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REEDSBURG - Patricia Kennelly "Tricia" Denker, age 60, of Reedsburg, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. She was born June 20, 1956, in Ridgewood, N.J., the daughter of Joseph G. and Margaret…

LODI / PORTAGE - Beverly J. (Wagner) Chelcun passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016.

WAUNAKEE - Robert "Bob" Figge passed away on Aug. 6, 2016, at the age of 54. He was born to Robert Fred Ella Figge and Elaine Joyce DeBuhr on Aug. 15, 1961, and raised in West Bend, Wis. Bob graduated…

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Heavy rains Thursday morning in western Wisconsin washed out or closed roads, with a flash flood watch staying in effect for about a dozen counties until Friday morning.

The partnership with Dane County and a group of private investors is intended to quickly get families into apartments.

She helped lead UW to three national titles between 2006 and 2009 and earned the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award in 2009 as women's college hockey's best player.

ABC Supply billionaire Diane Hendricks and Uline co-founder Elizabeth Uihlein are among those advising Trump.

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater football team is the preseason choice to win the 2016 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) football title, according to a preseason poll of the league's head coaches and sports information directors.

The $155,317 Department of Labor grant will help the city research the financial and operational effect of creating a paid leave policy for the approximately 2,700 permanent employees of the city.

A man sitting outside in Downtown Madison Tuesday night was robbed by a man who pointed a gun at the victim during the robbery.

The Cardinals return 30 letterwinners and 17 starters from last season.

Fishing pressure on North Woods lakers has grown the past decade, but not dramatically.

Kohl's fiscal second-quarter profit beat analysts' estimates, as the department store operator trimmed expenses and managed its inventory well.

The proposed redevelopment would include emergency shelter but add 66 units of affordable and market rate housing.

Walk-through metal detectors are in place at every entrance gate this season at the home of the Green Bay Packers.

Stratatech makes skin tissue products to treat severe burns.

The heralded recruit from Georgia is battling with walk-ons P.J. Rosowski and Connor Allen to earn the starting spot.

Competitors training for the upcoming Ironman triathlon in September are using roads in western Dane County that they haven't used before, which is a big concern to the Sheriff's Office.

The Iowa County Sheriff's Office is asking for help from the public in locating a man wanted on alleged sexual assault and battery charges.