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POYNETTE - On July 28, 2016, the skies opened and welcomed a kind and gentle man we knew as "Dad." He was tired and ready to be greeted by Mom and The Heavenly Father. Born Jan. 22, 2016, to Alfred…

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas / DEFOREST - Donald E. Crane, age 78, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016, at his home where he resided for 20 years. Donald previously resided in the Deforest area.

MCKINNEY, Texas / VERONA - Gregory John Becker, age 51, of McKinney, Texas, passed away on July 30, 2016, after a lengthy battle with ALS. He was born Aug. 21, 1964, in Madison, Wis., to Gilbert and Dorothy Becker. He…

NEW GLARUS - Carol Clark, age 78, of New Glarus passed away at her home on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016.

DEFOREST - Our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Joan I. Jellings, left a void in our lives on Aug. 4, 2016, after a brief illness. She was born at home in Windsor on Aug. 23, 1930, the daughter of Clarence…

EAU CLAIRE / MADISON - Ruth Ann Hanson, age 80, passed away Aug. 3, 2016, following a brief illness in Eau Claire. She was born Feb. 20, 1936, in Weyauwega, Wis., the first child of Leo and Ann Richter.

Deputies who responded to the crash believed the woman may have been intoxicated.

The Madison utility company reported its second-quarter earnings Thursday.

Nicholas, a standout for the Badgers from 1949 to '52, donated $10 million to the construction of the Kohl Center in 1995. The Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion, the practice facility adjacent to the arena, is named for Nicholas and his wife, Nancy…

While floodwater mosquitoes are a nuisance, they are rarely infected with West Nile virus.

Paul Nehlen, a Delavan businessman, made the comments on a Chicago-area radio talk show earlier this week.

Showers and thunderstorms are likely Thursday night in the Madison area, ahead of cooler weather that should make for a beautiful weekend.

The greatest chance of a Dane County resident becoming infected by the Zika virus is by traveling to a Zika-infected area, according to Public Health Madison and Dane County.

A proposed ordinance would prohibit bullying, retaliation against people who report bullying and would subject parents to fines if their child is reported for bullying twice in a 90-day period.

The former director of Walworth County's Department of Health and Human Services has been appointed to head the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.

A stretch of Highway 19 in the town of Westport will close for construction at night, beginning Sunday night.

Traffic fatality figures released on Thursday show more people died in crashes in Wisconsin in July than any other month so far this year, the Department of Transportation said.

One block of North Paterson Street from East Washington Avenue to East Mifflin Street will close for construction Monday.

Construction work will begin on North Segoe Road between Sheboygan Avenue and Regent Street Monday. North- and south-bound traffic will be open on the east side of the median in the current north-bound lanes, according to the Madison Traffic Engineering…

A Deerfield man who allegedly was sexting a 16-year-old girl was arrested Wednesday on charges of child enticement.