Local Wausau News

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Republican Gov. Scott Walker is set to sign the state budget at a valve manufacturing company in Waukesha.

Firefighters responded to the scene of a garage fire on Moreland Avenue in Schofield around 10 a.m. Sunday.

A European official says Greeces European creditors are seeking a deal that would relieve the pressure on the Greek banks that face an acute liquidity crunch as soon as Monday.

The NAACP has passed a resolution lifting its 15-year economic boycott of South Carolina, a day after that state took down a Confederate battle flag flying near its Statehouse.

State authorities have completed their investigation of a reported blast that knocked a Rhode Island beachgoer to the ground, concluding there are no threats to the public and no reason to keep the beach closed.

Shuttles were available for people on Friday and Saturday attending the Balloon and Rib Fest and Chalkfest in downtown Wausau.

Mississippi State motored into the 2015 Bassmaster College Series championship with an x-factor: Joe Marty, who earned his undergraduate degree at UW-Stevens Point.

With a three-day total of 18 pounds, four ounces, the duo of John Bensema and Matthew McCardale from Texas A&M won the Bassmaster College Series Championship Saturday. The event was hosted by UW-Stevens Point and held on Lake Du Bay.

Saturday was United States of America Canoe and Kayak Organization Age Group Nationals in Wausau.

ELLSWORTH, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities in Pierce County of western Wisconsin are investigating a homicide and have arrested the victims wife.

BELMONT, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say an 18-year-old Milwaukee man has drowned at a campground on Lake Joy in southeastern Wisconsin.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker has blamed Republican lawmakers for an abortive proposal to roll back Wisconsins open records law.In a radio interview Friday, the Republican governor said the idea was a huge mistake that didnt come from him.

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Police departments across the country that have spent years boasting about plummeting crime numbers are now scrambling to confront something many agencies have not seen in decades: more bloodshed.Houston, St. Louis, New Orleans and Baltimore have all seen significant spikes in the number of homicides this year. The totals are up in New York and Chicago, too.In Los Angeles, the number of slayings dropped slightly, but the number of shooting victims jumped more than 18 pe...

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WAUSAU (WAOW)-- Chalkfest kicked off downtown at the 400 block on Friday.

It is a big weekend in Wausau. One big event in the area is Balloon and Rib Fest at the downtown Wausau airport.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign the state budget on Sunday, just a day before hes expected to announce a presidential bid.

A possible solution has emerged to save a troubled central Wisconsin village.

How excited is Scott Walker about running for president? So excited that he announced accidentally on Twitter three days early.