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STEVENS POINT (WAOW)--After being closed for almost two years SentryWorld has reopened to the public.Golf course officials say more than 130 people checked out the course over the weekend.

Authorities in far west Arizona have found two fake skeletons in the Colorado River sitting on lawn chairs and wearing sunglasses.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - A threat scribbled in the gravel and a severed natural gas line created a potential tragedy for people living in a rural home on Highway WW in the Portage County last month.

An overnight fire destroyed the senior center in Woodruff.

A woman held hostage in her Florida home saves herself and her three children by ordering a pizza. 

A student from NYU, detained in North Korea, is speaking out for the first time since he was arrested.

Here's something from the "only in Australia" category. Surveillance video captured this unusual visitor to a hospital emergency room in Hamilton.

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Manny Pacquiao is in danger of losing another decision in the wake of his loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Las Vegas on Saturday. 

A man was flown to the hospital after an overnight crash in Marathon County, according to the Marathon County Sheriff's Department's Facebook page.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A Wausau business is getting complaints of bed bugs.

 Comcast says it is planning to hire thousands and roll out new tools to improve its customer service.

Crews at the Central Wisconsin Airport trained for an emergency situation Tuesday.

Experts say proper timing can help make a garden blossom.

 A Wisconsin lawmaker has proposed a bill requiring high school students to pass a civics test to graduate.

When the NFL Draft wrapped up Saturday, many players who were not chosen were selected as free agents for teams.

What's usually missing from a restaurant's delivery menu? Liquor, wine and beer. But not anymore in Tennessee.

Milwaukee police are turning to billboards for assistance after an increase in violence.

WAOW is celebrating 50 years on the air. Channel 9 signed on for the first time in 1965. It all began in 1960 when Wausau business leaders wanted to open the area's second commercial station. 

Jennie-O Turkey Store says it's laying off 233 employees at its processing plant in the southern Minnesota city of Faribault because of bird flu outbreaks that have cut the number of available turkeys.

A judge has decided that two girls accused in the stabbing of a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man should be evaluated by the Waukesha County's Department of Health and Human Services.