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ASHTON Arthur "Art" Meinholz, age 67, of Ashton, passed away suddenly at his home in Middleton, following an apparent heart attack on Saturday, January 26, 2026.

u MADISON A driver was accused of operating while impaired after hitting and seriously injuring a pedestrian on the South Side on Monday, Madison police reported.

As the official celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence culminate on July 4, a well-financed, privately funded initiative will kick off to try to connect hundreds of millions of Americans with efforts to…

Peshtigo police arrested a 33-year-old Menominee man on Monday after he attacked several officers after being reported by students at a high school blood drive for acting strangely, according to police.

VERONA A 48-year-old Monticello woman who crashed her vehicle into a light pole in Verona on Monday has died, Verona police said on Tuesday.

Deputies used drones in two lifesaving calls in one shift over the weekend, the Dane County Sheriff's Office reported.

A candidate already running for the District 15 seat on the Dane County Board has been selected to fill the vacancy created by the former supervisor's resignation at the end of last year.

The state Department of Corrections has fired an employee and suspended two others following the November escape of a woman who was a defendant in the "Slender Man" stabbing in 2014.

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Wisconsin's open enrollment application period for the 202627 school year opens Monday, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction announced Tuesday.

Responses to the Wisconsin State Journal's candidate questionnaire. The primary is Feb. 17.

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Lawmakers in the state Assembly on Tuesday unveiled a bipartisan proposal to give WisconsinEye, the state's version of C-SPAN, the funds needed to resume operations in the Capitol.

"I refuse to give ICE and DHS a blank check to keep acting lawlessly," the Madison Democrat said.

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The firing comes after the three were placed on leave for the response to the Nov. 22 escape from a Madison group home.

Froma Harrop's column in Fridays Wisconsin State Journal, "What if nobody came to the war on Minneapolis?," was a tone-deaf critique of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement mission in Minneapolis.