Local Wausau News

WASHINGTON D.C. (ABC) -- A Haitian refugee who's now a member of the U.S. Coast Guard picked a patriotic location to propose to his girlfriend -- the White House. 

Thousands of Fisher-Price cradle swings have been recalled after reports that the moving seat has fallen, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

A government spokesman says at least nine people have been killed and 761 injured by a magnitude-6.5 earthquake that knocked down houses and buckled roads in southern Japan.

A new hotel is one step closer to being built in Rib Mountain.

Students at John Marshall Elementary School participated in a tornado warning drill on Thursday.

Wisconsin Public Service is ending its winter moratorium on power bills on Friday.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) -- Emergency workers have recovered the body of a man, a day after the boat he was in capsized in an Eau Claire pond. 

Some central Wisconsin high school students got an inside look Thursday at how the Marathon County Sheriff's Department operates.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- New preliminary data shows Wisconsin's unemployment rate dropped slightly in March. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson plans to make campaign stops around Wisconsin with Gov. Scott Walker this weekend. 

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- A 24-year-old man who was wounded in a shootout that killed two 19-year-old Southern University students has been released from a Baton Rouge hospital. 

 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- A Connecticut Superior Court judge has ruled that a lawsuit can go forward against the maker of the rifle used in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.    

EAGLE RIVER (WAOW) - The attorney for one of two Northwoods brothers accused of misleading investors who bought into multimillion-dollar deals once represented convicted murderer Steven Avery and has gained added fame because of the Netflix series "Making A Murderer."

A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled employees can't be denied unemployment benefits for inadvertent errors, even if they are repeated after warnings.

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. (AP) -- Some residents who live in the shadow of Lambeau Field are asking if there's an offseason for being a sports fan. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin's deer population is growing geographically and in prevalence. 

Recovery crews are searching a pond in Eau Claire for a missing man.

A Canadian pilot who died when he crashed a small plane at the Nashville International Airport three years ago was legally drunk and obsessed with a Nashville celebrity.

 MOSCOW (AP) -- The speaker of the Ukrainian parliament has been elected prime minister after a months-long political crisis. 

A hint of nicer weather developed yesterday and it will only get better over the next couple of days. Make plans to get outside and enjoy the warmth.