Local Wausau News

WAUSAU- (WAOW)-- More than 100 people came out to support the North Central Health Foundation Friday evening.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Hundreds of bikers rumbled through the streets of Wausau for the 11th annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Ride.

It wasn't a typical trip to school for six Maine Elementary School students.

PORT EDWARDS (WAOW) - A 28-year-old Wisconsin Rapids man died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning at a food warehouse where he was working, Port Edwards Assistant Police Chief Lonn Radtke said Friday.

The Days Inn in Wausau destroyed by a fire is being restored. We have learned from their corporate office that it will not be a Days Inn anymore.

Students in Marathon County are doing their part to take care of the environment. 

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says a 2016 rematch election with Democrat Russ Feingold will be close but he's optimistic that Republican grassroots campaigning will help him to victory.

Public school districts could take a hit if caps are lifted from Wisconsin's voucher school program, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau says.

Blue Bell Creameries says it will lay more than a third of its workforce following a series of listeria illnesses linked to its ice cream that prompted a total product recall.

The revolver of Wausau first police chief was recently found by his family and presented to the Wausau Police Department Friday.

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has shown no reaction as a jury sentenced him to the death penalty for the 2013 terror attack.

Jury in Boston Marathon bomber trial reaches verdict on whether he should be sentenced to die .

A Wisconsin woman says Southwest Airlines kept her from calling her husband moments before he committed suicide. She learned of the suicide threat while on a Southwest Airlines plane and she says the plane's crew did nothing to help her save her husband.

Dairy Queen is removing sugary drinks from its childrens' menu. The move comes at the request of health advocates. 

Cyclists are celebrating the start of the season with Bike to Work Day!

Race car drivers get all the glory once the checkered flag flies, but a business from Central Wisconsin helps play a role in getting them to the finish line.

George Stephanopoulos is apologizing to "Good Morning America" viewers for donating $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation, saying that was a mistake.

Suryia the orangutan loves playing parent to four baby tiger cubs. The unusual friends live at Myrtle Beach Safari preserve in South Carolina and apparently love spending time with each other.

The legal fight over who is chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is returning to a federal courtroom.

The deadly train derailment in Philadelphia is putting a new focus on train travel. Just how safe is train travel and how does it compare to other modes of transportation?