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SUN PRAIRIE - George R. Niebur, age 92, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, on what would have been his 68th wedding anniversary, at the Sun Prairie Health Care Center. He was born on Aug. 31, 1924, in Madison,…

FITCHBURG - Robert L. Wolf, age 72, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. He was born in Madison on Feb. 18, 1944, and was the son of Clayton and Mildred (Pemberton) Wolf. He married…

MCFARLAND - Jeffery Paul Klubertanz, age 59, of McFarland, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at Meriter Hospital. He was born on Feb. 6, 1957, in Stoughton, the son of Doris and Ralph Klubertanz. Jeff married Kim Eith on…

STOUGHTON - Oscar John Forton II passed away quietly on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, at the Nazareth House in Stoughton.

MADISON - Terry Lee Massey, age 67, passed away on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, at his home. A memorial service will be held at CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3325 E. Washington Ave., Madison, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016.…

MERRIMAC - Charles Merritt "Charlie" Allen, age 81, passed away at Maplewood of Sauk Prairie on Sept. 5, 2016, after a courageous battle with Lewy Body Dementia. As per Charlie's wishes, he donated his body to the University of Wisconsin…

Donald Trump's flip-flopping on immigration is probably a pretty accurate example of the kind of President Donald Trump would be.

The fast-casual pizza restaurant Lotsa Stone Fired Pizza opens on State Street Wednesday with $3 pizzas. Proceeds benefit a cancer group.

Sun Prairie police continuing investigation of death that followed a domestic dispute

MILWAUKEE — U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa, whose high-profile decisions included a ruling that blocked a secret probe into Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's campaign, has died at age 76.

It marks UW's highest ranking since the Badgers were No. 10 in the final AP poll in 2011.

Leon Jacobs will play both ways for the University of Wisconsin the rest of the season after sophomore inside linebacker Chris Orr suffered a season-ending knee injury against LSU on Saturday, according to Badgers coach Paul Chryst.

A 15-year-old Minnesota boy who had driven an apparently stolen car from his home state was arrested in Madison on Saturday after he and others were caught stealing items from parked cars on Madison's East Side.

Soglin's $329.7 million capital budget, unveiled at a press conference Tuesday morning, begins the long-planned, $26.1 million renovation of the landmark Madison Municipal Building, a major driver in capital spending and borrowing.

An open records case being fought by Attorney General Brad Schimel will go before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday.

A Madison woman sustained a serious head injury after she fell down a flight of stairs at a North Bassett Street home early Monday, police said.

Madison police are investigating a possible attempted sexual assault that occurred early Monday in the Downtown area.

Police in Sun Prairie are investigating a shooting that happened early Tuesday at a fast food restaurant.

Madison police are looking for people who were involved in an incident Monday night in which gunshots were fired between two cars on Madison's Far East Side.