Local Wausau News

The operator of an Illinois oil pipeline is reporting 1,150 barrels of diesel fuel has spilled, resulting in the pollution of at least one river. 

It was a heated city council meeting in Wausau Monday night as results of an ongoing investigation into council members was released.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A family spokeswoman says that "Everybody Loves Raymond" star Doris Roberts has died.

A passing train ignited sparks on the tracks above a Stevens Point family's backyard on Sunday evening, and left them with blaze to battle. 

BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) -- A Bemidji man has pleaded guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend, who went missing last fall. 

Amanda Murphy of Wausau ran the Boston Marathon for her third time Monday.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The prosecutor who launched two secret John Doe probes of Gov. Scott Walker's associates and his recall campaign is running for a fourth term. 

BARRON, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say a man suspected of boating while drunk on a western Wisconsin lake resisted arrest, leaving four officers hurt over the weekend. 

ROTHSCHILD (WAOW)- The Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce kicked off its small business week celebration.  

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Wausau launched an $80 million downtown improvement project with a ceremonial groundbreaking Monday.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - The Marathon County register of deeds since 1991 said Monday that he will not seek re-election. 

State attorneys have asked a Madison judge to stay his ruling declaring Wisconsin's right-to-work law unconstitutional.

CEDARBURG, Wis. (AP) -- A duck that lost its feet to frostbite is waddling again thanks to a Wisconsin middle school teacher and a 3D printer. 

A Saturday Night Live skit taking on heroin use is stirring up a lot of reaction, but not everyone agrees about the effect it could have on the viewing public. The conversation about the “Heroin AM” sketch started Sunday, after Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt announced he sent a letter to NBC about the skit that ran in the April 16 Saturday Night Live. The skit, whether intended or not, appeared to promote the use of this deadly drug.&nbs...

A federal appeals court has upheld a potential $1 billion plan by the NFL to settle thousands of concussion lawsuits filed by former players.

Atsede Baysa of Ethiopia has won the women's race at the Boston Marathon.

Sheriff's officials say they are not looking for any suspects in a shooting that left a man and woman dead in Bayfield County.

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The Wausau Chamber of Commerce kicked off the 2016 Small Business Week in Central Wisconsin, Monday.

An Associated Press investigation found the Pentagon misled Congress with inaccurate information about sexual assault cases that cast civilian law enforcement officials as less willing than military commanders to punish sex offenders.