Local Wausau News

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson plans to release a report this week detailing a congressional committee's yearlong investigation into a painkiller-abuse scandal at Tomah's Veterans Affairs medical facility.

Friday, May 27th Sports Report: Regional Finals Softball:

RINGWOOD, NEW JERSEY (CNN)-- Dashcam video caught the moment a tree fell on a police officer. 

A Cincinnati woman says she was having trouble breathing when the man credited with developing the Heimlich maneuver stepped in to save her life.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Candidates in four of Wisconsin's eight congressional districts look headed for primaries on Aug. 9. Nomination papers aren't due until Wednesday, but here's an early look at the probable match-ups.

An Everest Elementary School student got a special surprise Friday.  Micah Widner hadn't seen his oldest brother since Christmas.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Police say divers searching for the pilot of a small World War II vintage plane that crashed in the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey have recovered a body. 

The Wausau riverfront development project has been in the works for years.

The BloodCenter of Wisconsin made a push for O negative blood donations to add to their stock on Friday in Marshfield and Rothschild. 

The summer kicks off in the Northwoods during the Memorial Day holiday and many people are expected to spend the weekend in the Minocqua area.

90 year-old Elmer Hayes has played taps at military funerals for more than 60 years around Wisconsin.

Many people are getting ready to head outdoors for this Memorial Day weekend.

Friday a group of martial artists was trained in how to deal with active shooter situation.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Alerted to possible prostitution at a west side Wausau motel, police arrested a 41-year-old DePere woman after a man seen leaving the motel after a short stay told investigators he paid the woman $200 for sex, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday. 

MARSHFIELD (WAOW) - A 15-year-old Canada lynx at Wildwood Wildlife Park has been euthanized following declining health the past year, the Marshfield Parks and Recreation Department said Friday. 

Much has been said about millennials – people born from about the early 1980s to the late 1990s – and not all of it is flattering. 

Public Health officials confirm a woman residing in Dane County is infected with the Zika virus. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A new report says Wisconsin's job creation agency has erroneously awarded more than $412,000 in tax credits to companies over how many jobs they created.

A woman came home from work to find that her retired police officer husband had fatally shot their two sleeping children before turning the gun on himself, neighbors and authorities said Friday.

MARSHFIELD (WAOW) - A fire that started in a garage spread to a rural Marshfield home Friday, destroying the garage and damaging the attic of the home.