Local Wausau News

Wisconsin is joining a multi-state lawsuit against the Obama administration over its directive to U.S. public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identity.

Zyla St. Onge cannot yet walk, but at the age of six months, the Florida native can water ski.

A Wisconsin couple has filed a discrimination charge with the state of Illinois saying that an inn owner refused to host their wedding because they wanted a non-religious service.

PHELPS (WAOW) - Investigators believe a 47-year-old woman found dead on a snowmobile trail near Phelps was killed by someone she knew and alcohol was involved, Vilas County Sheriff Joe Fath said Wednesday. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) - An "undetermined device failure" caused the false alarm that indicated a person with a gun was inside North Central Health Care Center, authorities said Wednesday. 

(ABC) -- A western Michigan man accused of abducting a 16-year-old girl last month has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a 36-year-old jogger in 2014, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

A La Crosse man is facing criminal charges on accusations of calling 911 dozens of times in two hours. 

Madison police say the deaths of a teenager and her father appears to be a murder-suicide. 

(ABC) -- Cecil said two vehicles had been shot, one even catching fire because of the gunfire. 

Roads are closed in Wood County after a crash, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

(ABC) -- A man has been found guilty of fatally shooting another man inside a Richmond nightclub.

(ABC) -- The government is spending about three-fourths of its technology budget maintaining aging computer systems, including platforms more than 50 years old in vital areas from nuclear weapons to Social Security.

Model/actor Nyle DiMarco won season 22 of “Dancing With the Stars” tonight, beating out UFC fighter Paige VanZant and “GMA” meteorologist Ginger Zee to take the coveted mirror ball trophy. 

Crews are searching homes in Ford County, western Kansas, to make sure everyone is accounted for following several tornadoes Tuesday.

A new study says military spouses struggle to find jobs and are more likely to work for less pay or in positions below their education level, spurring unemployment and other costs totaling up to $1 billion a year.

Donald Trump has won the Republican primary in Washington state, helping him inch closer to claiming the GOP nomination for president.

Governor Scott Walker made a visit to Stevens Point Tuesday.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- An 8-year-old Wisconsin girl has received a life-changing gift from a teacher at her school. 

Joanne Kelly, the executive director of United Way in Marathon County, recently announced that she is retiring. 

A moving company auctioned off storage units in Wausau on Tuesday, and many bidders walked away with way more than they bargained for.