Local Wausau News

As “Finding Dory swims its way to the top of the top of the box office many children are thinking it's time for a new pet.

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Electric car maker Tesla Motors is offering to buy solar panel maker SolarCity for up to $2.8 billion in an attempt to create a one-stop shop for cleaner energy as consumers become more concerned about fossil fuels hurting the environment.    

 CHASKA, Minn. (AP) -- The Minnesota judge overseeing the Prince estate case has sealed the affidavits being filed by people claiming to be the rock superstar's heirs, as well as responses from the trust company that's managing the claim process.   

A teen accused of making terrorist threats to Mosinee High School is going to stand trial.

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania jury has acquitted a man in the death of his girlfriend's toddler, which he said occurred as he was mimicking a professional wrestling move.

Workers from the GNP Company joined a roundup after a poultry truck crashed in western Wisconsin, spilling live chickens onto the road.

The Merrill school board picked a new superintendent Monday night.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he agrees that delegates to the Republican national convention should be free to vote their conscience, even if that means not supporting presumptive nominee Donald Trump.

The top Republican in the Wisconsin state Senate is repeating his call for the GOP to get behind presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- A funeral has been held for a 2-year-old Nebraska boy killed by an alligator at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. 

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Republican Gov. Paul LePage is threatening to halt Maine's administration of the federal food stamp program if he can't ban recipients from buying products such as Mars bars and Mountain Dew. 

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he agrees that delegates to the Republican national convention should be free to vote their conscience, even if that means not supporting presumptive nominee Donald Trump. 

President Obama blasted the Senate for blocking four votes on gun control measures, considered in the wake of the Orlando nightclub massacre in which 49 people were killed and 53 injured.

It's National Selfie Day! Check out these notable selfies.

The Kewaunee County Sheriff’s Office says a bicyclist was killed in a crash on State Highway 54 early Tuesday morning. 

By next week, Fiat Chrysler plans to stop producing new vehicles in North America with the most dangerous type of Takata air bag inflators. 

The National Frozen Foods Corporation has issued a voluntary recall due to possible listeria contamination.

A Milwaukee woman accused of being part of a prostitution ring in the North Dakota oil patch has been sentenced to two years of probation. 

A Canadian company that owns twin underwater oil pipelines in the area where Lakes Huron and Michigan meet says it's spending $7 million over the next two years on equipment that could be deployed there quickly in the event of a spill.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker still owes more than $807,000 in campaign debt from his failed presidential bid that ended nine months ago.