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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bernie Sanders' win in Oregon isn't helping his bid for the Democratic nomination much. 

It's baby animal season in central Wisconsin.

Almost 100 north central Wisconsin veterans went to bed Monday night knowing that so many are thankful for their service.

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- An open house, air show and other events are planned next year as officials at Selfridge Air National Guard Base celebrate the facility's 100th anniversary.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Rewards totaling $35,000 are being offered for information in the shooting of a 9-year-old Milwaukee girl who was struck by a bullet fired from outside her home earlier this month.

  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Pop star Elton John is taking Gov. Pat McCrory to task for signing a bill that limits anti-discrimination policies for LGBT people, saying he needs a lesson in compassion.    Writing for a blog posted Tuesday on The Hill , John wrote that the law is discriminatory and the state is wasting millions of dollars to defend it. He writes that's what worse is McCrory signed the bill after saying he had never met a transgender person.    Th...

PLOVER (WAOW)-- Registration is open for the Walk for Wags-- to benefit the Humane Society of Portage County. It is scheduled for Sunday, June 5 at Pfiffner Pioneer Park in Stevens Point. The event runs from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the shelter. The event includes: 10:30 a.m.  Registration 11:00 a.m. Walk begins 12:30 p.m.  Pet fashion show/costume contest There will be raffles, vendors, music, food and beverages For more information:www.h...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A former Lincoln high school math teacher has pleaded no contest to driving drunk for the third time. 

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Des Moines police say an officer used appropriate force when he cracked a man's ribs during a March arrest. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Wisconsin's Attorney General Brad Schimel is calling on employers to raise awareness with workers  and take action to help prevent the use of prescription pain medications.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 42-year-old Wausau man was charged Tuesday with threatening his family with a gun in a weekend incident. 

PRENTICE (WAOW) - A Canadian National Railway freight train is believed to have started a series of wild fires that erupted late Tuesday morning, the Price County Sheriff's Department said. 

A Philadelphia television meteorologist has broken off from a trail run to rescue an injured baby screech owl and take it to a wildlife center, where it's doing well.

A Wisconsin appeals court has overturned the loitering conviction of a man who was walking near a school with a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle on his shoulder.

U.S. officials are adding 63 American Indian reservations across the Midwest and West to an initiative that seeks to return millions of acres of land to tribal ownership.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - The city of Wausau has acquired 205 acres of land to expand its business campus on the west side of the city, Economic Development Manager Christian Schock said Tuesday. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) -- Gus is our Portage County Petsaver for Tuesday. Volunteers at the Humane Society of Portage County say he is a 5-year old  Chihuahua - Miniature Pinscher mix. His adoption fee is $100 and includes his vaccinations, neuter and microchip upon adoption. He would do well in any home and gets along well with cats and dogs. For more information click here: https://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/35059893  You  may also call 715-344-6012. The HSPC is located...

  MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office says a 9-year-old girl who was struck earlier this month by a bullet fired from outside her home has died. The operations manager for the office says Za'layia Jenkins was pronounced dead at a children's hospital at 5 p.m. Monday. The girl was shot May 5 as she watched television in her home while police say two groups outside were engaged in a "shootout."

(ABC) -- The Latest on the Justice Departments plans to review operations of the North Charleston Police Department. 

A Pennsylvania school teacher has apologized for writing emails saying that accommodating a special needs student was similar to appeasing Adolf Hitler.