Local Wausau News

In a Romanian town, residents have a choice of three candidates for mayor in an election this weekend -- but only one name. 

Wisconsin Democrats are gathering for their annual state convention, hoping to win back a U.S. Senate seat and chip away at Republican majorities in the Legislature.

A Latino civil rights group that objected to a Milwaukee custard stand's English-only ordering policy says the owner has dropped any language restraints on his employees.

It's the room and home-sharing website whose slogan is "Belong Anywhere," but some Airbnb users say they are feeling anything but welcome. 

News that the death of Prince was found to have been caused by a fentanyl overdose has once again drawn attention to the ongoing opioids epidemic and the powerful painkiller. 

SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) -- An official in Tennessee says a pilot was killed when his Blue Angels fighter jet crashed, but no civilians were hurt on the ground. 

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- A Fort Hood spokesman says crews have found the bodies of two more soldiers who were in a truck that was washed from a low-water crossing by a flooded creek on the Central Texas Army post. 

Local prep scores as reported to the WAOW sports office.

Veterans, police, EMS and firefighters came together at the Lincoln Center in Stevens Point for the first meeting of the American Heroes Cafe on Thursday.  

Students at Ben Franklin Junior High School in Stevens Point raised money for the Portage County Sheriff Department's K9 Unit.

JoAnn Goodness took one last walk through the halls as she retired from a nearly 40-year teaching career at Assumption Middle School on Thursday. .

A Wausau alderman is calling on the city to help tidy up a local facility.

Students at Wausau East High are changing the life of one of the school custodians.

A mythical mascot vandalized in the Northwoods is finally whole again.

MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) -- A Muskegon man has been denied bond after being charged with murder in connection with the drowning death of his 14-month-old daughter. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A heroin user led police in Madison on a wild chase that ended at the city zoo. 

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Federal officials say they'll investigate whether moose in four Midwestern states should be protected under the Endangered Species Act. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Cloverbelt Credit Union said Thursday it was building a new 21,000-square foot office building in downtown Wausau because it has outgrown the existing facility. 

MARSHFIELD (WAOW) -- The Marshfield Fire Department was among crews sent to a fire at an agricultural mill just outside of town Thursday. 

Wis. - Brad Duckworth has been named the new director of athletics at UW-Stevens Point. He will begin July 11.