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SCHOFIELD (WAOW) -- Eight years ago, Peyton Medick came up with the idea of "Peyton's Promise."

WAUSAU (WAOW) -- Some people spend a lot of time getting ready for the Thanksgiving feast.For Anita Martin of Marathon City, it takes all day."About 9 in the morning I start getting ready," explained Martin.Several stores and restaurants in central Wisconsin are making Thanksgiving dinner easier to prepare."We have turkey, ham, stuffing, gravy, corn, all types of desserts and a bakery in the back so lots of good stuff. You can relax. No cooking. No cleaning. TThat'son us," said Ethan Jones, a...

Wisconsin leads the country in cranberry production, but farmers might be doing too good of a job growing the bright red berries.

Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly embraced President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration.

We want to take a closer look at that break we'll be seeing at the gas pump for the holiday weekend.

Thanksgiving came a little early for hundreds of people in Wausau.

Two people have been shot at an eastern Pennsylvania strip mall barbershop where another shooting happened just hours earlier.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Con artists are once again targeting people in the Wausau area with telephone scams.  

Cool and dry conditions should prevail Tuesday night and through much of Wednesday.  However light snow is possible Wednesday evening and night.  It will be cold and dry Thanksgiving with more snow likely by Friday....

Cool and dry conditions should prevail Tuesday night and through much of Wednesday.  However light snow is possible Wednesday evening and night.  It will be cold and dry Thanksgiving with more snow likely by Friday....

 A government report says the smoking rate for U.S. adults dipped below 18 percent for the first time last year.

 Police say a 27-year-old pregnant woman has been shot and killed in New York City.

Each week, we welcome a different Packers player to join us on Pack Attack! The show tapes Mondays at 6:30 p.m. and airs Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

MARSHFIELD (WAOW) - Staying healthy during Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season requires proper planning and some discipline, experts say.

MADISON (WAOW) – A central Wisconsin lawmaker first elected in 2012 has been chosen to serve on the Legislature's powerful Joint Finance Committee.

MARSHFIELD (WAOW) - Staying healthy during Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season requires proper planning and some discipline, experts say.

Turkeys will be cooking in ovens all over the country Thursday.

Turkeys will be cooking in ovens all over the country Thursday.

President Barack Obama is pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey, but which of two gobblers will get the presidential pass? Will it be Mac? Or is it Cheese?

 The annual Thanksgiving Day parade in St. Louis has been postponed because of the continued protests over Michael Brown's death and other fatal police shootings.