Local Wausau News

The Stevens Point Area School District is launching a new phone application that allows parents to track their child's school bus.

Aspirus and Liberty Mutual announced in a joint press release on Thursday that Aspirus will buy 40 acres of land from the insurance company, and also pay a nominal fee to acquire all four buildings. 

NEW YORK (AP) -- 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. 

The preliminary hearing for a 15-year-old boy accused of trying to kill his grandmother is rescheduled for September.

DELANCO, N.J. (AP) -- 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. 

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Los Angeles woman has been charged with murder in the death of her severely malnourished 11-year-old son whose body was found in a closet. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) – The trial for a Wisconsin prison inmate accused of killing a Wausau woman and burying her body nearly six years ago is now set to begin March 13, according to online Marathon County court records updated Thursday. 

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Authorities say two Catholic nuns have been found slain in a Mississippi home where they lived. 

MERRILL (WAOW) - A Merrill woman accused of putting a plastic bag over a 78-year-old man's head, trying to kill him, withdrew insanity pleas Thursday to four felonies including attempted first-degree intentional homicide and aggravated battery, according to online Lincoln County court records. 

A Marathon City high school student wanted to do something special to honor veterans in his community, so he created a memorial for his Eagle Scout project.

A Tennessee prosecutor says two men are charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy who shielded two girls from the gunfire.

(CNN)-- For the first time, America's top doctor is reaching out to every physician in the United States. 

A Democratic African American state senator from Wisconsin says Hillary Clinton is not out of line for posting a new online video that compiles footage of white supremacist leaders praising Donald Trump.

(CNN)-- A new report found the cause of many flight delays and it's not the weather.  

More than a million unregistered voters in Wisconsin may be getting a postcard in the mail soon telling them what to do so they can cast a ballot in the upcoming presidential election.

Five candidates for president other than Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton have met qualifications to be on the ballot in Wisconsin.

(CNN)--Ford has announced three different recalls to fix more than 113-thousand vehicles. The first one-- according to the automaker-- affects 88-thousand vehicles. . 

  MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Records show an excessive force complaint was filed against a Milwaukee police officer days before he fatally shot a suspect which ignited two nights of violence in a north side neighborhood 

  MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A state appeals court says a man convicted of helping set a fatal house fire in LaFayette County doesn't deserve a hearing on his request to withdraw his guilty plea. 

A new study warns parents to take a closer look on how much sugar their children are taking in a day.