Local Wausau News

Nursing homes are increasingly evicting their most challenging residents, testing protections for some of society's most vulnerable, advocates for the aged and disabled say. 

Sarah Palin will work to defeat House Speaker Paul Ryan in his primary reelection challenge, she said Sunday. 

Nearly 400 fires have been reported in the state of Wisconsin this year, according to the most recent numbers from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Britain's Prince Harry and first lady Michelle Obama helped kick off the Invictus Games for wounded veterans with impassioned speeches Sunday night, joining other figures from the worlds of sports, entertainment and politics in a glittery opening ceremony.

Mother's Day is one of the busiest days of the year for a flower shop. 

An archaeological study finds thousands of cultural artifacts at a proposed 18-hole golf course the Kohler Co. plans for the shore of Lake Michigan.

Milwaukee police say an off-duty lieutenant has shot and wounded a robbery suspect.

A 25-year-old woman from southern Wisconsin has been chosen as the state's 69th Alice in Dairyland.

A relative says a 9-year-old Milwaukee girl remains in critical condition after she was wounded last week by a bullet fired from outside her home.

Residents in a Massachusetts town near Quabbin Reservoir Island will have the opportunity to sound off on the state's plan to create a refuge for endangered rattlesnakes on the uninhabited island. 

Police say they've seen no signs of remorse from a federal police officer accused of a two-day shooting spree in a string of suburban parking lots in Maryland that left three people dead and three wounded. 

An increasing number of University of Wisconsin-Madison students are demanding the administration make changes at a time college students nationwide have expressed growing frustration with discrimination and racism on predominantly white campuses. 

A second lawsuit is set for trial against a U.S. gun shop after a jury in October found the store negligently sold a gun used to injure two Milwaukee police officers.

The first Saturday of May marked the opening of fishing season across the state of Wisconsin. 

The Everest Area Optimist Club held their 43rd annual Bicycle Rodeo on Saturday to teach kids about bike safety before summer begins. 

Nyquist stormed into the lead on the turn for home and won the Kentucky Derby to become just the eighth undefeated horse to win the Run for the Roses.

A Cottage Grove man will be on probation for five years for setting fire last year to the future home of a convicted sex offender.

The Department of Natural Resources says the danger of wildfires remains high in Wisconsin.

The bulk collection of Americans' telephone records has ended, but calls and emails are still being swept up by U.S. surveillance work targeting foreigners. 

Spring in Vermont means muddy roads, the return of green to the landscape, farmers planting crops ... and Shiitakepalooza.