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RHINELANDER (WAOW)-- The co-owner of Drs. Foster and Smith tells Newsline 9 after 31 years in the pet supply business, the company felt it was time to look for a buyer.

The woman in charge of many of your favorite Wausau festivals is moving on.

The woman in charge of many of your favorite Wausau festivals is moving on.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WAOW) – The mother arrested in a hospital room a day after giving birth told police she found a tin box with oxycodone and other drug paraphernalia in the baby's diaper bag, according to court records.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WAOW) – The mother arrested in a hospital room a day after giving birth told police she found a tin box with oxycodone and other drug paraphernalia in the baby's diaper bag, according to court records.

A central Wisconsin business is expanding, bringing more than one hundred jobs to our area.  

A central Wisconsin business is expanding, bringing more than one hundred jobs to our area.  

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.

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

Police say they have a journal and videos that indicate a gunman who shot three students at Florida State University's library believed the government had targeted him.

Police say they have a journal and videos that indicate a gunman who shot three students at Florida State University's library believed the government had targeted him.

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says President Barack Obama's immigration plan will focus enforcement efforts on immigrants who are serious criminals -- and those who crossed into the U.S. illegally or were ordered from the country in the last year.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin's unemployment rate stands at 5.4 percent in October, dropping slightly from 5.5 percent the previous month.

MOSINEE (WAOW) - An autopsy determined that a 55-year-old worker who fell from a hydraulic bucket at a Mosinee paper mill died of "blunt force head and chest injuries," Mosinee Police Chief Ken Muelling said Thursday.

The Boys and Girls Club in Plover is ready to reveal a newly renovated kitchen.

The Boys and Girls Club in Plover is ready to reveal a newly renovated kitchen.

Nearly five million Graco baby strollers have been recalled due to “fingertip amputation hazard,” but an ABC News investigation found that if this recall goes like most safety recalls, a vast majority could end up still on the market, posing a threat to infants for years to come.

Former Packers Quarterback Brett Favre took to Facebook yesterday to express his thoughts on the team. Favre said he thinks the Packers are the best team in the NFC and says he thinks they will be in the Super Bowl.