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MERRILL (WAOW) - A 22-year-old Merrill man was arrested in an arson fire last fall that destroyed a family's home and threatened the lives of seven people, Merrill police said Friday. 

Prosecutors looking to revive an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker's recall campaign have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a state decision halting the probe.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WAOW) - Wisconsin Rapids police on Friday named the father and his two children killed in a double homicide/suicide. 

RHINELANDER (WAOW) - A rural Oneida County man who got into an hours-long standoff with police after a domestic dispute was ordered to stand trial Friday, according to online Oneida County court records. 

 (CNN)- Women who work the night shift regularly or even from time to time may be at a slightly greater risk for heart disease.  

Changes have come to the Ticket Tuesday contest on Wake up Wisconsin, after the WAOW texting services ended.

   MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Assembly Democrats want to know why Gov. Scott Walker's administration delayed informing the public that a blood infection was spreading in Wisconsin.   

 BRANDON, Fla. (AP) -- Four girls placed pillows under their sheets to make it appear they were sleeping before apparently climbing out a window and scaling a 6-foot fence at a facility for foster children near Tampa, officials said Friday.  

To be eligible, entrants must go online to waow.com and fill out the "Ticket Tuesday Entry Form."

   ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The Science Museum of Minnesota has a $14 million contract to help turn NASA's deep wealth of space research into interactive exhibits, activities and other learning experiences.  

 (CNN)- As Indiana voters prepare to go to the polls Tuesday, the state's largest newspaper is calling Donald Trump a danger to the world.  

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Investigators are looking into whether Prince died from a drug overdose.  

   BOSTON (AP) -- Harvard University is launching a new center to study the connection between happiness and health.     

  (CNN)- Will Ferrell is set to play former President Ronald Reagan in a movie, and critics aren't too happy about it.      

A retired priest is charged in Brown County with exposing himself to a child.

(WASHINGTON) (CNN)- An 80-year-old woman in Washington state shot the home intruder who attacked her husband.  

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Tourists spent nearly $12 billion in Wisconsin last year.    

Achieving a perfect score on the ACT college entrance exam is a feat that less than one-tenth of one percent of American students achieve annually.

 Following Donald Trump's rally in Costa Mesa, California, Thursday night, hundreds of protesters lined the streets, blocking cars leaving the OC Fair & Event Center, while other jumped on police cars.

Fifth grader Christopher Ward, Jr., has been legally blind all his life, but he recently got to see his mother for the first time through new electronic glasses.