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SUN PRAIRIE - John C. Mulhern, age 90, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 10, 2016, at his home surrounded by his loving family.

PLAIN - Irene M. Yanke, age 88, of Plain, entered into eternal peace on Monday, June 13, 2016, at the Maplewood Nursing Home. She was born on Feb. 27, 1928, in Honey Creek Township, the daughter of Walter and Mary…

WAUNAKEE - Elsie Marie Copus, age 95, passed away on Monday, June 13, 2016, at Waunakee Manor. She was born March 12, 1921, the daughter of Edgar and Hannah (Larson) Faris. Elsie worked at the Richland Center JC Penneys, and…

BELLEVILLE - Mary Lou Ryan, age 85, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2016, at the New Glarus Home. She was born on Jan. 24, 1931, at Trego, Wis., to her parents, Dean and Della Smith.

Showers and thunderstorms moving into the Madison area Tuesday night could bring heavy rain, but the weather improves dramatically as we head toward the weekend.

Morrison, the Cardinals' starting pitcher and cleanup hitter, leaves the game after being hit in the forehead by line drive in the first inning of Tuesday's 4-2 loss.

The head of financial planning and analysis at California-Berkeley has been named the vice chancellor for finance and administration at UW-Madison.

Epic Systems Corp. told a federal court this month that it should reduce the nearly $1 billion awarded by a jury in April against an Indian conglomerate, to bring the award in line with state law.

Coach Mike McCarthy is excusing a select group of players for minicamp, which started Tuesday.

Burlington rallies from a 3-0 deficit behind a 13-hit attack to take a 5-3 victory in a WIAA Division 1 state quarterfinal.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — All Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wanted to do was celebrate Flag Day.

The PGA Tour Champions event will include eight of the top 10 players in the current Schwab Cup standings, including Bernhard Langer, winner of two major senior championships in the 2016 season.

A man suspected of shooting and wounding two men at a South Side restaurant parking lot in May was chased and arrested by Madison police on Monday.

After Cardinals starting pitcher Alex Morrison gets knocked out of the game by a line drive, the Hornets take the lead early and hold on.

Indian Lake in northwest Dane County is one of the more popular county parks, and with new amenities coming this year, it's popularity is certain to grow.

Four candidates, including two from UW-Madison, are being considered to head the new campus-wide initiative for cultural competency at the state's flagship university.

Milwaukee Brewing's Weekend at Louie's uses blueberry-infused tea instead of fruit.

Janesville firefighters had a busy day on Saturday with fires in two different homes, with one firefighter taken to a hospital for heat-related symptoms.

A fight between two men in Richland County Sunday night left one man with life-threatening injuries and the other taken to a local hospital.