Local Wausau News

With millions Americans traveling this holiday weekend, the threat of a potential home invasion is on the rise.  

It's every car lover's dream. Newsline 9's Mark McPherson takes you through one of Central Wisconsin's best kept secrets.

This Friday, July 1, 2016 from 6 to 8 p.m., WAOW will be live streaming the “Rebuild West Virginia” telethon on WAOW.com.

Authorities in the capital of Bangladesh say they are working to save the lives of people being held by gunmen in a restaurant popular with foreigners.

  PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Bill Cosby's lawyers will ask a judge to order the accuser in his criminal sex assault case to refund the money he paid to settle her lawsuit a decade ago.  

(CNN)--A woman on the FBI's top ten fugitives list has been captured.  

    MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities have identified a body found in the Wisconsin River as a missing Madison man.

Trout Lake Golf and Country Club boasts itself as the oldest 18-hole golf course in the Northwoods, but it's its other amenities that really set it apart.

NEILLSVILLE (WAOW) - A Hillsboro teenager convicted of trying to kill a man following a drinking game involving shots of liquor, punches to the face and an angry girlfriend was sentenced to nine years in prison Friday, according to online Clark County court records. 

EAGLE RIVER (WAOW) - Heavy rain contributed to a crash that sent a bicyclist to the hospital after she was hit by a car traveling at least 50 mph, the Vilas County Sheriff's Department said Friday. 

ROTHSCHILD (WAOW) - Police officers in the Wausau area made 34 traffic stops Thursday night into Friday in an effort to crack down on drinking and driving.

Most public schools in Wisconsin will get more state aid for next school year. 

The fourth of July is kicking off in central Wisconsin.

MADISON (WAOW) - Marathon County has a new circuit judge - Wausau attorney Gregory Strasser. 

The president of the Forest County Humane Society says a dog in the shelter is “the victim of the worst case of animal abuse I hope I will ever have to deal with.” 

Wisconsin's Department of Justice has launched a new website for residents to apply for and renew concealed carry weapon licenses. 

Newsline 9's Molly Koweek stopped by Trig's in Schofield this morning to learn how to make sweet treats that will complete any Fourth of July cookout.

BONDUEL (WAOW) - A 70-year-old man was killed in a two-vehicle crash near Bonduel that injured two others, the Shawano County Sheriff's Department said Friday.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is allowing physical evidence previously suppressed due to police misconduct to be admitted in a fatal stabbing case. 

Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and former Bradley Foundation chairman Michael Grebe have been replaced as Wisconsin Republican delegates to the national convention in Cleveland later this month.