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DE PERE – From a pair of llamas to a pair of dresses, there were some trending stories that lit up people’s Facebook and Twitter feeds for days.

But what does the meteoric rise of viral stories mean for their ability to live long and prosper?

From a pair of loose llamas — to the guy who lassoed them.

“Well, you know, when I do – you know, I don’t I don’t have nothing in my head. I do it and I do it,” said Nicho Martinez to a local TV station.

Maybe Martinez is still at a loss for words from the roughly two-hour long Phoenix-area lark. But the Thursday event in Sun City, Ariz., wasn’t the first in a week of somewhat mundane stories that had everyone talking.

Academy Award actress Lupita Nihongo made waves with her pearl dress last Sunday at the Oscars. But it wasn’t until the estimated $150,000 number was reported stolen Wednesday – and found Friday – that people really took notice.

Just about the same time the internet collectively freaked out about another dress – this one white and gold…or is it black and blue?

“I was in a meeting where somebody was showing it on a projector, just for fun, and I looked at it, I saw black and blue, I looked down, I took a note, I looked up and it was white and gold, again,” said Mark Glantz. “And everybody thought I was making that up and I started to feel insane.”

Glantz is a St. Norbert College media studies professor. Between the two dresses – the black and white llamas, and the internet’s amalgation of the two.

“The name we use for that is intertextuality,” said Glantz, of a picture of the two llamas wearing the color-in-question dress.

Glantz says it was a week of stories that were difficult to keep up with, though likely easier than the llamas.

“The story isn’t really just about the dress, or about those llamas, it’s a story that’s kind of collectively constructed by everybody on twitter at that moment,” he said.

With the stories living on in new ways, like high school football prospect reports being created for the llamas.

But like all stories – they must come to an end.

Actor and director Leonard Nimoy, 83, died Friday. It was one of the last stories of the week that tweaked Twitter out. He was best known for his “Live long and prosper” tagline as the Star Trek fan-favorite Mr. Spock;

Glantz says social media’s – and our own reaction – gives us a good mirror for our priorities.

“It does sort of indicate our preference for things that are fun and positive, rather than hard-edged news, that is – arguably – much more important.”

But where’s the fun in that?

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Frank Kaminsky scored 31 points in his final home game, sophomore Nigel Hayes added 14 and No. 5 Wisconsin clinched at least a share of the Big Ten regular-season title with a 68-61 victory Sunday over Michigan State.

Kaminsky celebrated Senior Day with a dominating performance, going 11 of 17 from the field for the Badgers (26-3, 14-2).

The Spartans (19-10, 10-6) trailed by 22 points before rallying in the second half. Bryn Forbes’ open 3 from the corner got them within 64-53 with about 2:30 left.

But Michigan State had no answer for Kaminsky.

He banked a short jumper off the glass for a 13-point lead with 1:52 left before blocking a shot on the other end to whip the crowd into a frenzy.

Forbes finished with 21 points.

Wisconsin’s frontcourt had another strong performance.

One more win gives the Badgers the outright Big Ten title.

The 7-foot Kaminsky led the way. The big man with the ball-handling skills of a guard deftly sidestepped opponents in the lane to get to the hoop and added three 3-pointers.

“Frank the Tank!” yelled the student section after Kaminsky’s big second-half plays.

Eager to finish out the season at home on a high note, the Badgers didn’t let up in the second half after leading by 11 at halftime.

Junior forward Sam Dekker added eight points, including two early baskets after halftime that helped the Badgers build their second-half cushion.

Brandon Dawson opened the second half by missing badly on a short jumper in the lane. On the other end, Kaminsky threw a high entry pass to Dekker, who found an open path for a layup after two Michigan State defenders overplayed the ball.

After another wasted possession for Michigan State, Kaminsky threw a touch pass from the 3-point line to Hayes on the wing. Hayes waited for Dekker to cut across the edge of the paint for quick layup and 15-point lead with about 18:30 left.

Michigan State lost its second straight to fall into a fourth-place tie with Iowa.

TIP-INS:

MICHIGAN STATE: Marvin Clark Jr. made his sixth start of the season, but his first since Dec. 22. Travis Trice, a senior captain, started for the first time since Feb. 7. He averaged 17.2 points in five games off the bench until rejoining the starting five on Sunday. … Trice finished with 16 points.

WISCONSIN: Point guard Traevon Jackson received a hearty ovation from the crowd for the Senior Day ceremony before the game. The senior, who was not cleared to play for the final home game of his Wisconsin career, sat on the bench in khakis and a sweater. … The Badgers shot 16 of 27 (59 percent) in the first half to take a 36-25 halftime lead.

UP NEXT:

Michigan State: Hosts Purdue on Wednesday.

Wisconsin: At Minnesota on Thursday.

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ASHWAUBENON – Spring is two and a half weeks away.

But the grass is still covered in snow, and the flowers aren’t quite ready to bloom.

Inside the Brown County Arena, it’s not hard to find people hoping for warmer weather.

“I’m ready for spring to tell you the truth,” said Tammy Ludwig.

Ludwig came to Ashwaubenon looking for a swim spa. She suffers from an autoimmune disease called fibromyalgia which can cause muscle pain.

“It’s pretty severe this time of time of year. The up and down weather change is hard to deal with so something like this would be really beneficial,” Ludwig said.

While Ludwig and her husband talked about some of the benefits of a spa, the owner of Master Spas Northern Wisconsin says during this time of year, people are looking for ways to stay warm.

“It’s funny; a lot of people coming into the event, when it’s so cold when they’re walking in, it’s kind of a relief to think about something that they can get for their house that’ll be warm,” said Keith Hueffner.

Just a few feet away, Shopko Hall was bustling with hunters. Even though deer hunting season is over, hundreds of huntsmen looked at the latest gear.

“You can never have enough equipment, never have enough time, there’s always scouting going on with the spring coming here soon,” said Chris Dombrowski.

During this winter season the month of February comes in as one of the coldest.

“We’re ranking it about the 7th coldest February that we’ve seen on record and our records go all the way back to the 1800s,” said FOX 11 Meteorologist Doug Higgins.

While last month was cold, we haven’t seen much snow this season.

“In terms of snowfall this month we’re over 11 inches behind normal for snowfall,” Higgins said.

With spring right around the corner, below freezing temperatures and snow will still linger in the forecast.

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MADISON – Governor Scott Walker is experiencing politics on the fast track.

In the past week alone he was a speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C., talked in front of conservative donors at the Club for Growth meeting in Florida, attended the National Governors Association and then sat down for a one-on-one interview with FOX News Sunday.

Walker addressed several key issues making headlines at the state and national level.

Walker did not actively push for the Right-To-Work legislation in Wisconsin, but he’s supporting it and plans to sign in into law this week.

The protests in Madison surrounding the Right-To-Work legislation is making national headlines, but nothing like the protests in 2011 when he pushed legislation stripping collective bargaining for public employees. Walker came under fire by his critics this past week for compared facing 100,000 protesters then, with how he might be able to handle confronting international terrorists if elected president.

“I think it’s absolutely stunning that by Scott Walker’s standards that he would compare the hardworking taxpayers of Wisconsin, or working families, to radical and violent terrorists,” said Melissa Baldauff with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

Walker clarified his original response, about dealing with massive protests, to FOX News Sunday host Chris Wallace.

“The leadership we provided under extremely difficult circumstances, arguably, the most difficult of any governor in the country, and maybe in — in recent times.  To me, I apply that to saying if I were to run and if I were to win and be commander-in-chief, I believe that kind of leadership is what’s necessary to take on radical Islamic terrorism,” said Walker.

Walker also made it clear he wouldn’t rule out putting troops on the ground to fight ISIS.

“I believe we should not take any option off the table,” explained Walker.

Also on the presidential front, Walker addressed a change in his position on amnesty for those in the country illegally.

“And my view has changed. I’m flat out saying it. I’m — candidates can say that. Sometimes they don’t. I’m saying my…” said Walker.

Wallace countered: “So you’ve changed from 2013?”

“Absolutely,” confirmed Walker, explaining he has spoken to governors in those border states. “And the concerns I have is that we need to secure the border.  We ultimately need to put in place a system that works, a legal immigration system that works.  And part of doing this is put the onus on employers, getting them E-Verify and tools to do that. But I don’t think you do it through amnesty.”

Walker will remain in the national headlines this week as the state Assembly is expected to vote on the Right-To-Work legislation on Thursday. Walker has indicated he’ll sign it into law by week’s end.

Click here for more comments from Governor Walker’s one-on-one interview on FOX News Sunday.

DOOR COUNTY – A shoreline restoration project is taking shape in Door County.

Project leaders say an initiative is giving new homes to aquatic animals in Kangaroo Lake.

Freshly-cut pine branches stretch across the frozen surface on Kangaroo Lake near Baileys Harbor. The 30-foot trees are part of a plan called “Fish Sticks.”

“The term is meant to signify live trees that are cut and placed along the shoreline in specific locations,” said Mike Grimm, The Nature Conservancy.

Those trees are expected to provide a new place for fish, birds, and plants to thrive.

Conservationist Mike Grimm came up with the plan with help from the Kangaroo Lake Association.

“We talked about what are we doing on this lake, and how can we improve it,” said Paul Mahlberg, Kangaroo Lake Association.

Project leaders cabled trunks and branches together, to resemble a tree falling naturally. There are 12 sites around the 1,100 hundred acre lake.

“When the ice melts, and these trees will fall, drop into the water, and sink slowly into the water. The lower branches will be into the water, into the muck, into the bottom sediment. And that will also help secure the tree,” said Grimm.

Department of Natural Resources fish biologists say the wood structures will help improve life in the lake.

“This allows fish to have greater diversity. It increases size. Not only that, it allows different life stages for the fish to utilize it. The small fish can use it for hiding. Larger fish can use it for cover. So it’s beneficial to multiple stages in the fish’s lives,” said Steve Hogler, D.N.R. Fisheries Biologist.

Project leaders say the stick complexes will help curb erosion caused by years of development on the lake.

“Waves come into the shore here. They eat away at the banks. If we get these trees in here, it kind of breaks up that wave energy, and slows down the wave impact,” said Grimm.

“We are also planting bull rushes along the shoreline, where people are interested in having them on their shoreline area,” said Mahlberg.

Biologists say the fishery is healthy in Kangaroo Lake. Those who live on the lake say they just want to make it better.

The proof may come when the ice melts, sometime in April.

Volunteers did most of the work on the fish sticks project. The three year plan is funded by the Kangaroo Lake Association, and a grant from the D-N-R. The Nature Conservancy donated the trees for the project.

APPLETON – The Appleton Fire Department responded to a garage fire Saturday night that caused approximately $30,000 in damage.

Firefighters were called around 11:00 to 218 W. Winnebago Street for a detached garage that was fully engulfed.

No vehicles were inside the garage but a motorcycle was lost in the blaze.

The garage is a total loss.

Fire crews were on scene for about an hour and a half.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Madison Catholic Diocese is turning to its parishioners to help fund the training of priests.

The diocese has seen a surge in the number of priests-in-training, from six in 2003 to the current 33. To educate current and future seminarians, the Madison diocese needs $30 million.

The Wisconsin State Journal reports church-goers have responded with vigor. The campaign began last fall and will continue through the end of this year. Although the campaign has yet to expand to all churches in the 11-county diocese, parishioners already have pledged more than $28 million.

Bishop Robert Morlino gives a lot of the credit to the diocese’s 110 priests who’ve been rolling out the campaign in their parishes.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Gov. Scott Walker once envisioned a world where the 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally could embark on a path to citizenship.

But now the Wisconsin Republican calls that position “amnesty” and says his view has changed.

“I don’t believe in amnesty,” Walker told “Fox News Sunday.” ”My view has changed. I’m flat out saying it. Candidates can say that.”

Walker, who emerged this past week in the top tier of potential candidates for the Republican presidential nomination for 2016, says the U.S. needs to secure the border and ultimately put in place “a legal immigration system that works.”

That means, in part, putting the onus on employers and getting them the tools to do that, like E-Verify, an existing federal program that allows businesses to check the immigration status of new hires, Walker said.

Walker told the Wausau, Wisconsin, Daily Herald newspaper in 2013 that “it makes sense” when he was asked whether he could see a world where “those people” could get citizenship, with the right penalties, waiting periods and requirements in place.

At the time, he supported a bipartisan approach to overhauling immigration, with people waiting to get citizenship having priority and others having a legal pathway to live here legally.

Walker also said Sunday that President Barack Obama or “anybody else who is willing to put their name on the ballot certainly has to have the love for country to do that.”

Walker drew criticism last month after former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani questioned Obama’s patriotism during a speech at a Walker fundraiser.  When asked about the former mayor’s comments, Walker sidestepped the question by saying he hadn’t asked Obama about his love of country.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The call is going out for blood donors in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Memorial Blood Centers said its supply of O-negative blood is dangerously low across its 11 donor sites in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Spokesman Larry Silber tells Minnesota Public Radio News the organization has been able to keep up with the demand for O-negative blood so far, but more donors are urgently needed. A combination of cold weather, vacations and the flu season has led to the decrease in donations.

The shortage is particularly critical because O-negative is a universal blood type that can be used in emergencies.

But O-negative donors are also rare. According to the American Red Cross, only 7 percent of people in the U.S. have O-negative blood.

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Online:

Memorial Blood Centers: http://www.mbc.org

CHICAGO (AP) – Minnie Minoso, the seemingly ageless Cuban slugger who broke into the majors just two years after Jackie Robinson and turned into the game’s first black Latino star, has died, a medical examiner in Illinois said Sunday.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office did not immediately offer further details. There is some question about Minoso’s age but the Chicago White Sox say he was 90.

Minoso played 12 of his 17 seasons in Chicago, hitting .304 with 135 homers and 808 RBIs for the White Sox. The White Sox retired his No. 9 in 1983 and there is a statue of Minoso at U.S. Cellular Field.

“We have lost our dear friend and a great man,” White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf said in a release. “Many tears are falling.”

Minoso made his major league debut with Cleveland in 1949 and was dealt to the White Sox in a three-team trade two years later. He became major league baseball’s first black player in Chicago on May 1, 1951, and homered in his first plate appearance against Yankees right-hander Vic Raschi.

It was the start of a beautiful relationship between the slugger and the White Sox.

Minoso, regarded as baseball’s first black Latino star, was a Havana native who spent most of his career in left field. He is one of only two players to appear in a major league game in five different decades. He got his final hit in 1976 at age 53 and went 0 for 2 in two games in 1980 for the White Sox, who tried unsuccessfully over the years to get the “Cuban Comet” into baseball’s Hall of Fame.

“When I watched Minnie Minoso play, I always thought I was looking at a Hall of Fame player,” Reinsdorf said in an informational package produced by the team for a 2011 Cooperstown push. “I never understood why Minnie wasn’t elected.

“He did everything. He could run, he could field, he could hit with power, he could bunt and steal bases. He was one of the most exciting players I have ever seen.”

Saturnino Orestes Armas Minoso Arrieta was selected for nine All-Star games and won three Gold Gloves in left. He was hit by a pitch 192 times, ninth on baseball’s career list, and finished in the top four in AL MVP voting four times.

Despite the push by the White Sox and other prominent Latin players, Minoso has never made it to Cooperstown. His highest percentage during his 15 years on the writers’ ballot was 21.1 in 1988. He was considered by the Veterans Committee in 2014 and fell short of the required percentage for induction.

“My last dream is to be in Cooperstown, to be with those guys,” Minoso said in that 2011 package distributed by the White Sox. “I want to be there. This is my life’s dream.”

Minoso, who made his major league debut with Cleveland in 1949, hit .298 for his career with 186 homers and 1,023 RBIs. The speedy Minoso also led the AL in triples and steals three times in each category.

Playing in an era dominated by the Yankees, Minoso never played in the postseason.

“Every young player in Cuba wanted to be like Minnie Minoso, and I was one of them,” Hall of Fame slugger Tony Perez said. “The way he played the game, hard all the time, hard. He was very consistent playing the game. He tried to win every game. And if you want to be like somebody, and I picked Minnie, you have to be consistent.”

Minoso appeared in just nine games in his first stint with the Indians, but he took off when he was dealt to Chicago as part of a three-team trade in 1951 that also involved the Philadelphia Athletics. He went deep in his first plate appearance against Yankees right-hander Raschi, and hit .375 in his first 45 games with the White Sox.

Minoso finished that first season in Chicago with a .326 batting average, 10 homers and 76 RBIs in 146 games for the Indians and White Sox. He also had a major league-best 14 triples and an AL-best 31 steals.

It was Minoso’s first of eight seasons with at least a .300 batting average. He also had four seasons with at least 100 RBIs.

“I have baseball in my blood,” Minoso said. “Baseball is all I’ve ever wanted to do.”

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed cuts to programs that help people with disabilities live independently are being criticized as potentially devastating by advocates and those who use the services.

Walker’s proposed budget would expand the state’s Family Care program by Jan. 1, 2017, at which point all other long-term care programs would be discontinued, including the IRIS program, which benefits 11,000 adults with long-term care needs. Walker has proposed cutting $14 million in funding to the Family Care program over the next two years.

Changes to the Family Care program and cuts to the personal care program could save the state $33 million over the next two years, the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau reported. But advocates say the proposed overhaul would be difficult to execute by 2017 and that questions remain as to how the new statewide system would work.

Theresa Ellis said the proposed changes could force her 31-year-old son Daniel, who has a cognitive disorder, to change doctors and quit the job he works about 10 hours a week.

“He’s got dignity and self-respect, and that would be gone,” said Ellis, whose son lives with her in Madison.

Claire Yunker, a spokeswoman for the Department of Health Services, said in a statement that Walker’s proposal is aimed at preventing fraud and abuse in the existing system and creating a more coordinated care regimen.

But Daniel Idzikowski, executive director of Disability Rights – a group that advocates for people with disabilities – said his organization was not consulted about Walker’s plan that the Legislature will debate over the next three months.

It would drastically restructure Family Care, which administers personal care and long-term care services to elderly, disabled and injured Wisconsinites through Medicaid, he said.

“By and large that system’s working pretty well,” Idzikowski said. “Nobody’s saying we need to completely eliminate this system and replace it with a different model. I think everyone was surprised by these changes.”

Advocates for the disabled contend that the changes would allow larger for-profit organizations to enter the market, resulting in fewer options for those with disabilities.

Yunker said the state Medicaid fraud unit has been asked to investigate more claims pertaining to IRIS’s personal care program, which allows for assistance for bathing, dressing and other cares, than for any other Medicaid benefit. She said the state doesn’t keep track how many confirmed cases of such fraud there were.

Beth Swedeen, executive director of the Wisconsin Board of People With Developmental Disabilities, said the cut to personal care funding could be devastating to people who use the service. Personal care services are essential to the participants who receive them, she said.

“If someone doesn’t go (check in) every day, they can develop bed sores,” Swedeen said. “There’s a health concern, a safety concern.”

Under Walker’s proposal, Family Care would incorporate acute and primary care health services, as well as community-based long-term supports.

“The goal is to ensure that all of an individual’s care is coordinated – that there is some assessment to look at the person’s overall health,” Yunker said.

She said existing care services do not coordinate care services between acute and primary care providers.

Yunker said self-directed care options will still be available for participants, but that it’s still unclear how those would function. Upon passage of the budget, the model would be worked out through a waiver negotiation process, she said.

Jason and Julie Endres, of Eau Claire, use IRIS to have help around the house each week. He has spina bifida and his wife has cerebral palsy, so they get help preparing healthy meals and cleaning their home. He said losing the help wouldn’t be deadly, but it would change their quality of life.

“We wouldn’t go hungry, we could do it ourselves. But it would be a lot of pizza, a lot of order out,” Jason Endres said.

And without the help of someone to vacuum or help change light bulbs, “eventually we would be stuck in the dark,” he said.

Endres said IRIS has allowed him to make decisions about his independent lifestyle. He said he worries that could change under the expanded Family Care program.

He said, “I’m fearful I’ll have someone telling me what I can or can’t do.”

DALLAS (AP) – A 26-year-old nurse said in a newspaper interview that a hospital where she had worked in Dallas and its parent company failed her when she contracted Ebola while caring for the first person in the U.S. diagnosed with the deadly disease.

Nina Pham told The Dallas Morning News in the interview that she is preparing to file a lawsuit Monday in Dallas County against Texas Health Resources. She said she continues to suffer from body aches and insomnia after contracting the disease from a patient she cared for last fall at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.

Pham alleged the hospital’s lack of training and proper equipment and violations of her privacy made her “a symbol of corporate neglect – a casualty of a hospital system’s failure to prepare for a known and impending medical crisis.”

She also told the newspaper that Texas Health Resources was negligent because it failed to develop policies and train its staff for treating Ebola patients. She also told the paper that the company did not have proper protective gear for those who treated Thomas Eric Duncan, who died after becoming the first person in the U.S. diagnosed with the disease stemming from an outbreak in West Africa. Duncan, who contracted the disease on a visit to his native Liberia, died last fall only days before Pham tested positive for the disease.

She told paper she was frightened when Duncan tested positive for Ebola as panic and fear went throughout the hospital.

“I was the last person beside Mr. Duncan to find out he was positive,” she told the Morning News. “You’d think the primary nurse would be the first to know.”

Her attorney, Charla Aldous, told the paper Texas Health Resources “used Nina as a PR pawn.”

The Morning News said Wendell Watson, a spokesman for Texas Health Resources, declined to address specifics of Pham’s allegations.

“Nina Pham bravely served Texas Health Dallas during a most difficult time. We continue to support and wish the best for her, and we remain optimistic that constructive dialogue can resolve this matter,” Watson said.

Pham will ask in her lawsuit for unspecified damages for physical pain and mental anguish, medical expenses and loss of future earnings. But she said that she wants to “make hospitals and big corporations realize that nurses and health care workers, especially front line people, are important. And we don’t want nurses to start turning into patients.”

Pham and another nurse who worked at Texas Health Presbyterian, Amber Vinson, both became infected after caring for Duncan, according to medical records released to The Associated Press. Both have recovered. Initially treated in Texas, Pham was released last October from a hospital attached to the National Institutes of Health near Washington, D.C.

YAPHANK, N.Y. (AP) – Police say a New York man whose license has been suspended 41 times has been nabbed again.

Investigators on Long Island say Jason Brown initially gave a fake name after being pulled over Saturday afternoon in Yaphank.

In the car, police say they found marijuana. Police tell Newsday they later determined the 36-year-old Brown had concealed heroin and cocaine “within his body.”

Brown was charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, unlawful possession of marijuana and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance. It wasn’t immediately known if he had a lawyer.

Ingredients:

4 boneless chicken breasts, pounded slightly
Salt and pepper
2 teaspoons fresh or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 cup flour
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cups chicken stock
1/3 cup seedless raspberry jam
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon cold butter (optional)
2 tablespoons chopped flat leaf parsley
1 cup fresh raspberries

Directions:

Season chicken with some salt and pepper and the thyme. Dredge lightly in flour. Heat oil in over medium heat in a large skillet. Brown chicken for about 5 minutes on both sides over medium heat until cooked through. Remove chicken to a plate and cover with foil. Add stock to the same skillet. Bring to a simmer, scraping up brown bits. Whisk in jam and vinegar, simmer for a few minutes until it starts to reduce down. Add berries and cook another 30 seconds. Turn off heat and whisk in cold butter. Serve sauce and berries on top of chicken. Sprinkle parsley over the top.

MADISON – Madison police continue to look for whoever fired a gun at a busy mall.

Officers were called to West Towne Mall just after 5:30 Saturday night.

Witnesses say at least two people were fighting inside the mall.

The fight then moved outside.

Police say that’s when someone opened fire. They found multiple gunshot casings scattered outside of the mall’s food court, and JC Penney. Officials believe the incident was isolated and not related to terrorism or random acts.

No one was hurt.

The mall was locked down for a while.

Officials said the suspect drove away after shots were fired. Police are now looking to witnesses for more information on the suspect and the vehicle.

GREEN BAY – National Sleep Awareness Week starts tomorrow.

One company in our area will honor that week with a free event!

Sandy Jensen and Sean Vanness – both are with H-M-E Home Medical in Green Bay – joined FOX 11’s Doug Higgins on Good Day Wisconsin to talk about the event.

The free CPAP Cleaning & Testing will be held at the Green Bay location on Tuesday, March 3.  It will be from 10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Click here for more information.

ASHWAUBENON – Students from Madison Middle School in Appleton join FOX 11’s Pauleen Le as Saturday’s cooking guests.

The students prepared a delicious Honey Djion Stir-Fry and a Breakfast Fruit Braid.

Honey Djion Stir-Fry:

Ingredients

• 2 cups of pre-cooked cooked chicken breast
• 4 cups of brown rice
• 2 cups of frozen broccoli
• 2 green peppers
• 2 red peppers
• 8 tbsp of dijon mustard
• 16 tbs of honey
• 4 tsp of cornstarch
• 2 cups of chicken broth

Directions

1. Slice the red and green peppers into thin strips
2. Sauté peppers with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil.
3. Add pre-cooked chicken to vegetables and heat thoroughly
4. Combine the dijon mustard and the honey and whisk until blended
5. Stir honey and mustard into the chicken and peppers until well coated.
6. Dissolve the cornstarch into the chicken broth
7. Add broccoli and chicken broth mixture to the pan
8. Remove from heat when sauce has thickened.
9. Serve over a bed of brown rice.

Breakfast Fruit Braid

Ingredients

• 1 tube pizza dough
• 3T berry jam
• 1c blueberries
• 1c strawberries
• ½c cherries
• 4oz low-fat strawberry cream cheese
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 egg worth of egg wash

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Unroll the pizza dough.
3. Combine all fruit in large bowl.
4. Place the fruit mixture in the center of pizza dough in a straight line.
5. Add a stripe of the low-fat cream cheese down the center of the fruit.
6. Cut horizontal strips 1 inch apart on the side of the pizza dough leaving about 3 to 4 inches in the center for the fruit.
7. Braid strips across the fruit.
8. Brush egg wash on the top.
9. Sprinkle cinnamon on the top.
10. Put in oven on a greased sheet for 18-25 minutes or until golden brown.
11.  Pull out of oven & enjoy!

MANITOWOC COUNTY – The 15th annual Fire and Ice Game Convention comes to an end today.

Hundreds of gamers from across the Midwest have gathered at the Manitowoc County Expo Center since Friday to take part in the family friendly event.

The convention features dozens of different kinds of board games. People can also take part in a costume contest.

Organizers from the event joined FOX 11 to tell us more.

The last day of the convention runs from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

For more information on the convention, click here.

Saturday’s Scores

Alma/Pepin 73, Cochrane-Fountain City 62

Augusta 57, Eau Claire Immanuel Lutheran 43

Blair-Taylor 98, Gilmanton 96, 3OT

Eleva-Strum 68, Melrose-Mindoro 66

Fall Creek 48, Neillsville 28

Lincoln 64, Independence 53

Newman Catholic 47, Edgar 25

Racine Horlick 87, Racine St. Catherine’s 64

Regis 77, Spencer 44

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Division 1 Sectional 1
Regional Third Round 

Appleton North 57, Oshkosh North 29

D.C. Everest 52, Eau Claire Memorial 38

Marshfield 65, Chippewa Falls 54

Neenah 77, Stevens Point 60

Division 1 Sectional 2
Regional Third Round 

Arrowhead 54, Germantown 47

De Pere 71, Bay Port 55

Kimberly 49, Green Bay Preble 38

Waukesha West 43, Mukwonago 33

Division 1 Sectional 3
Regional Third Round   

Janesville Craig 62, Badger 37

Madison Memorial 44, Janesville Parker 43

Middleton 86, Oconomowoc 48

Verona Area 62, Sun Prairie 50
    
Division 1 Sectional 4
Regional Third Round   

Brookfield Central 63, Milwaukee King 58

Divine Savior 67, Milwaukee Riverside University 52

Franklin 53, Racine Horlick 32

Oak Creek 52, West Allis Nathan Hale 23

Division 2 Sectional 1
Regional Third Round

Hortonville 41, New London 31

Mosinee 53, Lakeland 50

Onalaska 39, La Crosse Logan 22

River Falls 52, Menomonie 32

Division 2 Sectional 2
Regional Third Round   

Beaver Dam 66, Plymouth 56

Cedarburg 44, Grafton 24

Green Bay Southwest 52, Pulaski 51, OT

Notre Dame 51, West De Pere 29

Division 2 Sectional 3
Regional Third Round  

Edgewood 52, Stoughton 39

Monona Grove 39, Fort Atkinson 24

Waterford 40, Union Grove 31

Waunakee 30, DeForest 25

Division 2 Sectional 4
Regional Third Round 

Cudahy 58, Greendale 56

New Berlin West 57, New Berlin Eisenhower 49

Pius XI 62, Wauwatosa West 21

Shorewood 52, Whitefish Bay 40

Division 3 Sectional 1
Regional Third Round   

Baldwin-Woodville 57, Somerset 30

Durand 55, Arcadia 47

Hayward 59, Barron 35

West Salem 34, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau 33

Division 3 Sectional 2
Regional Third Round  

Denmark 45, Roncalli 36

Valders 44, Kiel 32

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 53, Peshtigo 32

Xavier 52, Fox Valley Lutheran 50
    
Division 3 Sectional 3
Regional Third Round   

Adams-Friendship 47, Wisconsin Dells 27

Brodhead 48, Big Foot 47

Dodgeville 44, River Valley 33

Whitewater 69, Lakeside Lutheran 61

Division 3 Sectional 4
Regional Third Round   

Kettle Moraine Lutheran 47, Brookfield Academy 25

Laconia 46, Winnebago Lutheran Academy 32

Saint Thomas More 64, Milwaukee North 26

Waupun 57, Poynette 42

Division 4 Sectional 1
Regional Third Round  

Athens 61, Phillips 36

Cameron 50, Ladysmith 29

Colfax 36, Regis 33

Fall Creek 73, Stanley-Boyd 45

Division 4 Sectional 2
Regional Third Round  

Algoma 57, Reedsville 45

Crandon 44, Oconto 32

Marathon 42, Auburndale 35

Shiocton 57, Bonduel 45

Division 4 Sectional 3
Regional Third Round   

Aquinas 57, Cochrane-Fountain City 47

Cambridge 50, Deerfield 41

Cuba City 75, Mineral Point 47

Wisconsin Heights 53, Riverdale 49
    
Division 4 Sectional 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Regional Third Round   

Dominican 49, Martin Luther 32

Howards Grove 53, Random Lake 40

Kenosha Saint Joseph Catholic Academy 51, Racine St. Catherine’s 33

Saint Marys Springs 50, Lourdes Academy 30

Division 5 Section 1
Regional Third Round   

Flambeau 35, Thorp 34

McDonell Central 53, Turtle Lake 48

Northwood 51, Frederic 29

South Shore 73, Winter 27

Division 5 Section 2
Regional Third Round   

Assumption 66, Tri-County 28

Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran 41, Gillett 32

Loyal 48, Abbotsford 36

Niagara 65, Three Lakes 57

Division 5 Section 3
Regional Third Round   

Bangor 47, Independence 43

Barneveld 46, Benton/Shullsburg 15

Cashton 56, Hillsboro 40

River Ridge 46, Highland 27

Division 5 Secton 4
Regional Third Round   

Fall River 50, Randolph 34

Heritage Christian 68, University Lake School 19

Monticello 50, Argyle 38

Sheboygan County Christian 43, Hilbert 40

GREEN BAY – Keifer Sykes and Greg Mays each tallied 21 points as the Green Bay men’s basketball team rolled Oakland, 83-63 Saturday afternoon at the Resch Center.

With the victory, the Phoenix lock up the No. 2 seed in Horizon League conference tournament. The team improves to 23-7 overall and 12-4 in conference play.

A tight contest early, Green Bay finished the first half on a 23-6 run to take a 41-31 lead into the break. A packed crowd of 6,000 fans saw the team tack on an additional 10 in the final 20 minutes.

Prior to the game, Sykes, Mays, Alfonzo McKinnie and Josh Humphrey were honored on Senior Day.