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CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- Cinemark has dropped its request that victims of a 2012 shooting at a Colorado movie theater pay nearly $700,000 in legal fees after they unsuccessfully sued the theater chain. 

Small business owners were treated by a special visit from the federal government on Tuesday.

Marathon County community members came together to help raise awareness of addiction and celebrate those who are recovering from substance abuse on Tuesday.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - A 15-year-old Wausau boy was ordered to stand trial Tuesday in a July 13 attack that injured his grandmother with multiple stab wounds, according to online Portage County court records. 

New data shows nearly 200,000 Wisconsin residents gained some form of health insurance between 2013 and 2015.

The two "Dancing With the Stars" protesters who stormed the the dance floor just after Ryan Lochte completed his first dance last night have been released from jail.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A Northern California police department said it was disciplining several officers implicated in a sex scandal with a teen who says she worked as a prostitute. 

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) -- A school bus driver helped evacuate nearly two dozen children from a bus after the vehicle caught fire.

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) -- A 14-year-old Pennsylvania boy has been charged with barging into a neighbor's house and stabbing a couple and their 17-year-old daughter, killing the husband.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - The city is offering Sears $700,000 to buy the former department store attached to the financially troubled Wausau Center Mall, according to city documents. 

In an all new Dr. Phil, JonBenet Ramsey's brother speaks out for the first time.

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The Packers have signed fourth-year left tackle David Bakhtiari to a four year contract extension, locking him up through the 2020 season.

Some of Wisconsin's largest farm groups are worried federal regulators will expand restrictions on atrazine, a weed killer sprayed on corn fields and other crops.

A Philadelphia woman is recovering after she said a five pound catfish fell out of the sky and hit her in the head.

For the first time ever, the Packers will sport an all-white uniform for their October 20th game against the Chicago Bears.

Newsline 9's Melissa Langbehn joined the curling center at its annual golf outing a the Wausau Country Club.

A brush fire in Wood County destroyed an abandon building Monday night, according to a press release.

Tomahawk police said they are stepping up patrols for the 35th annual Tomahawk Fall Ride.

Suspects stole a wallet and nearly $3,000 from a woman's purse in Madison. Surveillance from the Bonefish Grill near Madison's West Towne Mall shows two people hugging as one of them reaches into the purse and the wallet. Julie Murphy of Verona said one of her cards was charged $2,100 at a Target in Fitchburg. Murphy said that she lost more than that credit card charge. "I had gift cards in there from my birthday, there's about 200 dollars of gift cards in there, 500 dol...