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SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Florida authorities say George Zimmerman has been arrested on an aggravated assault charge.The Seminole County Sheriff's Office says the 31-year-old Zimmerman was arrested in Lake Mary about 10 p.m. Friday and is being held at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility. The facility's website says Zimmerman is scheduled for a court appearance at 9 a.m. Saturday.No further details were released. A message seeking further information was left Saturday morning by The Associated...

Scores, results and highlights from Friday's local sports action.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) -- The Packers are playing the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field on Sunday. The last time the Packers and Cowboys faced each other in Green Bay for the playoffs was a 1967 game known as the Ice Bowl.Tom and Pat Cashin, brothers from Stevens Point, were at that bitterly cold game. At the time, Tom was 15 years old and Pat was 20.The Cashins say they'll be in Green Bay Sunday to watch the Packers face the Cowboys again."We've gone to every championship game since that year. W...

Gamers from across the country gathered in Weston Friday night.

One person was hurt in a Shawano County crash, according to the sheriff's department.

Brandon Knight scored 14 points, O.J. Mayo and John Henson each had 12, and the Milwaukee Bucks handed the Minnesota Timberwolves their 14th straight loss, 98-84 on Friday night.

MARATHON CO. (WAOW)-- Black ice is blamed for a number of crashes across Marathon County.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW)--The Stevens Point Brewery could be getting a taste of some Texan beer after Sundays Packers game.

Green and gold fans are also getting ready for Sunday.

An area animal shelter is tending to cats left in the bitter cold.

Gov. Scott Walker has declared a precautionary energy emergency because of service interruptions on a key propane pipeline.

WAUSAU (WAOW) – The Wausau Center Mall is losing another business. Deb, a women's clothing store that's been in the mall since at least 1999, told mall management that it and 294 other company stores are going out of business, Mall Manager Kirk Kamke said.

The Bucks have signed veteran Kenyon Martin to replenish a depleted frontcourt, reuniting the forward with former New Jersey Nets teammate and current Milwaukee coach Jason Kidd.

Unlikely players have stepped up to help the Dallas Cowboys beat the Green Bay Packers in past playoffs.Don't be surprised if the star of Sunday's divisional playoff game at Green Bay isn't Tony Romo or Aaron Rodgers, DeMarco Murray or Eddie Lacy, Dez Bryant or Jordy Nelson.

FREMONT (WAOW) – A 61-year-old woman died Friday when the car she was in lost control, went into the median, hit a guardrail and flipped onto its top, the Waupaca County Sheriff's Department said.

The Packers have listed Aaron Rodgers as probable on the injury report for Sunday's playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys.

The Packers are gearing up for their first playoff game of the season.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A Merrill man who works for the city of Wausau pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Friday in an internet police sting that targeted adults who prey on children, according to online Marathon County Court records.

A police official says the gunman holding at least five hostages in a kosher market in eastern Paris has threatened to kill them if police launch an assault on the cornered brothers suspected in the newspaper massacre earlier this week.

Free community college for all. Conversation-starter? Definitely. Political possibility? Not any time soon. President Obama unveiled the idea in a video posted to Facebook on Thursday night.