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I have a fairly simple and cost-effective proposal for police training that will protect our officers and the bad guys, or innocents.

The recent shootings are a two-pronged problem. One is ignorance, the other is firearms.

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, explained on Tuesday how fans of the Wisconsin Badgers support other Big Ten teams if they should advance to the post-season and the Badgers do not.

Per a federal judges ruling, voters who cannot easily obtain an ID to vote, will be allowed to vote after signing a sworn affidavit.

A Dave & Buster's would come to a downsized Sears at West Towne while a Flix Brewhouse would replace Steinhafel's at East Towne.

The new hotel would carry the Tru by Hilton brand name and would be among the first Tru hotels built in the country.

Christopher O’Kroley, 26, also plead guilty to first-degree reckless endangerment on Thursday.

A young couple falling in love under the starry sky, buoyed by emotions and beautiful music. Penny-pinching graduate students feeling like royalty with their pretzels and a six-pack. A sense of community, connectivity and common musical appreciation. A feast of…

Benjamin Kind of Neillsville and Regan McCoshen of Madison worked the convention floor in Cleveland.

Best-Selling Books Week Ended July 17.

KINGSFORD, Mich. / WAUNAKEE - Julia M. DeClark, age 91, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, surrounded by her family at Homestead Living in Waunakee. She was born Sept. 30, 1924, in Bessemer, Mich., the daughter of the…

MADISON - Edward Forbes Jr., age 83, left this world for bigger and better things on Thursday, July 21, 2016. A visitation with the family will be held on Sunday, July 24, 2016, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at…

FENNIMORE / BOSCOBEL - Audrey J. Karasek, age 80, died peacefully on Wednesday evening, July 20, 2016, at the Boscobel Care & Rehabilitation.

HILLSBORO - Paul Stekel, age 82 years, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, at Gundersen St. Joseph's Hospital in Hillsboro, Wis., while surrounded by his wife, loving members of his family, and pastor.

RIDGEWAY - Wayne E. Paull, age 88, of Ridgeway, died on Thursday, July 21, 2016, at Sienna Crest in Dodgeville.

VERONA / PINE BLUFF - Donald F. "Red" Reisdorf, age 77, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, after a very brief illness.

Even though the National Weather Service downgraded the excessive heat warning to a heat advisory, conditions could still be dangerous in southern Wisconsin the next few days.

Team President Mark Murphy says the Packers have applied to host the draft in 2019, 2020 or 2021.

A UW-Milwaukee student says she wants the GOP nominee to put himself in her shoes when seeking deportation.

The song bellowing through the convention hall of the Republican National Convention as he took center stage should have been “Que Sera, Sera.”