Wisconsin State Journal Local News

STOUGHTON / CASA GRANDE, Ariz. - Dwayne Howard Loomis peacefully passed away at home after a courageous battle with cancer on Friday, May 29, 2015. He was born in Madison, on April 24, 1930, a…

MADISON - Frankie Locke, of Madison, died Saturday, May 16, 2015. She was 86.

MADISON - Arlene N. Stephens, age 99, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 30, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Madison.

NAPLES, Fla. - Yvonne M. Coppens, age 80, passed away peacefully on May 24, 2015, in Naples, Fla., surrounded by her loving husband and children. She was born on May 30, 1934, in (Humboldt) Gr…

OREGON - Kassia Leigh Long, age 25, of Oregon, went to be with her twin sister, Alexis, on Thursday, May 28, 2015. She was born on Aug. 20, 1989, the daughter of Martin and Martha (Sholts) Lon…

MADISON - Conley W. Montgomery, age 95, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2015, at his home. He is survived by his son, Jim Montgomery of Madison; and his daughter, Judy Montgomery Casey of Akron…

MADISON - Osea Bedonna (Arney) Boone, 100 years young, passed away peacefully on May 23, 2015, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. Osea, the second of Ethel and Orsen Arney's five children, wa…

LAS VEGAS, Nev. / SHULLSBURG - Timothy J. Leahy, age 70, of Las Vegas, Nev., formerly of Shullsburg, Wis., passed away Monday, May 25, 2015, at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas. He was born…

Hunters may soon be allowed to wear blaze pink when they head out to bag their buck. 

In the 1970s, when oil prices jumped, most liberals embraced a simple solution: price controls. It should be illegal, they thought, to sell oil or gasoline for more than a certain amount. Amer…

No one wants to think we can’t have our lakes and eat cheese, too.

In September 1963, we were juniors sitting in new, unused classrooms, and high school graduation seemed a long way off.

In exchange for the plea deal, Sharper has agreed to help the investigation into other defendants. 

BASEBALL

WAUSAU — The Madison Mallards game against the Wisconsin Woodchucks Friday night was postponed due to rain.

SPRING GREEN — Cousins Kylie Hoffman and Taylor Briehl have literally grown up playing catch together.

After suffering two losses to Verona during the Big Eight Conference regular season, the Madison East softball team got its revenge on Friday.

Kian O’Brien delivered two base hits and pitched the final three innings Friday night to lead the Madison La Follette baseball team to a 2-1 victory over Madison East in the Big Eight Conferen…

VIROQUA — Hard rain, claps of thunder and flashes of lightning sent the Madison Edgewood track and field teams to the shelter of their bus Friday night.

Behind four first-place finishes, the Beloit Memorial girls track and field captured the team championship at Friday’s Janesville Parker sectional.