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PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin jury has convicted TV actor Dustin Diamond of two misdemeanors stemming from a barroom fight, but cleared the former "Saved by the Bell" actor of the most serious felony charge.

A man being sought by police for possibly trying to lure a child into his vehicle has been arrested after leading authorities on a car chase through communities just north of Detroit.

Hurricane Andres is getting a little stronger as it spins far off the coast of Mexico.

The Rev. Al Sharpton told a packed Cleveland church that they must stay peaceful as they continue their fight for justice in the wake of police shootings.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Rainy conditions in Wausau put a damper on the first outdoor concert of the season.

The Wausau Downtown Airport will soon get some new additions.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Wisconsin bar $7,000 for the death of an employee who died when her head got caught in a dumbwaiter.

 A SWAT team situation created quite a stir in a Marathon County neighborhood.

Course leaders at SentryWorld golf course say it takes five days to plant 45,000 flowers.

Wisconsin Supreme Court members continue to disagree over how to run court.

A Pakistani official says armed men hijacked two buses in the southwestern Baluchistan province and killed 19 passengers.

Brown County District Attorney Dave Lasee says two Green Bay police officers were justified in fatally shooting a man who had injured them.

California regulators are limiting how much water can be used to irrigate lawns on new buildings.

When Richard Norris from Virginia received a face transplant three years ago, it transformed his life. Now the sister of the man whose death made that possible has come face-to-face with Norris for the first time.

Gov. Scott Walker's proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System would be reduced by $50 million under changes to the plan endorsed Friday.

An East Madison lab was one of 18 nationwide that was mistakenly sent live anthrax spores.

A 35-year-old man was arrested in connection to multiple burglaries spanning several counties in Central Wisconsin, according to the Clark County Sheriff's Department.

Sepp Blatter has been re-elected as FIFA president for a fifth term, chosen to lead world soccer despite separate U.S. and Swiss criminal investigations into corruption.

Planting of a popular Central Wisconsin golf course's iconic flower hole started Friday in Stevens Point.

The Obama administration is proposing to reduce the amount of ethanol blended in the nation's gasoline, a blow to renewable fuel companies that have pushed to keep high volumes of their product flowing into drivers' gas tanks.