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Authorities in Eau Claire County are searching for a man suspected of abducting a woman at a Walmart in southeastern Wisconsin.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - A pistol was found outside a door at Skyward Inc. and investigators were puzzled Monday about what it may mean.

Police are investigating a fatal shooting near the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus.

Police say a 12-year-old boy fought off a man who tried to abduct him while he was skateboarding in northeastern Wisconsin.

A driver was hurt after a rollover crash in Marathon County early Monday morning, according to the Marathon County Sheriff's Department's official Facebook page.   

(CNN) In Alaska, locals are reporting that strange-looking fish are falling from the sky!

(CNN) Recently, Denmark announced that it is wants its restaurants, gas stations, and retailers to go cashless. Under this new proposed law, which would go into effect in January, businesses would be allowed to ban all cash transactions.

It was free fishing weekend here in Wisconsin.

Two Red Cross volunteers are back in the Badger State after volunteering in Texas.

MUSKEGO, Wis. (AP) -- Police are holding the driver of a sport utility vehicle after he struck and killed two bicyclists in Muskego this weekend.

Volunteers from the Marathon County Partnership for Progressive Agriculture dished out a variety of dairy delicacies to celebrate the dairy industry.

RACINE, Wis. (AP) -- An Andean bear living at the Racine Zoo has been diagnosed with cancer.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Searchers have resumed looking for a missing boater on Lake Mendota in Madison.

WAUSAU (WAOW)-- Officials with the Wausau Police Department say a woman was hurt early Sunday morning after crashing into a gas station sign.

Few relationships in Washington are as complex as that of president and vice president.

The group of state Department of Natural Resources scientists Republicans have targeted for cuts has been working on a number of politically charged issues.

New York's governor says two convicted murderers "had to be heard" as they cut through steel and escaped from a maximum-security prison.

Multiple people were injured in a one vehicle rollover Saturday in the Town of Lessor, according to Shawano County Sheriff's officials.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Wisconsin Democrats have elected Sheboygan businesswoman and community activist Martha Laning as the state party's chairwoman.

The Special Olympics wrapped up in Stevens Point Saturday.