Local Wausau News

 A goose on the loose is creating trouble for pedestrians and bike riders.

TOWN OF CRANMOOR (WAOW) - A Wood County man is dead after a logging accident.

Leeza Pearson was out of fruit and vegetables one day last week, so she tucked a pack of Oreos in her daughter Natalee's lunch and sent her off to school at the Children's Academy in Aurora, Colorado.Pearson said she was stunned when her 4-year-old came home later in the day with the cookies untouched and a sternly worded note from the school.

Authorities have announced charges against dozens of people in an alleged drug-dealing operation in southeastern Wisconsin.

House Republicans are moving to stamp their weight behind $2 billion in proposed tax cuts with a bill that Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and majority Senate Democrats say goes too far.

A 690-foot freighter that replaced the ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald as the flagship of a Great Lakes shipping company will be scrapped.

Results of the April 7 election have been certified, including a constitutional amendment that gives justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court the ability to elect who will serve as chief justice.

By The Associated Press 1 p.m.

Weston (WAOW)-- It's the prime time to buy a home. That's according to some realtors in central Wisconsin.

People are being asked to avoid downtown Medford because of a situation there, according to the Medford Police Department.

Final election results show that fewer than two out of every 10 possible voters cast ballots in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race earlier this month.

 Wisconsin wildlife officials are reminding deer and bear hunters that electronic registration will be the rule statewide starting this fall.

The 15-year-old boy accused of fatally stabbing another teenager in Wausau will learn if his case will move to juvenile court Wednesday morning.

A truck tipped over at a gas station in Wittenberg and is leaking diesel fuel, according to the Shawano County Sheriff's Department.

When the Baltimore Orioles play the Chicago White Sox Wednesday afternoon, there will be no fans. 

Bud Light is no longer "Up for Whatever". A slogan on the beer bottles is being removed. 

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's military says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Boko Haram in the northeastern Sambisa Forest but they do not include any of the schoolgirls kidnapped a year ago from . 

MADISON (WKOW) – A Dane County mother said she wants the court system to re-consider how it handles review of medical decision making for the children of divorced parents.

WAUSAU (WAOW)-- A group that helps people in need in the Wausua area honored two of their volunteers Tuesday night.

TOWN OF RICHFIELD (WAOW) - Three people have been displaced after a house fire in the Town of Richfield in Wood County, according to officials from the Richfield Rural Fire Department.