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I remember my excitement voting in my first presidential election, casting a vote for Jimmy Carter. I have voted in every presidential election since and experience that same excitement knowing I am participating in selecting the most influential person for…

If you go to a breast cancer fundraiser, people are passionate about their cause. No one brings up kidney failure, multiple sclerosis, AIDS or any other malady.

A note to the followers of Black Lives Matter: Making people angry by blocking main thoroughfares and disrupting City Council meetings and Concerts on the Square will not achieve your objective.

Hillary Clinton has a good chance of becoming our next president. Some of the women who support her admit their main reason is they simply want a female president.

For Paddle and Portage 13-year veteran Christopher Iglar, the event has become a sort of "a holiday."

A 20-year-old man from Madison was saved by Dane County Jail staff after another inmate noticed that he was attempting to hang himself in his cell, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Office.

Big and small game hunters should consider trekking to, or at least checking, their favorite northern grouse covert before Sept. 17.

We’re not going to spend a lot of time talking about what happened.

An early Saturday morning crash left one driver dead and another injured, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.

What can be done to address the issue of human trafficking and, more specifically, the commercial sexual exploitation of children?

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Madison City Clerk's office is scrambling to prepare for next month's primary after flooding and humidity damaged the city's voting equipment.

MADISON - Kenneth T. Davidson, age 89, of Madison, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 28, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare.

ROCKFORD, Ill. - Antoinette Joan "Toni" Hart, age 68, of Rockford, Ill., passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at UW Hospital in Madison, surrounded by her family. She was born Nov. 13, 1947, in Madison, the daughter of Raymond and…

LANCASTER - Grace Marlene "Marly" (Deutsch) Haskins, age 83, of Lancaster, passed away on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at Grant Regional Health Center in Lancaster.

MADISON - Anne E. Bruno, age 100, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2016. Funeral arrangements are pending and a full obituary will appear at a later date. Please share your memories at www.CressFuneralService.com.

POYNETTE - Linda Knuteson, age 76, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg, surrounded by loving family. Funeral arrangements are pending. Pflanz Mantey Mendrala Funeral Home (www.pmmfh.com) in Portage is assisting the family.

MADISON / MOUNT HOREB - Anne Ross DeWitt died Monday, July 25, 2016, at home with the aid of hospice, shortly after a severe stroke. She was born in Whitewater, Wis., June 12, 1924, to Alta and Otto Reetz. She…

BELLEVILLE / NEW GLARUS - After devoting her life to the Golden Rule, Vivian Marcella (Klosterman) Disch took her last breath Thursday morning, July 28, 2016, and was welcomed into heaven. She was 94.

MADISON - Rita (Schellhase) Leverentz, age 86, passed away peacefully after a long fulfilling life on Saturday, July 30, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare. Funeral services will be held at GUNDERSON EAST FUNERAL HOME, 5203 Monona Drive, Madison, at 12 noon…

MADISON / MARSHALL - Christopher O'Connor Ruesch, age 50, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2016. He was born on Oct. 20, 1965, in Waukegan, Ill., the son of Eileen O'Connor and David A. Ruesch. Chris loved his family, reading,…