Local Wausau News

The actor who portrayed Screech on the 1990s TV show "Saved by the Bell" is headed to trial in southeastern Wisconsin where he's accused of stabbing a man during a confrontation at a bar.

Republican Rick Santorum is preparing to launch a second presidential campaign.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is getting ready to announce its forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season.

Swiss federal prosecutors say they have opened criminal proceedings related to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Authorities say a northwestern Wisconsin man has died after a deer struck by another vehicle crashed through the windshield of the truck he was riding in.

MIAMI (AP) -- The last of three children hurt when they were thrown out of a bounce house by a waterspout in South Florida has been released from a hospital. The other two children were released hours after the inflatable was sent airborne.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - The Wausau City Council has a new president.

A family of black bears roamed a Marathon County neighborhood.

In a few months bears will be returning to the Wildwood Park and Zoo in Marshfield.

 A downtown Wausau home is being cleared away to add parking at a bar and restaurant.

The landscape of cable television could be changing in Wisconsin.

A home in Plover was on fire Tuesday evening, according to a Portage County dispatcher.

GRESHAM (WAOW) – A Shawano County Highway Department flagman directing traffic at a road construction site died Tuesday after being hit by a minivan, the sheriff'sdepartment said. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 28-year-old Kronenwetter woman arrested for drunken driving hit two vehicles in two separate crashes and left the scene of both early Tuesday, police said.

Wisconsin lawmakers have formally introduced a bill that would legalize blaze pink for hunters.

Former Newsline 9 anchor Dave Benton has passed away.

A federal appeals court has refused to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama's executive action that could shield millions of immigrants from deportation.

The Assembly Committee on Transportation is expected to pass a bill outlawing the use of headphones while driving a vehicle in Wisconsin, but will also consider an amendment that would exempt earbuds from the ban.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 23-year-old Mosinee man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to supplying the heroin that killed a man found dead in a Rothschild motel room last fall, according to online Marathon County court records.

Milwaukee leaders and the president of the Milwaukee Bucks all say they are close to reaching a deal to pay for a new $500 million arena for the NBA team.