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President Barack Obama declared a major disaster after storm damage in northern Wisconsin.

University of Wisconsin leaders plan to ask the state for more than $40 million in additional funding and to lift a tuition freeze that went into effect four years ago.  

A Plover hair salon teamed up with the Salvation Army to give out free haircuts to the community on Tuesday.  

A pilot who crashed at the Fond du Lac County Airport in northeastern Wisconsin last month has died.

A Merrill High School Band Director has been placed on nondisciplinary paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department, according to a press release.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WAOW) - A 30-year-old Nekoosa woman convicted of killing her boyfriend on his motorcycle because she was texting as she drove a vehicle behind him was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday, authorities said.

Donald Trump said Tuesday that if Hillary Clinton gets to pick Supreme Court justices, there's "nothing you can do, folks ... although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is."

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 38-year-old Wausau man wanted for questioning in an arson fire at the Cabaret Bar was charged Tuesday with getting into a fight with a knife at the club 11 days earlier. 

The Latest on the primary election in Wisconsin.

The 78-year-old Central School building in Iron Mountain is expected to be sold to a developer that plans to build senior apartments.

Voters will head to the polls Aug. 9 for Wisconsin’s Primary Election.

Four new Zika infections acquired locally through mosquitoes have been reported in northern Miami, Florida Gov. Rick Scott said today.

Dallas Police Chief David Brown says several officers testifying on the fatal shooting of five colleagues last month were overwhelmed when they returned to the scene and that some could need up to five years of treatment to recover from the trauma.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Utah sandwich shop employee has been arrested on accusations he put methamphetamine and THC into the drink of a uniformed police officer. 

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A doctor says one of three girls who fell from a Ferris wheel during a county fair in Tennessee suffered a traumatic brain injury and remains in critical condition.

(CNN)-- NBC Universal has struck a supernatural deal with Warner Brothers. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) - The city could generate $650,000 a year for street-related maintenance and transit costs if it enacts a $20 wheel tax, according to city documents. 

Attorneys are fighting a decision to charge as an adult a 14-year-old girl accused of trying to kill her brother's girlfriend in Wisconsin.

A Wisconsin man has been charged in a St. Paul hotel standoff with police.

  HUDSON, Wis. (AP) -- Attorneys are fighting a decision to charge as an adult a 14-year-old girl accused of trying to kill her brother's girlfriend in Wisconsin.