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The Pew Research Center recently released an analysis on America’s shrinking middle class in which it defined the middle class income tier as households earning two-thirds to double the median income for a household of the same size. Nationally, middle…

The Department of Corrections wants to keep employee training recordings as public records, but also is seeking the ability to destroy them after a day.

But it still fails to meet federal standards in some areas.

A new book called “Heart of a Lion” is giving some folks hope that cougars dispersing from South Dakota’s Black Hills will soon recolonize the Midwest, much like gray wolves from northeastern Minnesota recolonized Wisconsin’s Northwoods and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

FENNIMORE - Charles S. "Chuck" Weist Jr., age 45, died on Tuesday afternoon, July 12, 2016, in the town of Sterling in Vernon County, Wis., as a result of an automobile accident. Chuck was born on May 7, 1971, in…

MADISON - Suzanne L. Morrow passed on Friday, July 15, 2016. She was born July 26, 1932. Suzanne is survived by a daughter, Debra (Greg) Spees; three grandchildren, Hillary, Chase and Farren (Tom); three great-grandchildren, Nolan, Addison and Landyn; and…

STOUGHTON - Irene O. Bronte, age 81, passed away surrounded by her family on Thursday, July 14, 2016. She was born in Stoughton on March 15, 1935, the daughter of Wilbur and Olga (Johnson) Straavaldson.

Donald Trump has selected the perfect non-Trump as his running mate. Mike Pence, the phlegmatic Republican governor of Indiana, has strong credentials with the social right and mediocre political instincts.

It should be a beautiful Saturday in Madison, but the upcoming week could be a scorcher, especially later in the week.

Gov. Scott Walker has appointed an assistant attorney general to be a judge in Dane County Circuit Court, but it's unclear if the appointee will run for a full term in April 2017.

A Madison woman was killed Friday morning while bicycling on Highway 14 near Cross Plains, with officials saying the pickup truck that hit her veered off the pavement and onto the shoulder she was riding on.

This State Journal editorial ran on July 14, 1916, four months after Mexican Revolutionary general Pancho Villa led a raid on a New Mexico border town:

Madison-based Kayser Automotive Group has sold its Nissan line to Rosen Automotive Group, which operates a Nissan-Kia dealership in Milwaukee and a Mazda dealership in Waukegan, Illinois.

A Tennessee woman was charged Friday with battery to a police officer and spitting at a police officer for a Sunday incident in which she allegedly head-butted a Dane County Sheriff's Deputy.

Monroe has hired Brian Bassett as its new head boys basketball coach, the school announced on Friday.

Extensive testing has confirmed that Old Abe, the bald eagle who served as a mascot for Wisconsin troops during the Civil War, was in fact male. The birds gender had been disputed.

The residence in the town of Blooming Grove is designated as emergency housing for men monitored by the Department of Corrections

A driver slowing for a kitten on the Dubuque-Wisconsin bridge over the Mississippi River caused two crashes involving five vehicles Thursday afternoon, with nobody getting hurt while traffic backed up for over an hour.

With temperatures sizzling, it’s time to break out the blender and start whipping up some frosty, fruity and flavorful smoothies.

Here's how members of Wisconsin's congressional delegation voted on major issues this week.