Local Wausau News

The Latest on the nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. 

The campaign manager for Democratic Senate candidate Russ Feingold says Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is running a "low energy campaign" and if outside support dries up "he can always ride Donald Trump's coattails."

A handful of Wisconsin inmates still won't eat in hopes of forcing an end to long-term solitary confinement. 

An experimental vaccine for the Zika virus is due to begin human testing in coming weeks, after getting the green light from U.S. health officials. 

The Supreme Court says evidence of a crime may be used against a defendant even if the police did something wrong or illegal in obtaining it. 

Donald Trump's campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is leaving the campaign, following a tumultuous stretch marked by missteps and infighting. 

The Senate will vote today on gun control measures that would expand background checks and make sure people on the terror watch list can't buy arms, but the proposals aren't expected to pass. 

Waukesha's unprecedented request to draw its water supply from Lake Michigan is nearing a conclusion, but not without some late opposition from U.S. and Canadian mayors within the Great Lakes basin.

Authorities have identified a Wisconsin woman who was killed in a crash in Illinois.

The summer solstice marks the season's official arrival around the globe Monday.

Police have arrested the wife of a man who was fatally stabbed in Milwaukee.

 Anton Yelchin, a rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new "Star Trek" films, was killed by his own car as it rolled down his driveway early Sunday, police and his publicist said.

LeBron James and his relentless, never-count-them-out Cavaliers pulled off an improbable NBA Finals comeback, and Cleveland is title town again at long last. 

The Wausau Fire Department is on the scene of a house fire on Weston Avenue in Wausau.

Milwaukee firefighters have rescued a raptor researcher who was dangling in a safety harness from a tree branch about 40 feet off the ground.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Milwaukee firefighters have rescued a raptor researcher who was dangling in a safety harness from a tree branch about 40 feet off the ground. Deputy Milwaukee Fire Chief Sean Slowey says the Stevens Point man fell off a tree near a Cooper's hawk nest on Sunday. The federally licensed researcher was attaching identification bands to four recently born chicks when he fell. Slowey tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the man was suspended from a branch and holding two...

With the summer heat rolling in, it's important for families to stay mindful of the safety precautions they should take before heading down to their local public pool.  

Thousands of people gathered at the 400 block in downtown Wausau on Sunday for the annual Father's Day Classic Car Show, hosted by Wausau Events.  

Two people are hurt after the UTV they were riding caught fire Saturday afternoon, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department.

Milwaukee police say two people were wounded when a gunman fired into a restaurant.