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MADISON / SOUTHBURY, Conn. - Kendall Anthony "Tony" Niglis of Madison, Wis., and Southbury, Conn., died at home of cardiac arrest on March 6, 2016. He was 69 years old. Celebration of life will be held July 30, 2016, in…

MINERAL POINT - Bonnie Jean Goninen, age 91, of Mineral Point, passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2016.

BEAVER DAM - John Page Patterson, age 78, of Beaver Dam, Wis., passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2016, at St. Mary's Care Center in Madison. John requested that no funeral services be held. Burial will be at Mount Hope…

MADISON - Bill Swenson passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2016, at his home in Madison following a brief illness. He was 64 years old.

LODI / PORTAGE - On a bright sunny Sunday morning, July 17, 2016, Delores passed on peacefully to eternal life at Agrace HospiceCare in Madison. Delores was born to Nicholas and Louise (Hochstein) Seiler on April 22, 1940. She graduated…

WAUNAKEE / MADISON - Nancy L. (Church) Thompson, age 68, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. She was born on Oct. 23, 1947, in Madison, the daughter of Walter E. Church and Lorraine "Pauline"Kemmer.

MONONA - Kathryn Irene Warren, age 54, passed away unexpectedly due to medical complications on Thursday, July 21, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. She was born on March 15, 1962, in Elmhurst, Ill., the daughter of Jeanette (Anderson)…

MADISON - Daniel Ronald Winkel, age 65, passed away peacefully at St. Mary's Care Center in Madison, on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. He was born in Sheboygan, Wis., on Aug. 4, 1950, to Henry J. and Albertine S. (Gerhartz) Winkel.

This is Jerika Bolen's very own prom. She's calling it her "last dance." And it is.

BLACK EARTH -– Bret Schultz recalls it all coming together for him: his fly rod, and the brown trout.

The Wisconsinite from Kenosha has presided over many victories for the party, but the biggest prize remains elusive.

SAN FRANCISCO — In a world where there’s a smartphone app for everything, one company __ Amazon.com Inc. — has long been the host for an outsized share of online software and computing services.

If you follow conservation matters, you might know these pretty, nickel-sized butterflies are federally endangered because of habitat loss, but Wisconsin supports the world’s largest and most widespread Karner blue populations, especially across its central counties.

The man who sustained life-threatening injuries after striking a dump truck head on died Friday as a result of his injuries, according to the State Patrol.

Madison Police are currently investigating a shooting that occurred Friday night that sent a 19-year-old to the hospital.

Last week’s Econ Quiz showed that a median income for a household of three in Wisconsin was $68,052 in 2014, making the range for a middle class income for a household of this size between roughly $45,000 and $136,000 in…

WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates ticked up noticeably in six states in June, even as employers continued to add jobs and the hiring outlook improved.

Democratic nominee must be polite, defend Bush and elevate the qualities her GOP opponent lacks

Staver helped Mineral Point earn the WIAA Division 4 state championship in March.

Ashley Ream wrote her latest literary thriller, which sports a cover blurb from Gillian Flynn, in the back seat of her idling car on the UW-Madison campus on her lunch breaks from her day job at Wisconsin Public Television.