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MIDDLETON - Erna Catherine (Ziegler) Esser, age 91, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2016. She is survived by her children, Louise (Carl) Endresz, Linda Wright and Linus Esser.

MADISON - Mark Fortney Peterson, age 71, of Madison, passed away surrounded by family on July 18, 2016. He was born July 9, 1945, in Madison, Wis., the son of Dr. Rodney K. and Janet (Nelson) Peterson. Mark graduated from…

DUBUQUE, Iowa - Dennis D. Ward passed away peacefully Friday, July 29, 2016, at Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa. He was born in Deerfield, Wis., on May 29, 1933, to Gertrude and Roy Ward. He married the former Sandra Grahn…

DOYLESTOWN - William Russell Cline, 87 years old of Doylestown, Wis., passed away peacefully at his home on Aug. 1, 2016. He was born on March 22, 1929, the son of Russell and Malena Cline of South Bend, Ind.

MADISON - Margaret Elizabeth Nolen, age 92, went on her last ride Friday, July 22, 2016, this time to Heaven. She was born on Aug. 27, 1923, in Dodgeville, Wis., as the second of four children of James and Mary…

MADISON / EVANSVILLE - Alyce M. Forster passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, at Sienna Meadows in Oregon, Wis. Alyce was born on Feb. 2, 1922. She was the older sibling of Jerry and Byrad Ripp. Her brother was…

KENNESAW, Ga. - Judith McConnell Tubbs, daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and friend passed away on July 16, 2016, at her home in Kennesaw, Ga., at the age of 63 due to cancer.

SPRING GREEN - William Henry "Willie" Crook passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at the age of 79. Willie was a man who loved hunting, fishing and most of all his family.

STOUGHTON - Mary Lou Olson, age 90, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, at Skaalen Nursing and Rehab. She was born on Aug. 26, 1925, in Cottage Grove, Wis., the daughter of Albert and Mary Salverson. She married Roger…

MADISON - In the early hours of Monday, July 25, 2016, Daniel Eliot Grossberg died unexpectedly at home, the elder of Drs. Sidney and Josette Grossberg's two sons, brother to Leslie Grossberg, brother-in-law to Judy Kingsbury, and beloved of Linda…

PLAIN - Evangeline Rosalia "Van" (Reuschlein) Haag of Plain died on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at the Sauk Prairie Hospital at the age of 97. She was born June 25, 1919, to William Reuschlein and Rose (Brechtl) Reuschlein.

MADISON - Anna Marie (Dahmen) Johnson, age 81, of Madison, Wis., peacefully passed on to eternal rest at Agrace HospiceCare, on Aug, 4, 2016. She was born on Nov. 10, 1934, in Madison, Wis., the daughter of Charles and Anna…

Authorities are investigating a Friday evening death in Beaver Dam after gunshots were fired at a residence at 215 Woodland Drive.

The Summer Olympic Games begin tonight in Rio. The Brazilian government allocated $9.7 billion to host the Games. London’s 2012 Games cost around $11.4 billion and Beijing’s 2008 Games cost a staggering $42 billion.

In the top of the first inning of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game last month, Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant clubbed a home run off the left field scoreboard at San Diego’s Petco Park.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Poll workers in Dane County will have to recopy votes from thousands of defective absentee ballots on Election Day next week.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Poll workers in Dane County will have to recopy votes from thousands of defective absentee ballots on Election Day next week.

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This State Journal editorial ran on Aug. 9, 1916: