Local Wausau News

A cow that was on the loose for two years is now back in its barn.

WAUPACA (WAOW) - A 26-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a car, the Waupaca County Sheriffs Department said Wednesday.

Organizers are getting ready for the Komen Central Wisconsin Race for the Cure. The race is August 9th, but time is running out to be a part of team week.

Pabst Brewing Company confirms it will be part of a new project at its former brewery site.

A project topping $3.5 million is expected to bring more money into the Central Wisconsin Airport, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

The Michigan Republican Party says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is set to speak at a September conference on Mackinac Island as he seeks the GOP nomination for president. 

Presidential candidate Scott Walker is finding support among South Carolina Republicans for his pledge to scrap the nuclear deal that the Obama administration has negotiated with Iran. 

There's a new born baby elk at the Marshfield zoo, according to a news release from the parks and recreation department.

You can watch LIVE footage of bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park in the link above!

Shawano County sheriffs officials are searching for a missing woman.

MOSINEE (WAOW)-- A Central Wisconsin theater group will be taking the stage at the end of July.

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- Four children of a woman who was killed when an ice cave collapsed in Washington state suffered another tragedy when their father was shot and killed in Southern California in the same week.

DENVER (AP) -- Colorado is poised to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of ailments eligible for treatment with medical marijuana.

LUENEBURG, Germany (AP) -- A 94-year-old former SS sergeant who served at the Auschwitz death camp has been convicted on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder.

PORTAGE COUNTY (WAOW)-- Portage County Sheriffs officials say a man was injured after his motorcycle collided with a deer.

The bicyclist killed in Monday's crash was Donna David, 52, of Marshfield, according to a post on the Marathon County Sheriff's Department's Facebook page.

Wausau City Counsil will vote Tuesday to determine whether to repeal an ordinance that prohibits obscene language in public places.

Governor Scott Walker told a crowd in Nevada Tuesday he will bring change to a government in Washington that's become disconnected from reality.

A 22-foot-tall tank moved through Central Wisconsin Tuesday via tractor trailer truck. 

Emergency crews are on the scene of a crash in Lincoln County.