Local Wausau News

BRIGHTON, Wis. (AP) -- The Kenosha County Sheriff's Department says it has wrapped up its "on scene" investigation of animal abuse at farms in Brighton and Paris townships and is forwarding the case to prosecutors for possible charges.

A statewide campaign is underway to make sure you're driving with your seat belt on. 

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities in Columbia County are using sonar to try to find the body of a 21-year-old Chicago man who disappeared in the Wisconsin River near Wisconsin Dells.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- The Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 movie "A Beautiful Mind" has died in a car crash along with his wife in New Jersey.

LINCOLN CO. (WAOW)-- A child was sent to the hospital Saturday after being hit by a car in the Town of Bradley, that's according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department.

Three people were taken to three different hospitals after a crash in the Township of Star Lake, according to Vilas County Sheriff's officials.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the Islamic State group's takeover of Ramadi is evidence that Iraqi forces do not have the "will to fight."

The roar of motorcycle engines is filling the air in the nation's capital.

Flooding in Texas and Oklahoma has led to numerous evacuations and rescues and the death of a firefighter.

Hardee's is honoring service men and women with a special promotion.

People lined the streets of Wausau Saturday to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for the United States.

DUBLIN (AP) -- Irish voters have resoundingly backed amending the constitution to legalize gay marriage, leaders on both sides of the Irish referendum declared Saturday after the world's first national vote on the issue.

A woman was found pushing her dead 3-year-old son in a park swing Friday, and authorities say she may have been there for hours, or even since the day before.

WATERFORD, Wis. (AP) -- Racine County sheriff's officials have identified the victim of a fire that broke out in a House on a Fox River island in Waterford.But investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the fire that killed 88-year-old Lawrence C. Gough.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Milwaukee police are investigating a crash that killed two women in their 20s.

BRIGHTON, Wis. (AP) -- The Kenosha County Sheriff's Office says it's investigating potential animal abuse on two farms where over 80 dead calves have been found amid deplorable conditions.

CLEVELAND (AP) -- A Cleveland police officer has been acquitted in the shooting deaths of two unarmed people in a car following a high-speed chase.

Congress has cleared a bill to keep highway and transit aid flowing to states for another two months and prevent shutdown of summer construction projects under a bill.

Unable to end a struggle over how to deal with government surveillance programs, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has scheduled a last-minute session to consider retaining the National Security Agency's bulk collection of domestic phone records.

Authorities say they believe an ex-convict had help from others holding a family captive inside their mansion for at least 18 hours.