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MADISON, Wis. -- Breast cancer survivors came together in Madison this weekend to share their experiences and to offer support to each other. Full Story »
MADISON, Wis. -- Breast cancer survivors came together in Madison this weekend to share their experiences and to offer support to each other. Full Story »
JANESVILLE, Wis. -- This weekend the first-ever "Wisconsin Youth Gospelfest" in Janesville is attracting singers from across southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Full Story »
MADISON, Wis. -- Grant County residents will get a chance to review new flood maps this week. Federal and state officials will hold an open house in Lancaster on Tuesday to feature the maps. Full Story »
MADISON, Wis. -- Prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in women were the most common cancers between 2002 and 2006 in Wisconsin. Full Story »
After weeks of speculation, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is expected to formally announce he's running for governor. Full Story »
Dane County's largest employee union has formally agreed to a 3 percent pay cut for 2010 in exchange for eight days off. Full Story »
Three out-of-state companies won the Elevator Pitch Olympics on Wednesday, part of the Early Stage Symposium at Monona Terrace. Full Story »
Two local veterans have joined a growing rank of soldiers that have sued civilian defense contractors that used open-air pits to burn waste at U.S. military installations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Full Story »
Almost 1,000 Wisconsinites are still owed tax refunds totalling more than $850,000 - including more than 100 in Dane County. Full Story »
The Dunn family, including 83-year-old Vernon and his 89-year-old brother, still uses some 'old way' techniques at their farm in the town of Oregon Full Story »
A Milton man was taken into custody Sunday morning after a several-hour standoff that required a response from the Rock County SWAT team. Full Story »
An armed man robbed the Ultrazone laser tag center on Madison's far west side shortly after closing time Sunday morning, police reported. Full Story »
Fitchburg police are investigating a sexual assault that reportedly occurred Friday afternoon. Full Story »
Stepping off the sun-splashed loading dock into the refrigerated warehouse at R.E. Golden Produce is like walking into a giant vegetable bin. Full Story »
Former Milwaukee Mayor Frank Zeidler, who led Wisconsin’s largest city from 1948 to 1960 and then spent the better part of 50 years as the Milwaukee area’s elder statesman, always warned against the privatization of public services. Full Story »
Back in the mid-1940s, I was really excited planning my first big deer hunt up north. I purchased my first deer rifle, a Remington pump, .35-caliber that shot a 200-grain bullet. Full Story »
Information is taken from the records of the Portage Fire Department. The Portage Fire Department has responded to 322 calls since Jan. 1. W10000 block of Highway 16: Firefighters at 11:39 a.m. Sunday were called to assist in lifting a patient. Full Story »
The annual Portage Area Holiday Parade is scheduled for Nov. 27, but it will be a short parade without entries. Gil Meisgeier, one of the organizers, said churches, schools, families and individuals can take part. Entries don't necessarily have to be floats or cars. Full Story »
Two town of Springville residents were arrested Wednesday afternoon, accused of animal and child neglect when the Adams County Sheriff's Department found 193 animals on their property. Full Story »
The first time 10-year-old Ryan McWilliams called 911, it was to save his mother's life. About 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 29, his mother, Kathy McWilliams, became ill at their family home along Sanborn Street in Portage. Full Story »
LODI - A Lodi man and another Wisconsin veteran have joined a growing rank of soldiers that have sued civilian defense contractors that used open-air pits to burn waste at U.S. military installations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Full Story »
Raincoats might be necessary for football fans flocking to Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday, but area residents won't need raincoats to see the Sauk Priarie High School present the musical "The Pirates of Penzance" on Nov. 12, 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. at the River Arts Center in Prairie du Sac. Full Story »
Have a little pork roast with your venison this year, deer hunters. The Department of Natural Resources is encouraging gun deer hunters to shoot feral pigs when out deer hunting later this month. Full Story »
A long-time political football reared its head during the Sauk County Board's debate over the 2010 budget Tuesday night.Supervisor Tom Kriegl of Baraboo offered an amendment to the budget proposal, Full Story »
The south/east bound Interstate 39 ramps at state Highway 60 in Columbia County will open at 10 a.m. Saturday. Full Story »
"The theater is our laboratory. It's where our students do their work, where they learn. Our audiences are doubly important in that regard." So says David Furumoto, the new head of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's University Theatre, and a tenured associate professor of acting in the department of theater and drama. Full Story »
Murals by two internationally famous artists-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin have recently been threatened. One, by John Steuart Curry, is being preserved by heroic measures. The fate of the other, by Aaron Bohrod, is unknown. Full Story »
Like his granddad, Hank III has struggled with alcoholism and marital strife, as well as the suits who call the shots in the recording industry. He's also made a name for himself as a honky-tonk artist, just as Hank Sr. did, but his up-yours attitude isn't just genetic. He got his start banging drums and bucking authority in punk bands, and he never exchanged his hardcore roots for cowboy boots ... Full Story »
Whitney Mann grew up the daughter of a grain farmer in tiny Camden, Mich., a town with a population of 500 lodged between the Saint Joseph River and the Indiana state line. In Camden, one school building houses all students, kindergarten through high school. The post office and the community park are the sum of all local landmarks. Full Story »
Here's the best thing about mp3s: They've reestablished the song as the preeminent musical form. Pop music began its slow decline soon after CDs killed the 45. There was no way to buy a song, no way for three minutes of music to stand on their own anymore. And it took the implosion of the recording industry to change all that. Full Story »
Sauk County Notebook: Builder picked for shoot house Full Story »
Ramsey's parents seek $500,000 from county: Claim says inmate died due to negligence, lack of care Full Story »
Summit meeting: Jolt for jobs focus of business, education Full Story »
Reedsburg man gets two more years for probation violation Full Story »
Homeless Haven to hold open house Full Story »
REEDSBURG — Remember how downtown Reedsburg sparkles with holiday lights, wreaths and garland during those cold, winter months? Thanks to generous donations from local area businesses — and the Reedsburg chapter of National Honor Society — that picture will stay for years to come. Full Story »
SSG Jason McDonough boils water for a chicken parmesan MRE for birthday boy Benjamin Kellner, 11. Full Story »
REEDSBURG — Although the Reedsburg Common Council was short one alderperson at their Nov. 9 meeting due to the resignation of Russ Ziegler, there could be a replacement for the fourth district seat by their Nov. 23 meeting. Full Story »
Harry Witherspoon attempts to pass off his dead uncle as alive while en route to Monte Carlo. Full Story »
REEDSBURG — The Reedsburg Finance Committee has determined new tennis courts and the Veterans Memorial will be the major benefactors to come from the Webb Fund's 2010 interest revenue. Full Story »
Two Springville residents were arrested Wednesday afternoon for animal and child neglect when the Adams County Sheriff's Department found 193 animals on their property. Jesse Kolb, 33, and Tina Kolb 30, were charged with 10 counts of animal mistreatment and three counts of child neglect each, according to an Adams County Sheriff's Department press release. Full Story »
The sign on Wisconsin Dells Parkway reads, "Thank you for a great season," and the Web site says "See you next summer," but after a lackluster year, it is unclear if Riverview Park and Waterworld will actually re-open next summer. Full Story »
Residents in the Christmas Mountain Sanitary District in Dellona questioned an engineer's proposal to disburse the discharge from its wastewater treatment plant into a wetland that would eventually funnel water into Spring Brook to the east. Full Story »
A year after reducing its budget by $4,500, the town of Newport board is proposing a budget increase of $4,200 for 2010. Full Story »
The Wisconsin Dells Legislative Committee denied Walgreen’s a license to sell beer and wine. Cameron Birch, district manager of Walgreen’s, said the drugstore chain had sold liquor, beer and wine until the 1990s. Now customers were asking for it and the store wants to carry beer and wine. Full Story »
The Juneau County Board of Supervisors adopted a 2010 budget Tuesday without making cuts needed to bring the levy in line with state limits. Full Story »
The village of Necedah got one step closer to breaking ground on the new library at Monday's Village Board meeting. The Village Board approved a contract with Hoffman, an architecture and construction management firm out of Appleton, to the library project. Full Story »
With shifting property valuations and state support falling, administrators of municipalities around the county have a difficult task before them. Full Story »
Men enjoy warm weather at a hot mineral spring near the Bulgarian capital of Sofia. (AP Photo/Petar Petrov)
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