Local Wausau News

The Supreme Court has upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans.

All fireworks shows are held on July 4, unless otherwise noted and begin at dusk.

At 2 months old, Matthew Boler had bright eyes, chubby cheeks and an odd-looking head that was narrow and oblong. Matthew's mother Megan Boler just thought her new baby had bucked the trend of family trait of large round heads.

A Jewish synagogue in Madison is acquiring a Torah that has some special significance -- it's one of only 12 Torahs worldwide that's written by a woman.

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) -- Television actor Dustin Diamond is scheduled to be sentenced on two misdemeanor charges stemming from a barroom stabbing in Wisconsin. 

For anyone who's ever written something disastrously personal, but accidentally hit "reply all" and looped in everyone else via e-mail, the need for an "undo send" button is clear. 

BELLMONT, N.Y. (AP) -- The latest on the hunt for two inmates who escaped from a maximum-security prison.

(RIB MOUNTAIN) WOAW-- Plans are moving forward for a new restaurant and retail space in the town of Rib Mountain.

A central Wisconsin McDonald's remembered one of its workers in a special way. 

(Marathon County) The Strawberry festival was held on Wednesday in Schofield.

A Stevens Point family is in Washington D.C. fighting for a bill they say could've saved their son.

The statewide speed limit increase to 70 mph on select interstates has traffic moving along faster.

When fires start, crews know they're working against the clock.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Some car owners in Weston and Rothschild awoke one morning in May to find their cars damaged by vandals.

A barn burnt to the ground in the Town of Weston Tuesday evening, but thanks to the heroics of one area teen, two show steers were able to make it out alive.

A little house cat took a stand against a big 'outdoor' cat at a home near Boulder, Colorado. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) -- A 20-year-old Wausau man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to robbing an ice cream shop with a gun and a knife. 

Judge formally sentences Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for 2013 attacks.

A rare find during a fishing trip at a New Jersey pond over the weekend. A family reeled in an odd-looking fish.

An auction company has sold an electronic road sign that was drawing eyes in Michigan for its beer-centric slogan.