Local Wausau News

Search crews are still trying to find the body of a 62-year-old man who drowned in Vilas County, according to sheriff's officials.

SCHOFIELD (WAOW)-- Several young professionals from Greenheck Fan Corporation took part in a roundtable with a state workforce development representative today.

City leaders have received some potential plans for the Wausau Center Mall, but they're staying tight lipped about what those plans entail.

The owner of a dog that died in a hot car last week told officers it was his fault.

Wausaus Whitewater Park is hosting a national kayak and canoe competition this weekend.

Wildfires in Canada have caused smoky conditionsin Central Wisconsin.Yeah, for the last ten days or week or so the sky has been very hazy, Newsline 9 Chief Meteorologist Justin Loew said. The smoke from some of these wildfires begins at higher elevations in the mountains, so it gets caught up at the higher elevations, the higher levels of the atmosphere. Then it gets carried by the jet stream winds, you know, a thousand, two thousand miles.Health officials say that this smoky air can b...

Dozens of people worked to help a Waupaca family clean up after a tornado seriously damaged two of their barns, a garage, and their house.

A Wisconsin man is charged with threatening to kill President Barack Obama.Fifty-five-year-old Brian Dutcher of Tomah appeared in federal court Tuesday after being charged last week.

One of the five layers of glass at the grizzly bear exhibit at the Minnesota zoo in Apple Valley, Minnesota, broke Monday morning when a bear smashed it with a rock, an official told ABC News Tuesday.

The US Women's National Soccer team continues to celebrate the World Cup triumph, but they won't be taking home the ultra-big bucks from soccer's governing body.

TOWN OF BROCKWAY, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say a 59-year-old man has died after taking part in scuba diving exercises at a Wisconsin lake where another diver died eight days earlier.

The South Carolina Senate has given final approval to a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the Capitol.

Milwaukee's fire chief says a firefighter who suffered a bullet graze wound to the head while responding to a medical call didn't realized he had been injured until after he took care of his patient.

Sheriff's officials say a mother saved her three young children from injury as a tornado hit their house in Waupaca County.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Lawyers for women suing Bill Cosby for defamation say his admission that he obtained quaaludes to give young women he pursued for sex could bolster their claims.

In Canada, one mans publicity stunt has become the talk of social media. Daniel Boria tied 120 6-foot balloons on a plastic lawn chair.

WESTON (WAOW)-- Area musicians got the chance to refinetheir playing skills Monday.

A Pit Bull attacked a small dog in the 700 block of West Thomas street Friday morning, according to police. 

This weekend, two eagles were injured and one killed in Wisconsin.

The Fourth of July is over, and for many it was back to work.