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WAUSAU (WAOW)-- People were talking chickens Tuesday night at the Marathon County Public Library

There was a strange tenant disagreement in Marshfield Tuesday.  

A Wisconsin Rapids police officer is retiring. But it's a special officer to the department, because it's their K-9.  

 Shoppers looking for a bargain on clothes in Marathon County will soon have another option.

 An activist protesting Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean has been arrested for trespassing at a Port of Seattle Commission meeting.

A rescue took place this afternoon and thanks to a fishing net, all went well.

A Marshfield woman is speaking out after pouring urine out of an apartment window and hitting a man walking below on Monday.She tells Newsline 9 the whole thing was a mistake."There is a pretty...pretty odd set of circumstances that are involved here," Marshfield Police Sergeant Dennis Keffer said.Police said the incident began with the eviction of Brittany Harkema from her South Central Avenue apartment. Harkema had failed to pay for her utilities, leaving the apartment without water, the la...

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - A 33-year-old Plover man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for the baseball bat beating death of his 77-year-old stepfather, but a judge allowed him to be eligible for parole after serving 20 years, according to online Portage County court records.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - A 28-year-old Portage County man was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for giving a deadly dose of heroin to a University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student, according to online Portage County records.

The Plover Police Department gave out free coffee and donuts at Tuesday in a gesture to reach out to the community at a time when police nationwide are facing criticism.

Authorities have located the 24-year-old man accused of kidnapping a woman at gunpoint in southeastern Wisconsin.

MERRILL (WAOW) - A 23-year-old volunteer Tomahawk High School track coach pleaded not guilty Tuesday to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl, according to online Marathon County court records.

Secret Service officers interrupted a live, televised press briefing with the White House press secretary on Tuesday and evacuated the James S. Brady Briefing Room shortly after 2 p.m.

The judge in the Colorado theater shooting trial is questioning three jurors after one of them reportedly violated an order by seeing a news report on the case and telling others.

A Muslim leader says video of a Boston man being fatally shot by terror investigators shows authorities were "reckless" and "dangerous" in their actions.

New York City could become the first city in the U.S. to require a warning label on high-sodium menu items at chain restaurants.

The Wisconsin Legislature is scheduled to pass a proposal that would allow off-duty and retired officers to carry guns in schools.

EAGLE RIVER (WAOW) - A 29-year-old Eagle River man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for stabbing his pregnant girlfriend in the chest during an argument as she drove them home from visiting friends, according to online Vilas County court records. Andrew Rosner was convicted of two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide in the Feb. 1, 2014 incident. He pleaded no contest, court records said. One of the felonies involves the victim's unborn child and was filed because Rosne...

A former Eau Claire County deputy treasurer has pleaded not guilty to stealing from taxpayers.

BERLIN (AP) -- Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport wasn't allowed to defend her doctoral thesis in 1938 under the Nazis because she was part-Jewish. Now, 77 years later, she's completed all the requirements and is becoming Germany's oldest recipient of a doctorate at age 102.