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Opening Day for gun deer season is this Saturday November 22nd. The DNR would like to remind hunters to be prepared before opening day arrives.

Division 7 Owen-Withee will play Pepin/Alma has a chance to earn the program's third state title. Head coach Terry Laube won two Division 6 Championships in the 90's.

Division 7 Owen-Withee will play Pepin/Alma has a chance to earn the program's third state title. Head coach Terry Laube won two Division 6 Championships in the 90's.

Thursday afternoon at Camp Randall Stadium the Amherst Falcons will look to complete their second perfect season in the last three years by winning a Division 5 State Title. 

Thursday afternoon at Camp Randall Stadium the Amherst Falcons will look to complete their second perfect season in the last three years by winning a Division 5 State Title. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Cold temperatures are impacting daily life in central Wisconsin by slowing down road construction and keeping students indoors.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Cold temperatures are impacting daily life in central Wisconsin by slowing down road construction and keeping students indoors.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Ersan Ilyasova had 20 points, and the rebuilding Milwaukee Bucks climbed above .500 for the first time in more than a year by fending off the New York Knicks for a 117-113 victory Tuesday night. 

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Kam Williams scored 15 points and Shannon Scott added a career-best 14 assists to lead No. 20 Ohio State past Marquette 74-63 on Tuesday night. 

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Guard Iman Shumpert is returning to the New York Knicks starting lineup Tuesday night against the Milwaukee Bucks after sitting out a game with a right hip contusion.Knicks coach Derek Fisher said Shumpert felt good and would not have a minutes restriction. The 6-foot-5 Shumpert is New York's second-leading scorer, averaging 12.4 points.Fisher also said that he was told that rookie forward Cleanthony Early's surgery Tuesday on his right knee went well. Early is expected to m...

A Merrill supermarket is being sold after decades of family ownership.

The Senate has blocked a bill to end bulk collection of American phone records by the National Security Agency.

Some of us may be staying indoors during this rush of winter weather, but one panda is loving it!

Some of us may be staying indoors during this rush of winter weather, but one panda is loving it!

Baby, it's cold outside, no matter what part of the United States you're in.

A Milwaukee man has been charged with sexual assault of a 101-year-old woman in her home.

A Milwaukee man has been charged with sexual assault of a 101-year-old woman in her home.

MERRILL (WAOW) – The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department says a fire believed to have started in a wood burning stove destroyed a shed and significantly damaged a 1999 Dodge pickup truck in rural Merrill on Tuesday.

Some light snow likely late Tuesday night into Wednesday.  Breezy and still cold Wednesday afternoon and Thursday.  Quiet Friday.  Cloudy and milder this weekend but some freezing drizzle and light rain possible at times.

Some light snow likely late Tuesday night into Wednesday.  Breezy and still cold Wednesday afternoon and Thursday.  Quiet Friday.  Cloudy and milder this weekend but some freezing drizzle and light rain possible at times.