Local Wausau News

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (AP) -- Flags are flying at half-staff at state buildings and military installations to honor a Wisconsin Air National Guard member who died in a fatal fall in Japan. A funeral service will be held Wednesday in Marshfield for Airman 1stt Class Kelly Tomfohrde.

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican says Pope Francis will visit Cuba before arriving in the United States in the last week of September. 

Wanted fugitive Eric Hall, 38, is in custody, according to the Sauk County Sheriff's Department.

Prosecutors in Dane County allege one of two men charged with stabbing a man and dumping his body in Lake Mendota has admitted to the crime.

Authorities say a 14-year-old girl was the second person stabbed during a robbery on a Milwaukee County Transit System within two days.

Whether to keep hunting and fishing fees at their current levels is scheduled to be discussed by the Legislature's budget committee.

Who pays to remove dead deer from the side of Wisconsin roads is up for discussion in the Legislature's budget committee.

Wisconsin driver's licenses could be renewed online one time under a proposal in Gov. Scott Walker's budget up for consideration by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee.

A university women's group partnered with Montana State University-Billings to make a statement about equal pay in the sweetest way they can.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Milwaukee Bucks president Peter Feigin says there is no immediate deadline for a financing deal for a new arena. 

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Lawyers say a volunteer sheriff's deputy plans to vacation in the Bahamas while facing a second-degree manslaughter charge in Oklahoma, a decision immediately criticized by the family of the man he killed. 

MARATHON COUNTY (WAOW) - The two-day wait to buy handguns in Wisconsin could be going away soon.

The Boys & Girls Club of Portage County will soon have a new facility in Stevens Point.

The dates for the Packers 2015 regular and preseason schedules have been released. The Packers will open up the regular season in Chicago against the Bears on Sunday, September 13. Full schedule inside!

 A teenager is in trouble for breaking into a Northwoods home where two parents were killed last month.

Central Wisconsin small businesses were honored Tuesday at the Small Business of the Year Awards.

The Wausau Police Department is looking into body camera options.

The Wausau Fire Department has a new fire truck.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - The 40-year-old man accused of breaking into the Wausau police chief's home withdrew an insanity plea Tuesday and was sentenced to about year in jail, according to online Marathon County court records. 

Governor Scott Walker was thrust onto the national stage with his changes to unions in Wisconsin. It wasn't long before talk started of a possible run for the White House. Four years later, Walker is considered a leading candidate for the GOP nomination.