Local Wausau News

FRIENDSHIP (WAOW) – The ambulance service owned by a man convicted of attempting to sexually assault a young girl in 2011 has been shut down, Adams County Sheriff Sam Wollin said Friday. 

SCHOFIELD (WAOW) - A 24-year-old man who called police because he got scammed by two women he paid to have sex ended up being cited for soliciting prostitution, Everest Metro police said.

MERRILL (WAOW) - A Marathon County sheriff's deputy traveling 122 mph when he slammed into the back of a sports utility vehicle committed no criminal wrongdoing, a special prosecutor has decided.

More than a dozen Donald Trump businesses have received luxury hospitality awards from a company run by one of Trump's longtime associates, an ex-convict nicknamed "Joey No Socks."

Since the start of 2014, more than 1,600 people have died in commercial aviation disasters. That rate is up from the preceding three years and results in part from some shocking incidents, including a pilot suicide and the downing of a passenger jet over Ukraine by an anti-aircraft missile.

If you see a gun in school, tell a teacher. That's what happened at an elementary in Tennessee, and no one was hurt after police say a 7-year-old boy carried a loaded gun in his backpack.

A newly released transcript shows that Bill Cosby's wife refused to answer dozens of questions during a combative February deposition.

A group the White House recently identified as a key surrogate in selling the Iran nuclear deal gave National Public Radio $100,000 last year to help it report on the pact and related issues.

A Milwaukee custard shop owner with an English-only ordering policy has called off a meeting with a Latino rights group.

Almost sacked for safety concerns after 50 years, the nation's last tackle powderpuff football game will now be played.

The Utah lawmaker who led the charge in an anti-porn crusade is gearing up to introduce a handful of bills during next year's legislative session designed to heavily restrict access to pornography across the state.

President Barack Obama has signed a bill into law that will again allow the ashes of female World War II pilots known as WASPs to be placed at Arlington National Cemetery.

Honolulu will pay $80,000 to settle a lesbian couple's lawsuit alleging a city's police officer wrongfully arrested them after seeing them kissing in a grocery store while on vacation.

Former President Bill Clinton touted Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton's experience as a U.S. senator and secretary of state in exhorting South Dakotans to vote for her in the state's June 7 primary.

A juror who was sequestered in a murder trial in Memphis has died, prompting a mistrial to be declared in the case.

TOMAHAWK (WAOW) - Police Chief Al Elvins said a 29-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of child enticement and possession of child pornography. 

The White House was locked down this afternoon after the U.S. Park Police reported a shooting nearby on West Executive Drive.

Mexico's Foreign Relations Department has ruled that the extradition of convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States can go forward.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Two Wausau teenagers have been referred to juvenile court after one gave a prescribed pill to another and he swallowed it, police said Friday. 

States worried about the effect of a plant-based substance called kratom are moving to ban it over abuse concerns.