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UW Marching Band stalwart 'Badger Bill' Garvey succumbs to cancer

MATTHEW DeFOUR | Wisconsin State Journal | mdefour@madison.com | 608-252-6144

Updated: 9:23 am New"Badger Bill" Garvey was an icon in both McFarland where he taught music for 31 years and among the UW-Madison community who shared his passio…
May 25, 2012 9:00 am(8)
Walker, Barrett to meet for first debate

Associated Press

Updated: 9:24 am NewGov. Scott Walker and Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett are scheduled to meet for the first of two live debates in advance of the June 5 …
May 25, 2012 8:45 am
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Close call: No injuries after large tree section falls at Middleton day care

BARRY ADAMS | Wisconsin State Journal | badams@madison.com | 608-252-6148

Updated: 6:12 amAbout two hours after 15 children had stopped playing in the sprinklers in the back play yard, a 50-foot section from a maple tree crashed int…
May 25, 2012 6:00 am
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Blog: On Campus Blog: Extra Credit

Campus Connection: UW-Madison class launches edUtopia Wisconsin site

Instead of examining the many problems dogging public education today, students focus their reporting on “advancing the conversations happening in society in order to provide fodder for a dialogue about possible solutions.”

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Waunakee sixth-graders raise $5,000 for cancer victim's family, donor doubles it

Sixth graders at Waunakee Intermediate School learned a lot about life this semester through the death of a local man who taught many of them about sports.