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A new free app, launched last week, is taking the nation by storm with already millions of downloads.  

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A portrait of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers won the 2016 sidewalk Chalkfest competition in downtown Wausau.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says state police have secured the scene after shots were fired at southwestern Michigan courthouse.

A 67-year-old woman says she was attacked by a beaver while paddleboarding on a lake named for the rodent in North Carolina.

A 27-year-old man who worked for the Democratic National Committee has died after being shot in northwest Washington.

SCHOFIELD (WAOW) -- Nearly 60 area golfers teed off Monday to fight hunger.

Democrat Russ Feingold's latest television ad takes on Republican incumbent Sen. Ron Johnson over the cost of higher education.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 49-year-old Wausau man battered a police officer and harassed a police dog by hissing and making duck noises after he became angry after losing a game of darts in a tavern, according to a criminal complaint. 

 CHICAGO (AP) -- During their working years, women tend to earn less than men, and when they retire, they're more likely to live in poverty.   

 (CNN)--Continental Mills is recalling its Krusteaz Blueberry Pancake Mix.  

A Wisconsin legislator is introducing a "Blue Lives Matter" bill to make targeting law enforcement officers a hate crime in the wake of the Dallas shooting that killed five officers last week. 

A conservative Wisconsin group that's filed lawsuits in defense of several of Gov. Scott Walker's most contentious proposals is expanding its work nationally.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice has issued a Silver Alert for a missing man from Rock County. 

   WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) -- The 19-year-old son of country music entertainer Craig Morgan is missing following a boating accident on the Tennessee River.    

A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing Florence County man. Gerald T. Noeske, 76, was last seen Sunday at 11 a.m. in his truck. Officials said Noeske has gone missing before and was later found at a truck stop in Belgium, Wisconsin. Noeske is a retired truck driver. Noeske has gray hair with brown eyes, is 6'1” and weighs 180 pounds. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a red, plaid short sleeve shirt. Officials said Noeske is driving a 1998 gold Ford F-150. The tr...

State Superintendent Tony Evers is seeking a third term and at least two others are planning to challenge him for the post.

Several dozen demonstrators have gathered outside the Dane County Sheriff's Department's Madison headquarters to protest recent police shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota.

Authorities in Dodge County have focused their search for three missing boys on a mine near Iron Ridge.

Police in Northern California are investigating the kidnapping for ransom of a woman who remains missing even though four suspects have been arrested in the case.

A busty mermaid sculpted from sand and placed outside a popular Cape Cod restaurant is raising eyebrows and triggering complaints.