Local Wausau News

The stage is set for a busy day at the Capitol, as the Wisconsin State Assembly is scheduled to take up several measures Tuesday.

The man wanted in the shooting death of the print shop director at a community college in North Carolina has been arrested in Florida.

One woman was hurt when she was stabbed by a man late Monday night, according to Wood County Sheriff's officials.

Some exciting news! We now know which artist will be taking the stage at the Wisconsin Valley Fair in Wausau this summer.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A civil rights group says a court in the western Kenya town of Busia has sentenced three men to 15 years in jail for gang raping a 16-year-old girl and dumping her into a pit latrine. 

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A Rhode Island engineering technology and manufacturing company has set out to build the world's largest surfboard. 

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office says a 15-year-old who was shot and killed at the scene of a car accident was the brother of a 2-year-old who died after he was hit by the vehicle. 

SPRING GREEN, Wis. (AP) -- A 103-year-old southern Wisconsin woman finally has received her high school diploma about 90 years after she was forced to discontinue her education. 

Tuesday, April 14, Marks the 150th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

ROTHSCHILD (WAOW)-- A packed Rothschild Village Hall gave a standing ovation to three 15-year-old boys who saved a man's life a month ago. 

Several downtown streets in Marshfield will soon be updated.

Law enforcement in central Wisconsin are reacting to the proposed marijuana bill.  

Prosecutors have charged a white reserve sheriff's deputy in Oklahoma with manslaughter in the shooting of a black suspect.

Ministry Health Care is revealing plans for several major initiatives across Wisconsin, the company announced in a press release Monday.

 A woman accused of holding her 2-year-old son over a railing at a Cleveland zoo when he fell into a cheetah exhibit has been charged with child endangering.

Wisconsin has confirmed its first case of a dangerous bird flu strain that has struck several other Midwest states.

A judge has formally sentenced convicted murderer Jodi Arias to life in prison, ending a nearly seven-year-old case that attracted worldwide attention.

A Wisconsin lawmaker says the state should legalize marijuana to reduce crime and improve the state's economy.

A teenage driver involved in a crash that killed three young passengers last fall in Shawano County is facing criminal charges.

A 65-year-old German mother of 13 is getting ready to give birth again — this time to quadruplets.