Local Wausau News

WBAY TV in Green Bay is headed to the scene of a plane crash in Oshkosh.

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Congress has sent legislation to the president reviving and remaking a disputed post-9/11 surveillance program two days after letting it temporarily expire.

A South Carolina man is in custody, accused of doing the unthinkable to a dog.

Republican leaders in the Legislature are meeting privately with individual lawmakers, trying to broker deals that will lead to the budget-writing committee finishing its work on the two-year spending plan.

Independent charter schools could be approved in 146 public school districts across Wisconsin under a provision that's been added to the state budget.

With no surviving family, Winnie Blagden of England was shocked to learn that in honor of her 100th birthday on May 31, thousands of strangers would turn out to make sure it was a memorable one.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he will resign from soccer's governing body amid a widening corruption scandal and has promised to call for fresh elections to choose a successor.

The Oneida County Sheriff's office is sponsoring a Wisconsin DNR certified boating course this summer.

Wisconsin's health committees have begun a joint hearing about a fast-tracked bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

A suspect is expected to appear in Marathon County court this afternoon in the armed robbery of the Sugar Shack ice cream shop in Weston.

 A final tally shows a tornado that struck the UW-Platteville campus nearly a year ago caused $18.6 million in damage.

The blue sneakers were the subject of the crime. But it was a Long Island man's red underwear that led him into the hands of police.

After narrowly surviving a devastating fire, a girl from Western Wisconsin is still recovering from that tragic night. Now, she and her mom are hoping a surgery to repair the ear she lost will help with the healing.

A program in Milwaukee is helping veterans across the country deal with post-traumatic stress disorder through music. 

BEIJING (AP) -- State broadcaster CCTV says rescuers heard survivors yelling for help Tuesday from inside a capsized cruise ship on China's Yangtze River after it went down overnight in a storm with 458 people aboard, most of them elderly.

ELLSWORTH, Wis. (AP) -- A Minnesota boater has pleaded guilty to being drunk when he crashed into the rocks on the St. Croix River nearly two years ago, killing a friend.

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities say a 53-year-old woman has died while she was being held in the Waukesha County Jail.

A new nightclub is coming to central Wisconsin. Koo Coo's Nest Comedy Club in Schofield will transform into a nightclub on weekends. 

 Changes could be coming to downtown Wausau after business owners expressed concerns to police Monday.