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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- Alabama has asked a federal judge to prevent marriage licenses from being issued to gay couples until the U.S. Supreme Court decides the issue of same-sex marriage.

A Vilas County home was destroyed in a fire Friday.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- State health officials have confirmed the first reported case of measles in Michigan this year and say it may be associated with a recent outbreak at California's Disneyland theme park.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin prosecutors have accused a Michigan man of killing another man with his car in 2008.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The Michigan attorney general's office has found no evidence of price-fixing or other illegal conduct by road salt suppliers after drastic increases in the cost of the commodity used to tame icy roads.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A male gorilla born at the Milwaukee County Zoo in November has finally been named.

There are two new police dogs in Wausau. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- New nonpartisan projections show Wisconsin is on track to finish the current fiscal year with a larger shortfall than Gov. Scott Walker's administration anticipated.

The Army's tools for identifying troubled soldiers would not have flagged, despite signs of instability, the soldier who went on a rampage last April at Fort Hood that left four dead, including him, and 16 wounded, a U.S. Army report said Friday.

Prosecutors say a Manhattan man's computer bears evidence that he tried to acquire the deadly poison ricin.

A robber threatened to kill a Weston bank teller before getting away with several thousand dollars, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Students at John Muir Middle School in Wausau spent Friday focusing on healthy living, including going on a scavenger hunt to explore healthy foods using a "fooducate" app.

The NFL says it is still investigating how the New England Patriots used underinflated balls in its last game but has no conclusions yet and no timetable for resolving the cheating accusations with the Super Bowl nine days away.

Health officials at Bridge Clinic in Wausau say the flu is at an epidemic level.

When Abby Pell posted a photo on Instagram showing her slim belly and toned, defined abs, she never expected the uproar that would erupt.

Gov. Scott Walker has rejected a proposal from the Menominee Indian Tribe to build a multi-million dollar casino in Kenosha.

Officers just swarmed an area off of Grand Avenue in Schofield.

After an apparent road rage incident, a man pulled a rifle out of his car and fired a shot into the air and said something like, “you think I am playing?”, according to Wausau Police.

An emotional reunion for some Wisconsin Army National Guard soldiers as they were welcomed home.