Local Wausau News

According to a new report from the Wisconsin State Assembly, Wisconsin will need more health care workers to treat the nearly 110,000 residents living with Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. 

The Boys and Girls Club of Wausau teamed up with the Marathon County Public Library to promote a healthy lifestyle to kids in the Central Wisconsin area.  

A Tomahawk man surprised the paramedic who saved his life on Friday.

FEASTERVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- A Pennsylvania couple is accused of child endangerment after police say they gave away their 14-year-old daughter to a man who helped them financially.

A new hiking trail opened Friday for disabled veterans and their families in Lake Tomahawk.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A small dog running loose near a park playground bit a young child Friday, and the Marathon County Health Department is searching for the dog to prevent the child from having to go through a series of rabies shots.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 30-year-old Wausau man was accused Friday of sexually assaulting the five-year-old son of a family who was letting him stay with them, according to a criminal complaint. 

HOWELL, N.J. (AP) -- A couple accused of having 276 dogs in their bi-level New Jersey home face more than 550 counts of animal cruelty.

(ABC) -- Apple is embroiled in a patent dispute in China that threatens to block future sales of the iPhone 6 in Beijing unless the company can overturn a regulator's recent ruling.

 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- State education officials say preliminary results show nearly 84 percent of students in Indiana passed state standardized reading tests.

The state Department of Natural Resources has identified more land it might sell.

A former Wisconsin VA doctor accused of overprescribing opiates has set up a private psychiatry practice as disciplinary proceedings against him drag on.

President Barack Obama is praising Saudi Arabia's efforts to diversify its economy by making it less reliant on oil revenues. 

The owner of two cats recently died so now the animals are at the Humane Society of Marathon County.  

   WASHINGTON (AP) -- A stark new report finds that up to 1 in five deaths from gunshots, car crashes or other injuries may be preventable -- and that where you live may determine whether you survive.  

  EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Rock singer Meat Loaf has collapsed on stage during a concert in Edmonton, Alberta.    He was taken to a hospital in unknown condition Thursday night.    The 68-year-old had canceled two other concerts in recent days citing ill health.    A video of the performance at Edmonton's Jubilee Auditorium showed the singer dropping his microphone and falling to the floor. Musicians walked over to help, and the music eventually...

   NEW YORK (AP) -- A top U.S. health official is warning that dozens or hundreds of babies in Puerto Rico could develop severe birth defects because of Zika, based on how an outbreak is playing out there.  

EAGLE RIVER (WAOW) - The Vilas County Sheriff's Department says a 56-year-old Eagle River man was killed when he was hit by a vehicle while standing in the road blowing leaves last Sunday. 

A stark new report finds that up to 1 in five deaths from gunshots, car crashes or other injuries may be preventable -- and that where you live may determine whether you survive. 

This week our Golf Card Tour heads just north of Wausau, to the aptly-named Trapp River Golf Course.