Local Wausau News

BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities have released the name of a man whose body was found last week in a silo on his property in Dane County.

RACINE, Wis. (AP) -- Two people are dead and a driver in custody after two vehicles collided in downtown Racine.

HAGER CITY, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say a western Wisconsin man working on his boat was injured when the motor burst into flames.

Police say at least nine people were injured at a Philadelphia cookout when they were hit by birdshot from a shotgun, and two men are being sought.

A Kansas prosecutor is facing some unusual challenges in the capital murder case against a Missouri man accused of killing three people at two Jewish sites in suburban Kansas City.

Police in New Orleans say they have arrested a man suspected of shooting and killing a police officer.

On Saturday local runners came to Weston to support a good cause.

Volunteers worked in Stevens Point Saturday to combat hunger.

The 2nd Annual Rhinelander Boom Lake Log Jam at Hodag Park is in full swing.

While many Central Wisconsin students are enjoying their summer break, some already have their minds on the fall semester.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Two federal law enforcement officials say the FBI is investigating a website that appears to have photos of the Charleston church shooting suspect holding a Confederate flag along with a racist rant.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A veteran New Orleans police officer has been shot and killed while transporting a suspect to the city jail.Tyler Gamble, a spokesman for the New Orleans Police Department, says Officer Daryle Holloway was shot Saturday morning and pronounced dead at an area hospital about a half-hour later.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A criminal complaint says a woman charged with stabbing her husband to death told investigators she had worked as a butcher in Russia and killed him "professionally," just like she would at work.

WAUSAU (WAOW)-- According to a post on the Wausau Police Department's Facebook page, they are asking for the public's help in locating a suspect in numerous gas skips.

New York State Police are investigating a possible sighting of the two convicted killers who escaped from an upstate New York prison two weeks ago.

The memorial in front of the black church is growing with bouquets of flowers, balloons and teddy bears.

A man was arrested early Saturday morning for operating a motor vehicle under the influence with a child in the car, according to Wisconsin State Patrol officials.

Authorities are searching for a 20-year-old man suspected in the shooting and wounding of a suburban Milwaukee police officer.

A woman died in a crash early Saturday morning, according to Wood County Sheriff's Department officials.

According to Wood County Sheriff's officials a motorcycle driver is in critical but stable condition after hitting a deer Friday night.