Local Wausau News

A big donation is helping to make a brand new inclusive playground possible in Wausau.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A former Milwaukee Public Schools teacher's aide has pleaded not guilty to felony child abuse for pushing a student to the floor in an incident caught on video. 

PLOVER (WAOW)-- The Humane Society of Portage County has as special going on in hopes of moving adult cats into loving homes. 

WESTON (WAOW) - A six-year-old boy from Loyal is named Wisconsin's "champion" to represent Children's Miracle Network hospitals.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker's administration is delaying $101 million in debt payments to help with the state budget's bottom line. 

Vice President Joe Biden today predicted that Hillary Clinton will be his party's presidential nominee, even though the Democratic primary is still underway.

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A state school board meeting has attracted many people who want to comment on proposed guidelines for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students at Michigan's public schools.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI-1) appears to be downplaying expectations for his highly anticipated Thursday meeting with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities have charged one man and are seeking a second in the fatal shooting of a man in Manitowoc in February. 

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) -- A federal appeals court has overturned the murder conviction of a Jackson County woman who was accused of killing her longtime companion with an insulin overdose. 

A young Antigo woman is thankful she got to celebrate Mother's Day.

A former Wausau church volunteer pleaded guilty Tuesday to two amended charges of child enticement and one count of false imprisonment in a plea bargain.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Truck drivers who haul fuel will be able to work more hours each week to ensure the Green Bay area has an adequate supply of gas and diesel. 

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities in Ashwaubenon are investigating the discovery of a body in the cab of a semi at Wisconsin Kenworth. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin's longtime chief elections official Kevin Kennedy is retiring before the board he currently heads is eliminated next month. 

A state appeals court says police can release full accident reports without violating federal law but must black out information taken directly from driver records in incident reports.

Gov. Scott Walker says he'll lead a trade mission to Mexico in June. Walker announced the trip during an international trade conference in Milwaukee Tuesday.

A live broadcast of a peregrine falcon nesting at the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning shows the bird feeding three hatchlings to her first chick. 

An Atlanta area restaurant had to close early on Mother's Day due to a brawl that started because an employee was smiling. 

A newly released email from the University of Wisconsin System president praised the decision to remove faculty tenure protections from state law.