Local Wausau News

The worlds largest trivia contest in Stevens Point is underway for it's 47th year. For 54 hours straight, more than 300 teams will compete.

If your house is full of light bulbs Thomas Edison would recognize, it’s time for an update. 

WAUSAU (WAOW)-- Hundreds of Wausau residents are starting their Spring cleaning in a big way. 

A powerful spring storm is dumping heavy, wet snow in Colorado, shutting down major highways in the mountains and forcing the cancellation of almost 700 flights at Denver's airport. 

MASHIKI, Japan (AP) --  A Japanese official says the death toll in the second earthquake to hit southern Kyushu island early Saturday has risen to 19.

Tax season is winding down and unlike most years, April 15 is not the deadline for filing taxes.

Adeline Brandenburg has volunteered at Bethesda Lutheran Communities Thrift Shop in Wausau for more than 20 years.

The Merrill Area Chamber of Commerce has rebranded the leftover donations given to them five years ago after a tornado destroyed many homes and businesses in Merrill. 

Friday was a special day at John Muir Middle School in Wausau.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The attorney for Wisconsin's former prisons secretary says he's being fired by the state Department of Justice. 

President Barack Obama paid more than $81,000 in taxes last year on adjusted gross income of more than $436,000. Their effective federal income tax rate was 18.7 percent.

Connecticut police say two people have been arrested after a dispute in a McDonald's drive-thru lane turned into a food fight.

The Army says it has approved the first women to be commissioned as infantry and armor officers -- leadership roles that until now were open only to men.

An East Texas jail inmate who fled while being treated at a hospital has been caught hiding in a dishwasher.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Madison judge has entered a final order declaring Wisconsin's right-to-work law unconstitutional. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The board that handles investments for the state's pension fund has approved $11.1 million in bonuses for staff members who helped produce strong returns. 

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) -- A judge has refused to reduce bond for both Wisconsin girls accused of trying to kill their classmate in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender Man. 

A U.S. judge is ordering the most sensational court records to remain sealed in the now-abandoned lawsuit over leaks in the investigation that led to the resignation of former CIA director David Petraeus. 

The state Supreme Court has deadlocked on whether the Legislature properly banned a legal theory that allowed dozens of lead paint lawsuits to proceed.

MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) -- Sheriff's deputies are warning motorists and others to be on the lookout for dozens of buffalo on the loose in southern Juneau County.