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APPLETON, Wis. (AP) -- An Appleton resident has been diagnosed with tuberculosis and is being treated in isolation.

WAUSHARA (WAOW)-- Redgranite Police say a person is dead after swimming in the Redgranite Quarry, according to a statement.They say they received a 911 call Friday evening about a person that did not resurface while swimming.Several agencies responded.Officials say divers eventually located and recovered the body.No other information has been released.Stay with Newsline 9 for the latest.

The weather we had Friday felt like summer, even though the official start of summer is just two days away.

Sustainable living and clean products have become an idea that have sparked interest in people everywhere.

It's almost summer, but some people in Stevens Point are busy planning to help the homeless next winter.

 The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says the administration's proposed tough new standards for trucks and vans will deliver "big time" on President Barack Obama's call to cut carbon pollution.

 A Langlade County community is deciding how best to alert citizens about severe weather.

There have been more wet days than dry ones during the month of June in Central Wisconsin.

A woman driving a car ended up in a few feet of water near Oak Island in Wausau Friday afternoon, said Wausau Fire Department Battalion Chief Al Antolik.

The biggest threat to self-driving cars may actually be human drivers, a new report says.

Representatives of the families of the nine victims of a fatal shooting at a black church in Charleston addressed shooting suspect Dylann Roof in court ahead of a bond hearing Friday.

A public hearing will be held next month on a plan for the city of Milwaukee to spend $47 million as part of the $250 million public financing package for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena.

A Wisconsin public school district is banning clothing that display sports teams with American Indian mascots.

State Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg is running for the state Supreme Court and Milwaukee County Circuit Judge M. Joseph Donald says he also plans to get in.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Wausau police say a 73-year-old woman who admitted having two drinks was arrested for drunken driving after rear-ending a parked car.

Nick Kaczorowski is putting your Father's Day gift to shame.

Cincinnati's police chief says a veteran policeman and an armed person who exchanged gunfire with officers have died.

A suburban Milwaukee police detective has been shot and wounded by a burglary suspect.

A young mother from New York says an airplane crew member relegated her to an in-flight lavatory after denying her request that she be allowed to pump breast milk in the back of the plane.

Shari Martin said she was stunned to learn of her breast cancer diagnosis, but nothing could prepare her for the equally frightening news she heard in the weeks following — that her husband of seven years, Shad, had cancer as well.