Local Wausau News

MOSINEE (WAOW) - The worker killed at a Mosinee industrial plant was crushed between the side of an overhead crane and the side of a tank, Mosinee Police Chief Kenneth Muelling said Wednesday. 

(ABC) -- Less than five months before the federal government's death penalty trial of accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, South Carolina's top federal prosecutor announced his immediate departure from the office Wednesday, saying he is returning to private law practice.

Gov. Scott Walker's approval rating has dropped in a new Marquette University Law School poll.

The Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates unchanged in light of an uncertain job market, while offering no specifics about when its next rate hike might occur. 

Donald Trump's presidential campaign has hired its first paid staff in Wisconsin. 

Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said today there's "no question" the missing 2-year-old Nebraska boy who was dragged by an alligator into a lake Tuesday evening at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Bay Lake, Florida, is dead. 

(ABC) -- The gunman who killed dozens of people at a gay nightclub in Orlando gave blood to a donation center that provided much of the supply later used to help save injured club patrons.

Republicans who control Wisconsin government aren't saying anything about whether the state's gun laws need to tighten in the aftermath of the Orlando nightclub shooting.

 FLINT, Mich. (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to provide extra nutrition support to help low-income residents of Flint amid the city's crisis with lead-tainted water.

(ABC) -- The massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando left dozens dead or injured, families reeling and a nation in shock.

(ABC) -- Wildlife officials pulled four alligators from a lagoon at Walt Disney World after a 2-year-old boy was dragged into the water by an alligator near the upscale Grand Floridian Resort & Spa as his father frantically tried to rescue his son.

(ABC) -- As her husband endures a barrage of insults from GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump in the wake of the Orlando attack, first lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday the tragedy should be a moment for the country to unify.

The father of a teenager killed nearly 26 years ago broke down on the witness stand in Fond du Lac County as he recounted the last conversation with his daughter.

A Northern California judge at the center of a recall campaign after his handling of a Stanford University sexual assault case was removed from a new sexual assault case Tuesday by the local district attorney. 

Christina Grimmie's brother, Marcus Grimmie, addressed friends and family Monday night at a vigil for his sister in her New Jersey hometown, days after "The Voice" star was shot and killed in Orlando. 

Kellogg Co. joined competitors on Tuesday in recalling a variety of cookies and brownies because of fears of peanut-residue contamination with no warning on the label.

A Port Edwards police officer was asked to resign Tuesday night.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities are searching for a child who was dragged into the water by an alligator near Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Orlando. 

In a close 5-4 decision, the board voted to close Mattoon Elementary.

Hillary Clinton's campaign says she had a "positive discussion" with Bernie Sanders about their primary campaign, the Democratic party and "the dangerous threat that Donald Trump poses to our nation."