Local Wausau News

Xcel Energy has asked Wisconsin regulators for permission to raise electric and natural gas rates next year.

 A weak U.S. economy pulled down consumer sentiment in May.

A strong earthquake has struck in a remote region off the Alaska coast, but officials say there is no tsunami threat or immediate reports of damage.

Another couple from ABC's "The Bachelor" has broken up.

TV actor Dustin Diamond is expected to testify about what happened during a barroom scuffle outside of Milwaukee.

Gov. Scott Walker's proposed $300 million budget cut to the University of Wisconsin System is slated to be voted on by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee.

Residents of Inuvik, Canada, are having midnight barbecues and going fishing and tanning at 3 a.m. No, they aren't crazy. They're just celebrating and soaking up the 24/7 sunlight shining down on them for 56 consecutive days.

The body of a 5-year-old girl who fell into the Wisconsin River last month has been recovered. 

The Oneida Tribe will soon recognize same-sex marriage.

Gov. Scott Walker's proposed $300 million budget cut to the University of Wisconsin System is slated to be voted on by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee.

How much to cut the University of Wisconsin System budget, how to pay for roads and approving a financing deal for a new Milwaukee Bucks stadium are all on the agenda for the final planned meeting of the Legislature's...

MARSHFIELD (WAOW)-- Dairyfest is taking over Marshfield. The annual festival gets underway this weekend.

A Wisconsin cheesemaker is debuting a 20-year-old cheddar this week that's short in supply and big on price.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A Wausau public school principal kept a promise to his students by sleeping on the roof of his school Thursday evening.

WESTON (WAOW) - Students in Marathon County celebrated living healthy in a colorful way.

TOWN OF EASTON (WAOW)-- A fire caused extensive damage to a barn in the Town of Easton, according to the Town of Easton's fire chief.

 The state says Michigan's seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.8 percent in April, down 0.9 points from the previous month and 2.1 points from a year earlier.

 The Marathon County Courthouse had an unusual day Thursday, and it suggested crime eased for at least 24 hours.

Automakers and governments are releasing the models covered by a massive expansion of a Takata air bag recall announced last week.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - The second of three people accused of robbing a rural Rosholt tavern at gunpoint was convicted of two felonies Thursday, according to online Portage County court records.