Local Wausau News

The attorney for Steven Avery has filed a motion with the State Court of Appeals in Madison to ask for an extension in her appeal of his murder conviction.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - The Rice Lake Democrat challenging Congressman Sean Duffy is calling for six debates throughout the sprawling 7th District before Election Day. 

Newsline 9 will not have a 10 p.m. newscast Friday due to the Green Bay Packers game.

Sports Express AM took a stop in Abbotsford to kick off week two of the high school football season!

Friday, August 26, 2016 marks one year since TV news reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward were shot and killed by a former co-worker while doing a live shot

New York City subway riders are likely to get bugged over a lot of things -- but a recent incident was one for the books. 

Italy's civil protection agency has increased the death toll from Italy's earthquake to 267.

Friends say two nuns who were found slain in their Mississippi home "would do anything for anybody."

Two months after a gunman killed dozens inside an Orlando nightclub, the sound of popping balloons prompted shoppers to frantically flee an Orlando mall, injuring nine.

FITCHBURG (WKOW) -- Fitchburg authorities are investigating a house explosion on Cheryl Drive near Fish Hatchery Road. Photos and videos from the scene show the remnants of a large explosion, with debris scattered along Cheryl Drive on both sides of Fish Hatchery. The Wisconsin State Journal reports Fitchburg Fire Chief Joe Pulvermacher says a single-family home exploded and the owner of the home was taken to the hospital. Our Madison affiliate, WKOW, says it appears surrounding ho...

Several details were confirmed Thursday night for the Wausau wheel tax proposal.

BRUSSELS (AP) -- A Belgian newspaper is reporting that an explosion has rocked a sports center in the Belgian town of Chimay, with reports of at least one person dead and two injured.

An organization representing mayors of more than 120 cities in the Great Lakes region is challenging a decision to let Waukesha, Wisconsin, draw water from Lake Michigan.

A federal judge is sending back to state court the fight over whether 911 calls from the Pulse nightclub shooting can be made public.

A New Jersey woman who was hit by a car and was wrongly declared dead as a child in 1930 has died at age 94.

Representatives of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have participated in their first meeting with members of the Obama administration assigned to help pave the wave for a smooth transition of power in January.

Saying she is "disappointed, saddened and deeply concerned" by the price hike of the EpiPen, actress Sarah Jessica Parker has cut ties with the company that makes the emergency allergy treatment.

Army officials say a 101st Airborne Division soldier fired two shots at Fort Campbell and then fled in his vehicle before being apprehended by military police.

Wondering what "alt-right" means?  There's a hashtag for that, but the results aren't always pretty.

According to Everest Metro Police, 43 year-old Louis Oliver from Weston crashed into two gas meters on the side of a duplex home on Wednesday night, causing the building to fill with natural gas while two families were inside.