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SCHOFIELD (WAOW) -- A Schofield man finished a winter project thanks to Saturday's snow. RalphDixon built a 4-foot-tall snowman shaped like Olaf from the Disney movie, Frozen.Dixon says he started building the snow figure several weeks ago when his grandson asked to build a snowman.Warm weather put the project on hold until Saturday. Dixon says the fresh snow inspired him to finish the project for his grandson.As Dixon built he realized, it didn't have to be a snowman."Oh [my grandson will] b...

If you still haven't gotten your holiday shopping fix, many stores have offered plenty of sales the last few days.

Behind 113 rushing yards against the NFL's second-ranked rushing defense, the Packers lead the Lions 14-7 at halftime of today's game at Lambeau Field. However, there is concern on the Packers sideline, as Aaron Rodgers has left the game with an apparent calf injury.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- An astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia has turned worse, with an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people disappearing today over stormy Indonesian waters.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Milwaukee police are investigating a shooting incident that killed a 13-month-old boy.

LAKE MILLS, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin state trooper was injured while being dragged by a car.The Wisconsin State Patrol says the trooper responded to a call around 11:30 p.m. Friday about a speeding vehicle that nearly crashed.

TOMAHAWK (WAOW) -- A woman was killed in a snowmobile accident on Lake Mohawksin in Tomahawk Sunday morning, according to a press release from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office.According to the press release, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department was notified of the accident at 12:26 a.m. Sunday. Lincoln County EMS, Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, Tomahawk Police Department and Tomahawk Fire Department responded to the call.Officials from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department say the w...

MERRILL (WAOW) -- A snowmobile broke through the ice on the Wisconsin River north of Lake Alexander, according to a press release from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office.

It's the gift that keeps on giving. Gas prices have fallen to the lowest level since May of 2009 at an average of $2.32 a gallon.

Michael Sam says in a TV documentary airing Saturday night that coming out as gay was the right thing to do.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- An official with Indonesia's search and rescue agency says an air search for the missing AirAsia jet with 162 people on board has been suspended due to nightfall and will resume Monday morning.

Jeff Teague scored 10 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, Al Horford added 20, and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 90-85 on Saturday night.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia's MetroTV station is reporting that an AirAsia plane with 162 people aboard is missing after takeoff from Indonesia on the way to Singapore.

RHINELANDER (WAOW) -- Parts of central Wisconsin got several inches of snow Friday and Saturday.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Relatives and other supporters of a Milwaukee man killed by a city police officer are attending a rally in Chicago with the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

BARABOO, Wis. (AP) -- Prosecutors have charged a southern Wisconsin woman accused of stabbing her brother to death with first-degree reckless homicide.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Hundreds of officers standing outside the church where a funeral is being held for a New York City policeman killed in an ambush shooting have turned their backs on the mayor as he spoke during the service.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea is spewing insults at President Barack Obama and blaming the U.S. for shutting down its Internet amid the hacking row over the movie "The Interview."

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) -- The botched April execution of an Oklahoma inmate and other troubling ones in Ohio and Arizona this year gave capital punishment opponents a flicker of hope that the most pro-death penalty parts of the country might have a change of heart.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The state Department of Natural Resources is looking to lease private land in southeastern Wisconsin to give turkey hunters more room to roam this spring.