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Cold and breezy into Thursday.  Dry and cool Friday.  Cloudy and milder weekend with patchy freezing drizzle Saturday and fog and rain increasing Sunday.

Cold and breezy into Thursday.  Dry and cool Friday.  Cloudy and milder weekend with patchy freezing drizzle Saturday and fog and rain increasing Sunday.

Cold and breezy into Thursday.  Dry and cool Friday.  Cloudy and milder weekend with patchy freezing drizzle Saturday and fog and rain increasing Sunday.

A mystery near Seattle has been solved -- sort of. At the center of the mystery is “Jimmy,” a chubby little garden gnome who was stolen in August off Barb and Bret Kraupie's front porch in Snoqualmie, Washington.

A mystery near Seattle has been solved -- sort of. At the center of the mystery is “Jimmy,” a chubby little garden gnome who was stolen in August off Barb and Bret Kraupie's front porch in Snoqualmie, Washington.

Wisconsin politicians, business and agriculture leaders and advocates are reacting to President Barack Obama's plans to shield as many as 5 million immigrants from deportation.

Wisconsin politicians, business and agriculture leaders and advocates are reacting to President Barack Obama's plans to shield as many as 5 million immigrants from deportation.

MERRILL (WAOW) - Supporters of a new animal shelter for the Lincoln County Humane Society say they have raised more than $525,000 for the project and expect to break ground in the spring.

MERRILL (WAOW) - Supporters of a new animal shelter for the Lincoln County Humane Society say they have raised more than $525,000 for the project and expect to break ground in the spring.

Ruby Holt spent most of her 100 years on a farm in rural Tennessee, picking cotton and raising four children. She never had the time or money to go to a beach.That changed this month, just a few weeks shy of Holt's 101st birthday.

Austin Milliren ran for 102 yards and one touchdown as Owen-Withee beat Pepin/Alma 17-12 Thursday in the Wisconsin high school Division 7 final.

In an age of the iPhone 6 Plus and massive Android phablets, flip phones are inexplicably making a comeback.

In an age of the iPhone 6 Plus and massive Android phablets, flip phones are inexplicably making a comeback.

Doors opened at 6 a.m. at Fleet Farm early Friday morning for Orange Friday.

Doors opened at 6 a.m. at Fleet Farm early Friday morning for Orange Friday.

It's a story that's creeping into thousands of homes, businesses and private lives around the world. A Russian website has gained access to personal webcams in more than 100 countries – streaming live images of sleeping babes, hospital patients and secure facilities online.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida State University is expected to resume classes one day after a graduate opened fire at the library. Meanwhile, friends of shooter Myron May are trying to figure out how he changed from being a well-liked young attorney to a would-be killer, stopped only by a fusillade of police bullets.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Michael and Trudi Hardman had always talked about taking their six children to Disney World, and just a week before Thanksgiving, it seemed their "dream trip" was to be a reality. But just a little more than three hours after they took to the road Wednesday night, their SUV veered off a highway and rolled over in Louisiana, killing the couple and three of the kids.

ODANAH, Wis. (AP) -- An American Indian band in northern Wisconsin is joining a government effort to return lands on reservations to tribal ownership.

Cold and breezy into Thursday.  Dry and cool Friday.  Cloudy and milder weekend with patchy freezing drizzle Saturday and fog and rain increasing Sunday.