Local Wausau News

Appleton Police say a person was found dead after a fire at a group home in the 500 block of N. Division Street. 

A contest to give away a semi-automatic rifle is still on despite the original post being taken down by Facebook. 

The head of Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources is facing questions about deficiencies in the department's regulation of water pollution. 

Federal officials say a small plane has left the South Pole with a sick worker in a daring rescue mission from the remote U.S. science outpost. 

Wisconsin State Fair officials are installing metal detectors at West Allis fairground entrance gates for the first time in order to ensure the safety of summer fairgoers. 

A Wisconsin appeals court has upheld the life sentence of a teenage boy convicted of killing his great-grandmother in 2012. 

Madison's police chief, several City Council members and others have met with the family of a woman whose arrest outside a mall has generated claims of unfair treatment. 

Madison's police chief, several City Council members and others have met with the family of a woman whose arrest outside a mall has generated claims of unfair treatment. 

The father of a Kansas boy who was self-conscious about scarring following brain cancer surgery has got a tattoo that resembles his son's scar on the side of his head. 

Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King wants to keep President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, despite efforts from the Obama administration to put a woman on America's paper currency. 

 It's all fun and games until someone gets stuck in a giant Barney dinosaur head. That's what happened to 15-year-old Darby Risner of Trussville, Alabama, on Sunday night, when the teen said she found a giant Barney head at a friend's house. 

Rory McIlroy has announced this morning that he will not be competing in the golf tournament at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics this summer over the threat of the Zika virus.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Federal authorities have arrested a suburban Indianapolis teenager accused of trying to join the Islamic State. 

Marathon County foster parents were thanked for their service Tuesday afternoon.

Just 17 days after a double lung transplant in Madison, Justin Norenberg has returned home to Mosinee.

Six people were taken to the hospital Tuesday after a structure fire in Rhinelander.

While the issue of sexual assault on college campuses circles national headlines, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is making moves to fight the violence.

If you were an NFL player, how would you spend your summer break? For a select group of Packers, the answer to that is: on a bus, meeting fans all across the state of Wisconsin.

The Green Bay Packers made a pit stop on Tuesday at St. Joseph's hospital in Marshfield as part of their state-wide Tailgate Tour. 

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Disney is letting "Frozen" go in new directions.