Local Wausau News

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is questioning the FBI's decision not to recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton over her use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state.

Consumer products maker SC Johnson says its OFF! brand has been named the official insect repellent supplier for next month's Olympic Games, to be held in Rio de Janeiro amid ongoing fears about the mosquito-borne Zika virus. 

Governor Scott Walker is bucking a trend among elected Republican officials nationwide in agreeing to speak at the GOP national convention later this month, saying a vote for anyone other than presumptive party presidential nominee Donald Trump is a "de facto vote" for Hillary Clinton.

A former National Guard soldier has been charged with plotting to help the Islamic State and contemplating a Fort Hood-style attack against the U.S. military.

A slowly dissolving medical implant for treating clogged arteries has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

FBI Director James Comey says the FBI will not recommend criminal charges in its investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state.

Family members say the man fatally shot by police in Washington County was armed with a knife and threatening their mother, his estranged girlfriend.

One person died and one person was injured in a motorcycle crash Monday, according to the Taylor County Sheriff's Office.

A Lake Geneva woman is missing according to the Washington County Sheriffs Office.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro is being vetted as a potential running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, according to a Democratic source familiar with the process. 

The NASA spacecraft Juno has reached Jupiter. It's been a five-year voyage to begin exploring the king of the planets.

A fun day at the beach nearly turned deadly for one man Monday afternoon.

Disappoint and anger filled Marathon Park Monday night after organizers announced the firework display would be canceled.

WALWORTH COUNTY (WAOW)-- You'll soon be able to take a ride through a real safari without buying a plane ticket to Africa. 

Trump campaign social media director Dan Scavino says in a statement posted on Donald Trump's Facebook page Monday evening that an anti-Hillary Clinton tweet that some have claimed was offensive was lifted from an anti-Clinton Twitter feed. 

Wausau firefighters saved a group of ducklings from a storm drain. 

After a nearly five-year journey, a solar-powered spacecraft is passing Jupiter's inner moons as it readies for the closest encounter with the biggest planet in the solar system.

Dozens of people chose an alternative way to spend their Fourth of July: berry picking.

Local Jewish leaders are speaking out on Monday after the death of holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.  

Many families across the country have different ways to celebrate our independence.  Margaret Wayka of Wausau has been camping every Fourth of July for about 40 years.