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Aaron Rodgers is listed as probable for the Packers' NFC North showdown with the Lions.

Reserve forward Jared Dudley made all 10 shots, including four 3-pointers, and scored a season-high 24 points Friday night to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 107-77 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.

40 years. That's how long one Wausau man has had the same real Christmas tree sitting in his living room.

MARSHFIELD (WAOW)-- Friday, a wish came true for a Stevens point teenager.

Police say a missing man whose remains were found last week died of hypothermia.

Prices continue to plunge at the pump.

DETROIT (AP) -- A 16-year-old Detroit boy has died after being shot in the head Christmas Day while he and friends played with a gun.

The Oneida County snowmobile trails opened on Tuesday.

  Dustin Diamond, who played Screech on the 1990s TV show "Saved by the Bell," has been charged with stabbing a man at a Wisconsin bar.

Holiday shopping doesn't end once the presents are under the tree.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Despite on demand availability, crowds still flocked to theaters to catch showings of "The Interview," Thursday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a landlord can't be held liable as the owner of his tenants' dogs for multiple injuries they inflicted on a woman.

A man from Shawano County was hurt in a early morning crash on Friday, according to Shawano County Sheriff's Department.

SAMMAMISH, Wash. (AP) -- A fast-paddling good Samaritan in a kayak helped sheriff's deputies in Washington state nab a suspected Christmas mail thief.

SEATTLE (AP) -- Washington state's minimum wage will rise to the highest in the nation on Jan. 1.

A Christmas light display in central Wisconsin is dancing for drivers passing by.

For many people, Christmas is a day to celebrate with family. 

(WAOW)-- Communities in central Wisconsin showed holiday spirit by hosting Christmas dinners.

After years of declining population, Michigan's leading population expert says the industrial state finally seems to be on track toward growth again.

NEW YORK (AP) -- One man who went to the movies on Christmas Day in New York to see "The Interview" says he liked the film -- but even more than that, Derek Carpel says he liked the idea of supporting its release.