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MIDDLETON - Reverend Harland Swiggum, age 92, passed away after a sudden illness on Sunday, May 17, 2015. He was surrounded by family as he passed from this life to the next. Harley was born o…

FALL RIVER - Lorena L. Ladwig, age 94, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at The Meadows in Fall River. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., with visitatio…

A McFarland man who posed as a woman on the Internet, convinced teenage boys to send him nude photos of themselves and then threatened them with exposure to get them to send him more, was sent…

Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal calls for drug testing recipients of public benefits, including food stamps, unemployment insurance and worker training.

The potential presidential candidate reportedly impressed many GOP members of Congress at a private luncheon.

Democratic lawmakers said on Tuesday they will unveil a series of proposals that would pour nearly half of a billion dollars into public schools.

More than 15 years ago, former West High School girls basketball coach Shelton Kingcade manipulated a middle school-age girl into a two-year sexual relationship, and kept her from reporting it…

How often do you see this kind of overwhelming bipartisan sentiment in Congress?

Richter, multisport athlete Tim Healy, former UW volleyball coach Pete Waite and former UW and Olympic rower Jackie Zoch also be enshrined June 3 at Monona Terrace.

An avian influenza quarantine in Juneau County has been lifted after no new detections were found the past month, but state officials say it's not time to think the bird flu crisis has passed.

The additions bring the total to 46.

State workers’ main out-of-pocket health care costs will double next year, after the Group Insurance Board approved changes Tuesday to save $85 million over two years.

Christal Sheppard, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Midwest Satellite Office in Detroit, will help kick off the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference at 8:30 a.m. June 2.

The award is given annually to the nation's top center.

Bethel Lutheran Church, which owns the house, will swing it to a different part of the same block.

Even as voucher availability has expanded, public schools remain the overwhelming choice of parents.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Black religious leaders in the Madison area are calling for the resignation of a white police officer who fatally shot a biracial teenager in Wisconsin's capital city.

Gabby Beauvais has broken and rebroken Monona Grove High School and Badger South Conference track and field records.

"14th Deadly Sin" tops this week's list.