Local Wausau News

PLOVER (WAOW) - A manufacturer of frozen snacks and appetizers told the state Monday that it was laying off 432 workers at its two Plover plants as part of a bankruptcy filing and proposed sale to another company.

A top executive says Takata Corp. plans to replace the chemical in its air bags that has been linked to a defect responsible for at least six deaths.

President Barack Obama welcomed the Dutch king and queen to the White House Monday.

 Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel has created a new open records office within the state Department of Justice.

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert will be arraigned this week following an indictment that alleges he agreed to pay $3.5 million in hush money to someone from the town where he was once a teacher and coach.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is planning the first major speech of her Democratic presidential campaign in New York City.

Gov. Scott Walker says he intends to keep his campaign promise not to raise the gas tax or vehicle registration fees to pay for transportation projects in Wisconsin.

Bruce Jenner made his debut as a transgender woman in a va-va-voom cover for the July issue of Vanity Fair.

 The death toll from faulty ignition switches in small cars made by General Motors has reached 109.

Hurricane Andres strengthened a little early Monday far out over the eastern Pacific and is generating swells that are likely to cause dangerous surf and rip currents on parts of the west coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

Gov. Scott Walker says negotiations over a financing deal for a new Milwaukee Bucks stadium are fluid, but he still hopes to have something to announce by the end of the week.

Wildlife experts say it could be a record year for efforts to reintroduce a critically endangered bird in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he does not think Rand Paul's opposition to allowing the National Security Agency to collect Americans' phone records in bulk is not helping the Kentucky senator's presidential run.

Former Green Bay Packers and Texas AM head coach Mike Sherman has agreed to coach at Nauset Regional High School on Cape Cod.

Two people were taken to the hospital after a semi-truck and an SUV collided on Wisconsin 70 in Vilas County, according to Vilas County Sheriff Joe Fath said.

Sheriff's officials say the adult son of a couple in Sawyer County killed his parents before taking his own life outside their rural home.

Harriett Thompson, 92, is a runner in the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in San Diego, California.

NBC nightly news anchor brain Williams may be returning to television. 

WESTON (WAOW)-- A Marathon County ice cream shop was robbed at gun and knife point late Sunday night, according to officials with the Everest Metro Police Department.

Organizers say more than 100 people took part in the recreation release this weekend at the Whitewater Park in Wausau.