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With the Republican National Convention officially kicking off on Monday, many wonder how the events in Cleveland are affecting those in Central Wisconsin.  

A central Wisconsin police department is advising its officers to use extra caution on patrols after deadly police shootings in Dallas and Baton Rouge.

According to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, last month was the fourth safest month of June for traffic deaths since the end of World War II.  

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 59-year-old Wausau man was accused Monday of felony drunken driving, which would be at seventh, eighth or ninth conviction, according to online Marathon County court records. 

When sports fans in central Wisconsin hear the name "Golden Sands," they'll likely think of the race track near Wisconsin Rapids. However, there's another venue of the same name drawing crowds summer after summer. 

Officials say an inmate threw scalding water on an employee at the Green Bay Correctional Institution.

Dane County Sheriff's deputies say two people crashed their cars this past weekend while playing "Pokemon Go."

FRIENDSHIP (WAOW) - The 40-year-old owner of an Adams County ambulance service was sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison Monday for attempting to sexually assault a young girl in 2011, according to online Adams County court records. 

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) -- Officials in Rockford say a 12-year-old girl is in critical condition after being shot multiple times.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Pioneering astronaut John Glenn is being showered with birthday recognition by people on social media, NASA and residents in his home state of Ohio. 

The Dane County Sheriff's Office has fired a deputy for allegedly smuggling contraband into the county jail for an inmate.

A Milwaukee police union leader wants officers to work in tandem permanently when out patrolling in their squad cars. 

Sheriff's authorities say one person is dead and another is injured in a shooting in Winnebago County. 

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says "fears and concerns" about Democrat Hillary Clinton "are the most compelling things" that will unite Republicans behind Donald Trump.

Gov. Scott Walker is requesting a federal assessment of damage from last week's heavy rains to determine whether the state will request federal disaster assistance.

Long before Paul Manafort came on the scene as Donald Trump's campaign manager, Republicans in Wisconsin were not very warm to the now presumptive Republican nominee.

New campaign finance reports show state Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling has more than $120,000 in the bank. 

Two men are missing in Lake Michigan after high waves swept them from a pier in eastern Wisconsin.

A former Marine dressed in black and carrying extra ammunition ambushed police in Baton Rouge, shooting and killing three law enforcement officers less than two weeks after a black man was fatally shot by police there in a...

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say a police officer has been involved in a shooting in Sheboygan. Police say the shooting happened about 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the Union Avenue Tap where the officer was responding to a report of a robbery.