Local Wausau News

Menasha police have released a report on the shooting that resulted in four deaths on a recreational bridge which says the shooter had a long history of depression, alcohol dependency, suicidal and sometimes homicidal thoughts.

Republicans on the Wisconsin Legislature's budget-writing committee plan to propose eliminating the alternative minimum income tax which primarily benefits people earning more than $200,000 a year.

WWE says Virgil Runnels, a former professional wrestler known by his fans as Dusty Rhodes, has died.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A judge Thursday refused to lower the bail for a former Lincoln County deputy sheriff accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, according to the online Marathon County court records.

MADISON (WAOW) – A 63-year-old Tomahawk woman bilked investors out nearly $500,000 in a scheme involving internet pop-up ads, U.S. Attorney John Vaudreuil said Thursday.

Two Milwaukee residents think Wisconsin is the perfect place to open the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum.

A new government study finds that underage drinking is on the decline. The report found that drinking among Americans age 12 to 20 dropped six percent between 2002 and 2013.

Authorities say two Illinois men remain jailed, after they beat a man they employed, and held him hostage in a storage box at a Madison retail store for hours, after accusing the victim of stealing from their company.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 37-year-old Wausau man pleaded not guilty Thursday in the heroin overdose death of a Wausau man, according to online Marathon County court records.

Law enforcement training sessions are preparing students and staff members during crisis situations in one Northwoods community. 

(WAOW)-- Camping season is in full swing.

Your childhood dream, or nightmare, of combining pizza and hot dogs is coming to life. 

Authorities say it was a confidential informant that helped deputies make a large-scale marijuana bust in Winnebago County.

Christopher Lee, the prolific, aristocratic British actor who brought dramatic gravitas to the low-budget thrills of Hammer Studios' horror films, has died at age 93.

The author of a state budget provision that would allow people who lack bachelor's degrees to teach without any specialized training says she will re-draft the proposal.

Two young sisters with an "entrepreneurial spirit" set up a lemonade stand in Overton, Texas, to raise money for their dad's Father's day gift, their mom said. But Andria and Zoey Green's business closed abruptly Monday after police came by to tell them their stand was illegal without a city Peddler's Permit, according to Overton Police Department Chief Clyde Carter.

An award-winning Wisconsin high school teacher is renewing her call to have Gov. Scott Walker stop telling her story.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has passed a resolution urging state and local police departments to use body cameras.

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) -- Authorities say an SUV struck four Washington state teenagers while they were walking as part of a school physical education exercise, killing two of them and seriously injuring two others. 

CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities say a hit man broke into an Ohio home nine years ago and killed 31-year-old Daniel Ott with a shotgun in retaliation for Ott's willingness to testify against the operator of a stolen car operation. But they say the wrong Daniel Ott was killed.