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A summer tradition is back in Wausau for another year.T

The state budget arrived on Governor Scott Walkers desk Thursday morning.

The state Assembly has passed a bill banning non-emergency abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

Our next edition of Made in Wisconsin features a product you've probably encountered before.

WAUSAU (WAOW) -- Emergency crews are on the scene of a crash in downtown Wausau, right outside of the First Universalist Unitarian Church on the corner of Grant and N 5th Street.Authorities are not releasing any information at this point about what happened. No word on any injuries.We will update this story as more information becomes available.

 Two Wisconsin Dells visitors are feeling lucky to be alive after a cable on an amusement ride snapped just inches away from them and seconds before they were launched.

(WAUSAU)-- Shoppers are reading to bag a bargain in downtown Wausau.

A 14-year-old boy who developed a rare brain infection after swimming in a western Minnesota lake has died.

The Obama administration says hackers stole Social Security numbers from more than 21 million people and took other sensitive information when government computer systems were compromised.

The Republican-controlled state Assembly voted 52-46 to pass the state budget early Thursday morning more than 12 hours after debate began, sending the $73 billion two-year spending plan to Gov. Scott Walker.

Searchers have found three Midwestern sisters who were missing for days in a northwest Wyoming wilderness area.

CONOVER (WAOW) - The body of a 17-year-old boy who apparently drowned was recovered from Deer Lake on Thursday, the Vilas County Sheriffs Department said.

IOLA (WAOW)-- The annual Iola Old Car Show kicked off Friday morning.

Eleven Assembly Republicans joined with 35 Democrats in voting against the Wisconsin state budget.

In Pennsylvania, a dog with a strange appetite is catching a lot of attention.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- The Washington Redskins say they will appeal a decision from a federal judge, who has ordered the cancellation of the teams trademark registration. The judge ruled that the team name may be disparaging to Native Americans.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- The latest on the Confederate flag debate in the South Carolina (all times local): 1:40 a.m. Gov. Nikki Haley says it is a new day in South Carolina, a day we can all be proud of after the state House of Representatives approved a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- State natural resources officials say some invasive snails with parasites deadly to waterfowl are continuing to spread in Wisconsin waterways. 

The rush to find that perfect spot is a Northwoods tradition ahead of the Hodag Country Music Festival in Rhinelander.

Authorities have recovered the body of a Florida man who fell overboard while fishing in a northern Wisconsin lake.