Local Wausau News

Bullying is something a lot of people feel, but many don't like to talk about.  As your kids head back to school, medical professionals explain why bullying at school has gotten even worse. 

STEVENS POINT (WKOW) -- The family of a former Marine who died at the Tomah VA Medical Center has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

No one was injured in an apartment fire in Merrill Monday. It happened on Grand Ave. around 11 in the morning.

Four of the Wausau Police Department's school resource officers are going back to middle and high schools on Thursday. 

The national anthem honors the United States military, veterans, and their sacrifices, and 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's decision to sit down during the song was not amusing to retired service members at the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization in Wausau. .

NEW BUFFALO, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan Welcome Center doubled as an animal rescue center, as employees sought and saved a cat that escaped from its cross-country bound family. 

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- A shootout on a New Jersey highway has left one person dead and four others hurt. 

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- A neighborhood in South Carolina is reporting that people dressed as clowns have been seen trying to lure children into the woods.

A Northern Wisconsin man served in the military for 21 years, and now he's fighting a new battle: paying for his service dog's medical bills.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Newly released medical records show a former Marine who ambushed and killed three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers last month never saw combat in Iraq, but told doctors he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder because a buddy showed him videos of maimed and decapitated bodies.

From George Stephanopoulos to Ginger Zee, the team from ABC's Good Morning America gives you the latest national news and weather. Newsline experienced what happens behind the camera.

Wausau Mayor Robert Mielke will be holding a press conference about the Wausau Center Mall Tuesday.

       (CNN)-- Nearly four years after the shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary, the newly refurbished school is once again open for classes.  

  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- John Lennon's killer will remain behind bars after being denied parole for the ninth time.     

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A Nashville judge has dismissed pop star Taylor Swift as a potential juror in an aggravated rape and kidnapping case.    

Gene Wilder, star of `Willy Wonka' and Mel Brooks comedies, is dead at 83, his family says.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A super PAC supporting Republican Sen. Ron Johnson plans to launch a new attack ad over the Labor Day weekend in his race against Democrat Russ Feingold as the race enters its final 10 weeks.

Officials at the University of Wisconsin aren't all that happy that the flagship Madison campus wound up first on a list of the nation's top party schools.

The number of abortions performed in Wisconsin has dropped for the sixth straight year.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WAOW) - An 18-year-old Wood County man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for killing his ex-girlfriend's mother within hours after her daughter broke up with him.