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Cardale Jones threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns, Ezekiel Elliott ran for a career-high 220 yards and two scores and No. 6 Ohio State made an emphatic statement with a 59-0 rout over No. 11 Wisconsin in Saturday's Big Ten championship game.

Scores and results from Saturday's local sports action.

RHINELANDER (WAOW) -- Rhinelander police officers escorted a group of 3rd graders Saturday morning. 

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Authorities say 14 protesters were arrested after they walked onto Interstate 794 and disregarded orders to leave the freeway.

Junior Carrington Love scored a career-high 20 points Saturday and Green Bay deployed an effective zone defense in the second half to hand the No. 15-ranked Miami Hurricanes their first defeat, 68-55.

Josh Gasser scored 12 points on four 3-pointers, 7-footer Frank Kaminsky added 15 points and 10 rebounds and No. 2 Wisconsin managed a 49-38 win Saturday over Marquette.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- At least 24 residents of assisted living homes in Wisconsin's 15 largest counties have died after mistakes or mistreatment by caregivers in a two-year period.

BELOIT, Wis. (AP) -- The Beloit College community is grappling with news that a 2008 graduate was slain in Yemen.

UNDATED (AP) -- Luke Somers is being remembered as a man with "wanderlust," drawn to new experiences.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Snowmobilers in Dane County are asking the Department of Natural Resources to grant them access to Blue Mound State Park.

PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities are warning of the potential for flooding on the Wisconsin River due to ice dams near Portage in central Wisconsin.

FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (AP) -- Police say a food elevator at a Fountain City restaurant where a college student was found dead was functioning properly.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Gov. Mark Dayton is ordering that U.S. and state flags be flown at half-staff to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor and honor the Americans who died in World War II.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Mourners will gather to remember a Muslim teenager who was run down and killed in a crash that was being investigated as a possible hate crime.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says he authorized the attempt to rescue American Luke Somers in Yemen because the U.S. had information that the American photojournalist's life was in imminent danger..

It's a tradition Wausau has had for nearly 25 years. Christmas lights, music and fun to help get the community into the holiday spirit.

It's a tradition Wausau has had for nearly 25 years. Christmas lights, music and fun to help get the community into the holiday spirit.

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

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

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Kendall Marshall came off the bench and scored a season-high 20 points, including three big 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Miami Heat 109-85 on Friday night.The Bucks' bench was the key to snapping the team's three-game losing streak as it outscored the Heat's 41-15, led by Khris Middleton's 14 points, Jerryd Bayless' 12 and Jared Dudley's eight.Milwaukee' starters helped out, too. Jabari Parker and Giannis Antetokounmpo each had 14 points ...