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Casually ask five people what day is Flag Day this year. Do they all know that it's always June 14? Then ask them how they will be celebrating our flag. Most will probably get a puzzled look on their face.

The June 5 letter to the editor "Morality comes from Christian faith" seemed a bit judgmental.

I am getting tired of hearing how our power hungry trio of Gov. Scott Walker, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos have balanced the state budget without increasing taxes.

City Council member Samba Baldeh said he did not feel safe with Madison Police Chief Mike Koval sitting behind him with a gun during the recent City Council meeting because the chief strongly and passionately objected to wasting $400,000 of…

Healthy economies need a balance of fiscal and monetary policy. For too long, the Federal Reserve's easy money and very low interest rates have, in football terms, been "setting a pick" for an inactive Congress unable to find a sane…

We need to support our Madison Police Department. These men and women put their lives on the line every time they sign in for duty. We have a terrific department that strives to serve all citizens.

Everyone knows Paul Ryan. But who is Paul Nehlen?

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Some medical facilities are declining to offer care for a former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy suffering from advanced ALS who was found not legally responsible for killing his wife and sister-in-law in 2014.

An East Side maternity and early childhood store and resource center has new owners.

FITCHBURG / BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - Madeline (Shapiro) Goodman, age 96, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 8, 2016, at UW Hospital, Madison. Funeral services will be held at STAR OF DAVID FUNERAL CHAPEL AND MEMORIAL GARDENS, 7701 Bailey Road,…

MADISON / MILWAUKEE - William D. Corrigan, age 74, of Madison, formerly of Milwaukee, passed away on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Funeral arrangements are pending. A full obituary will appear at a later date. Online condolences may be made at…

MCFARLAND - David Lawrence Allwardt, age 62, passed away on Friday, June 3, 2016, at his home. He was born in Milwaukee, Wis., on Aug. 4, 1953, the son of Lawrence and Janet (Karlmann) Allwardt. David graduated from McFarland High…

WINDSOR - Diane Elizabeth Gotzion, age 72, of Windsor, Wis., passed away peacefully on June 6, 2016, at her home in Windsor after a long, courageous battle with cancer.

MADISON - David Francis Hartl, age 57, died on Thursday, June 9, 2016, at home.

SUN PRAIRIE - Audrey Marian Hein, age 92, passed away at Agrace HospiceCare on Friday, June 10, 2016. She was born in Madison on Aug. 22, 1923, the daughter of Ernest and Leanitae Hillenbrand.

FONTANA - Bill "Smiley" Freytag, age 85, passed away peacefully on June 3, 2016, surrounded by his family at his home in Fontana, Wis.

Madison Police responded to a shots fired report in the 2100 block of Pike Drive around 10:50 p.m. on Friday night.

A 46-year-old Sun Prairie man was arrested Friday night after allegedly driving under the influence and striking a Sun Prairie Police car.

WASHINGTON — Before the lynching of The Donald proceeds, what exactly was it he said about that Hispanic judge?

One is slated to be built in southwest Wisconsin, near Platteville.