Anderson) Denton in the Town of Oregon.

OREGON - Marian E. Abrams, "Grandma A," age 94, passed away on Aug. 15, 2016, at Evansville Manor in Evansville, Wis., with her family by her side. She was born on Nov. 8, 1921, in Ipswitch, S.D., the daughter of…

MADISON - Peter Nesbit Taborsky, born Nov. 28, 1951, to Nancy Nesbit Taborsky and Dr. Charles Robert Taborsky, passed away at his home on Jan. 23, 2016.

A chance for showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night into Wednesday won't do much to cool Madison, but more rain forecast Friday night and Saturday should do the trick.

Fournette set school records with 1,953 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns as a sophomore last season.

Editor's note: This poem was originally posted as a comment on the @wistatejournal Instagram account by Miriam Hall (@herspiral), a photography, writing and art teacher in Madison.

Conservatives like to blame our first black president (not income inequality, educational disparities, punitive drug laws, biased policing or mass incarceration) for the nation's contentious racial relations.

Two women suffered facial injuries Monday night when a knife-wielding man attacked them and took cash from one of the victims.

Two Soldiers Grove residents were arrested under separate search warrants for allegedly dealing and using illegal drugs.

Middleton, which opens the season Friday night at Madison Memorial, is seeking its third straight Big Eight title.

Thousands of feet will trump vehicles on a multitude of streets Downtown, in the Near West Side and the UW campus on Saturday, for the eighth annual Madison Mini-Marathon.

"February is the month to really be ready for cold conditions," said Editor Peter Geiger. "According to our long-range outlook, many places will see downright frigid temperatures ... some as low as 40 degrees below zero."

Ongoing road construction coupled with commuters heading home from work could cause major traffic delays Thursday evening for Green Bay Packers fans heading to Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

Down 15 in the latest Marquette Law School Poll, the GOP nominee plans a rally in conservative Washington County.