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PACKWAUKEE - Mary Jane Hollenbeck, age 86, of Packwaukee, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 16, 2016, at Tivoli in Portage. She was born on Dec. 20, 1929, in Madison, to Peter and Laura (Denruyter) Trapino. Mary Jane married Junior…

A Middleton man who was charged Friday with shooting two men near a South Park Street restaurant last month said he was defending himself, after one of the men pulled a gun on him that jammed as he tried to…

DODGEVILLE -- Over a dozen residents gathered in a sitting room at Upland Hills Health's Nursing and Rehab Center patiently awaiting the arrival of a special guest.

A private airplane landed at Reedsburg Municipal Airport Friday morning at a speed too fast to stop and too slow to regain flight, resulting in a route on land through the end of a runway and an eight-foot chain-link fence.

Leaders from the two Madison-based companies had been in talks for more than a year.

The University of Wisconsin Athletic Board approved extensions for seven different Badgers coaches on Friday.

Construction on the Capitol Square will close streets between East Washington Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue for three weeks starting Monday as concrete pavement is removed and replaced.

A couple of familiar faces returned to a familiar place on Friday afternoon, and the result was a rousing success.

Senior shortstop Heather Rudnicki of Verona was one of three area players named to the Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association All-State first team, released this week.

The Econ Quiz cannot let June pass by without noting that it is Dairy Month, and cause for celebration in our state. Wisconsin is home to more than 100 cheesemakers who craft more than 600 varieties and styles of cheese,…

A tree lover's excessive affection for the shadier side of her porch resulted in an arrest for trespassing on Rosemary Avenue, just northeast of Milwaukee Street, Thursday morning.

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN — The Center for Disease Control just reported that a Pennsylvania woman had been found with a “superbug” resistant to most known antibiotics. CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden called it “the end of the road (for antibiotics)…

Farro is a hearty whole grain that may well become a staple in your kitchen, in everything from soups and casseroles to sides and salads.

The 100 block of West Main Street between South Carroll and South Fairchild streets will be closed Monday from 7 a.m. to the end of the work day.

A recent investigative report by Dan O’Donnell on WISN-AM (1130) shared a troubling scenario. Wisconsin teachers in some school districts are regularly being verbally and physically assaulted by students, and administrators are not confronting the growing problem.

An unidentified spider was fingered as the culprit in a false alarm that brought firefighters to an apartment in the 1600 block of Capital Avenue Friday morning.

It had not seemed possible, but Donald Trump descended this week to a new low of bigotry, fear-mongering and conspiracy-peddling.

A brief mention of privatizing cul-de-sacs to lessen the burden of strained road construction funding has sparked a debate in Fitchburg over whether the mayor's comment was a conversation starter or a serious proposal.

There are few dishes more elemental and satisfying than bruschetta. A mainstay at many Italian restaurants, it's an appetizer comprising slices of grilled bread adorned with any number of toppings. According to Italian cookbook author Marcella Hazan, bruschetta likely originated…