Local Wausau News

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 38-year-old Wausau man took secret videos of his girlfriend in the shower, friends who came to his home and "under the dress" of a woman at the Woodson YMCA as his daughter took a swimming lesson, according to a criminal complaint. 

House Speaker Paul Ryan is campaigning for Sen. Ron Johnson in southern Wisconsin, but is also avoiding expanding on his announcement that he could not support Republican presidential nominee "at this point."

WAUSAU (WAOW)-- A Wausau woman is recognized with a Jefferson Award  for her volunteer efforts to help jail inmates and prison parolees transition back into society.   

A prominent sportsmen's group wants Gov. Scott Walker to crack down on deer farms as he revises the state's chronic wasting disease tactics.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WAOW) - The invasive pest that kills ash trees has been found in Wisconsin Rapids for the first time, the state Department of Natural Resources said Thursday.

The victim washed ashore in Brooklyn, his body wrapped in plastic garbage bags, his head and hands covered in duct tape and his feet submerged in concrete - fitted with a pair of fabled "cement shoes."

MOSINEE (WAOW) - Jim DeBroux, a popular Mosinee High School principal who was paralyzed in 2009 after falling off a ladder, died Thursday, authorities said. 

Tune in May 5 at 10 p.m. to see where people facing addiction can get help.

A teenager shot and wounded outside his prom at Antigo High School last month is talking about the ordeal that has shaken the small northern Wisconsin community.

A Washington state driver who had a monkey on his back wound up with handcuffs on his wrists.

Time to pass the margarita pitcher? For most Americans, Cinco de Mayo calls to mind tequila shots, mariachi music, and special promotions at Mexican restaurants.

Newsline 9 is spending the morning at El Jefe in Stevens Point to learn some Cinco de Mayo recipes.

Increasingly popular e-cigarettes and cigar varieties could be exempt from some government safety regulations if House Republicans have their way.

A family from Douglas County, Georgia, says that the movers they hired to ship their possessions on Friday disappeared, taking with them nearly everything they own. 

The Justice Department has sent a letter informing the state government in North Carolina that the state's House Bill 2 violates the U.S. Civil Rights Act. 

The Oconto County Sheriff’s Office is looking for 85-year-old Constance McDermid who is missing from Oconto Falls.

Police said 80-year-old Leng Lor was last seen around 2 pm Wednesday afternoon on Edward St. in Rothschild.

The Michigan House met late into the night as Republicans tried to muster enough votes to pass a $500 million plan to restructure the ailing Detroit school district.

Wisconsin prosecutors have charged a man accused of killing an Illinois woman in a random drive-by shooting along an interstate.

Donald Trump is the last republican candidate standing after Ted Cruz and John Kasich dropped out of the running.