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PITTSBURGH -- August officially kicks off college application season. Rising high school seniors will begin inking their essays and submitting their grades and test scores to more than 4,000 U.S. colleges and universities.

In other UW news, Krenwick Sanders and Kevin Estes did not make the Badgers' 105-man fall camp roster.

MADISON - Fernando Torres, age 73, passed away on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, at his home in Madison due to pancreatic cancer and other health complications.

WAUNAKEE - Marthinus Philippus Taute, "Tinus" to his friends and family, age 57, of Waunakee, Wis., passed away in his home on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, surrounded by family. He faced cancer with courage and embraced God's way. Born on…

MOUNT HOREB - Ernest J. Miller Jr., age 65, of Blue Mounds, Wis., died on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, at UW Hospital in Madison, Wis. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ellestad Camacho Funeral Home, 500 N. 8th St., Mount…

COLUMBUS / BEAVER DAM - Travis L. Williams, age 33, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, at his home. He was born on May 5, 1983, in Columbus to Tracey and Dawn (Balfanz) Williams. Travis attended Columbus High…

MOUNT HOREB - Eugene Martinson, age 84, of Mount Horeb, Wis., died on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Ellestad Camacho Funeral Home, 500 N. 8th St., Mount Horeb, Wis.

CHICAGO — Travelers accustomed to taking advantage of free stopovers on United Airlines flights booked with miles may find the airline’s policy a little less generous after October.

More than two dozen people were taken to a hospital Saturday night following the evacuation of a wedding reception on Madison's East Side.

As the end of summer nears and dealers discount their 2016 cars to make room for next year’s models, shoppers who want to lease could find some hidden bargains. The key is to understand — and maximize — two little-understood…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Agricultural experts say Wisconsin in the midst of an nearly perfect growing season.

BEAVER DAM — For the last three years I’ve grown and donated well over 20,000 pounds of sweet corn to local food pantries, friends, family, neighbors, an FFA group and our church.

UW opens fall camp Monday.

They don’t make adult-sized “Little House on the Prairie” Laura dresses, but Jen Mulder’s husband, Jay, wanted them to be Pa and Laura Ingalls for a costume party. Their quest to find suitable calico fabric for Jen Mulder to sew…

College students are preparing to move into their dorms in the fall. If you’re sending a student off to college, have them use this list as a starting point for their move.

Sue Klein could have chosen to close her business and sell the nearly two acres of land on one of the city’s prime corridors or move her operation to another, less expensive location.

Operation Badger Base will give the community a chance to come together to celebrate all Wisconsin veterans.

The Horticulture, Crafts & Culinary Pavilion offers a throwback experience

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