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MADISON (WAOW) – A Merrill woman is Wisconsin's latest $1 million lottery winner.

The monster storm in Boston has brought with it another monster -- a yeti.

Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has taken the first formal step toward running for president.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says the state will help the Milwaukee Bucks pay for a new basketball arena with $220 million in bonds that would be paid for by projected growth in income taxes from NBA players.

The U.S. Army is denying reports of a decision to charge Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl with desertion.

Tobacco experts say e-cigarettes and vaping is now a nearly $2 billion industry. People are lighting up across the nation with the products that e-cigarette companies claim are less toxic than traditional cigarettes.

Former "American Idol" winner Phillip Phillips is suing the show's producer, 19 Entertainment, and its affiliated companies to get out of his contract.

Marshfield police officers can get a free cup of coffee from Coffee Cabin Espresso.

Investigators have found the unidentified bodies of a male and a female, as well as an SUV owned by a Georgia couple who vanished last week while going to meet someone to buy a vintage car they found on Craigslist.

Motorists can get back on the roads in New Jersey and New York City, and transit will restart soon.

Coach Jason Kidd has the Bucks making progress in the middle of the first season of his rebuilding project in Milwaukee.

The Green Bay Packers have signed punter Cody Mandell.

 Failing public schools would have no sanctions under a bill scheduled for a public hearing before a state Senate committee.

Gov. Scott Walker is proposing a 13 percent cut in state funding for the University of Wisconsin System, at the same time he wants to give all campuses more freedom from state laws.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tens of millions of people along the East Coast hunkered down for a storm that for most failed to live up to predictions that it would be one of the worst they'd ever seen.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Facebook suffered a widespread outage lasting roughly 40 minutes on Tuesday affecting users in the United States, Asia, the U.K. and Australia.

Major precautions have made in the Northeast because of a massive snowstorm expected to produce up to 3 feet of snow in some areas.

January is coming to a close and that means from now until March the competition in high school sports will only get more and more heated. 

The quick action of residents helped evacuate at a Taylor County apartment complex after a fire broke out this weekend.  

Lance Armstrong said his life has been "brutal" since he admitted to doping during his pro cycling career, but he said he would still use banned performance-enhancing drugs and methods if transported back to his heyday.