Local Wausau News

The Marathon County Historical Society hosted a tour of historic taverns in Wausau on Sunday, featuring eight different bars with colorful backgrounds. 

 Officials in Massachusetts are assuring residents they are safe following a statewide manhunt for the suspect in the fatal shooting of a police officer.

Kohl's Corp. has handed a Texas mom whose video showing her donning a Chewbacca mask went viral a pile of Star Wars toys.

One person is dead after a one-car crash in Mosinee early Sunday morning.

 A 5-year-old Wisconsin boy is beaming after he took the high school senior he's been crushing on for most of his short life to prom.

A single-vehicle rollover crash has left one man in critical condition, according to a press release from the Wood County Sheriff's Department.  

Police say a dog was thrown from a car as the driver was doing doughnuts in Madison.

The Department of Natural Resources' board is set to consider buying an easement on about 7,000 acres of northwestern Wisconsin forest. 

The new owner of Wilmot Mountain is investing $13 million in the Kenosha County ski resort.

The fourth annual "Salute A Soldier 5K" was held in Marshfield on Saturday in memory of a fallen soldier who made the ultimate sacrifice years ago. 

A fundraiser was held in memory of a Wausau mother of three children who died after an arduous battle with cancer at the Homestead Inn in Wausau on Saturday. 

The Pentagon has announced that the U.S. has conducted an airstrike targeting Taliban leader Mullah Mansour.

There are new details about a deadly encounter at a gas station near Madison.

Wisconsin scientists have launched an ambitious new project that uses trail cameras to inventory wildlife and tamp down simmering questions about how many deer really roam the state.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Two Milwaukee police officers have settled their lawsuit against a gun shop they allege negligently sold a weapon that a suspect used to shoot them. 

WAUSAU (WAOW)-- A loud roar filled the streets of Wausau Friday, all for a good cause. 

ROTHSCHILD (WAOW)-- A mini golf course is set to open in Rothschild. 

WAUSAU (WAOW)-- Wausau West history students got a blast from the past on Friday. 

One month after the Antigo High School prom shooting, the family of Spencer Fittante, the student who tied a makeshift tourniquet around Collin Cooper's gunshot wound, is starting a new scholarship fund in honor of the police officer who protected them. 

A man pulled from his burning home in Wood County continues to receive help from the community.