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The Wisconsin Woodchucks plan to announce the second phase of a major renovation at a press conference Thursday afternoon, according to a release from the team.

Scott Walker's likely campaign for the White House is getting a boost from some former staffers, who have set up a political group able to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money.

Two women from Ireland, who are spitting images of each other, freaked out when they came face-to-face for the first time. 

The CEO of a credit-card payments company in Seattle said executive pay is "out of whack," so he's cutting his own pay and creating a minimum salary for his workers. 

(WAOW)-- The statewide tornado drill will be Thursday at 1:00 p.m.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A historic chain of giving led to Wausau.77-year-old Mitzi Neyens of Wausau received a kidney transplant as part of the National Kidney Registry's paired kidney exchange program.

A Wausau West graduate now holds a big military honor. The soldier won the 2015 Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, GA.

Dozens of firefighters battled a grass fire in Rudolph that spread to a barn Wednesday afternoon.

NEILLSVILLE (WAOW) - A 66-year-old Clark County man who told investigators that he "tried to skin his dog alive" was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in a mental health center, according to online Clark County court records.

Sen. Marco Rubio raised $1.25 million online during his first full day as a White House candidate.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - About four acres of grass and underbrush burned in a wooded park near an elementary school in east Wausau on Wednesday, the fire department said.  

RIB MOUNTAIN (WAOW) - Marathon County Crime Stoppers released pictures of two men suspected in an elaborate shoplifting scheme to steal several items from a major retailer.

A small one-person helicopter has landed on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, prompting a temporary lockdown of the Capitol Visitor's Center.

MARSHFIELD (WAOW) – Marshfield Clinic announced Wednesday it will build a new “state-of-the-art” hospital in a move to lower costs and improve the quality of care for patients.

Animal health experts say a canine influenza virus has sickened hundreds of dogs in several Midwestern states, including one in Wisconsin.

Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has been found guilty of first-degree murder.

WESTON (WAOW)--A new kind of fitness studio opened it's doors in Weston this week.

NEW YORK (AP) - The fight to redefine a McJob is heating up. Protests for pay of $15 an hour and a union for fast-food and other low-wage workers are set to take place around the country Wednesday, marking the biggest effort yet in an ongoing campaign by labor organizers.

Authorities are investigating after a 4-year-old girl was struck by a bullet while playing on a couch inside a Milwaukee residence.