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MINERAL POINT / PORT WASHINGTON—Reta Lou Brown, age 70, of Port Washington, formerly of Mineral Point, loving mother and devoted grandmother passed away on Monday, May 7, 2018, at age 70. Reta was born in 1947, to Fred and Evangeline…

MADISON / VERONA—Jerome J. Persak, formerly of New Berlin, completed his circle of life on Sunday, May 20, 2018, at the age of 66 years.

MIDDLETON—Charles Jeffrey “Jeff” Raymond, age 71, died May 23, 2018, at UW Hospital due to multiple myeloma. Jeff was born on March 4, 1947, in La Crosse, the oldest of Margaret Ann “Peg” (Kelly) and Charles J. “Charlie” Raymond’s six…

OREGON—Lisa Ann Reeve-Denu, age 50, passed away on Tuesday May 22, 2018, at Agrace HospiceCare, surrounded by her family after a long battle with cancer. She was born on March 23, 1968, in Madison, the daughter of Donald (Janet) and…

MILWAUKEE—John W. Pendleton, Ph.D. of Milwaukee, formerly of Madison, age 96, died peacefully in Milwaukee on May 15, 2018, surrounded by family. Born on a small “two-mule farm” in Tennessee, John went on to become one of the world’s leading…

Attorney Michael Bauer, a former state assistant attorney general, was suspended for a year by the state Supreme Court for improperly shifting money between accounts, including client trust accounts.

On May 14, during protests near the border fence with Gaza, Israeli military forces killed at least 60 Palestinians and wounded more than 1,000 others. No Israeli soldiers were injured or killed.

The Packers' new offensive coaches work to implement changes without losing sight of how much success QB Aaron Rodgers and the offense have had.

The festival is on track to beat its 2010 record of 209,376 brats sold through the weekend.

The Packers look like a rejuvenated bunch, a positive development that's often difficult to accomplish without taking the drastic step of changing head coaches.