Local Wausau News

Students from five Central Wisconsin high schools took part in Mini Business World today.

According to the Wausau Police Department a Cody A. Winters died in a crash early Sunday morning in Wausau.

Two candidates are vying for the office of Stevens Point mayor, after the former mayor left office in November after seven years on the job.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A St. Paul woman accused of drowning her 6-year-old daughter in the bathtub has been committed indefinitely to the Minnesota Security Hospital.

The new medical college coming to Central Wisconsin is ready to start recruiting students for its first class in 2016.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Election workers in Wausau report they are busy hours before the polls close for the annual spring election Tuesday.

Sen. John McCain will run for a sixth term next year, saying he still has much work to do in the Senate.

Widespread power outages affected sites across Washington and its suburbs Tuesday afternoon.

Two key senators have announced a bipartisan agreement on rewriting the No Child Left Behind education law.

MARSHFIELD (WAOW) - A company that specializes in manufacturing stainless steel pressurized tanks celebrated an expansion Tuesday designed to create about 10 new jobs.

A car crash has led to a stabbing investigation in Edgar.

The White House, State Department, and Capitol were affected by widespread power outages reported across Washington and its suburbs Tuesday afternoon, and an official says they were caused by an explosion at a Maryland power plant.

A county sheriff is confirming that seven people have died in a small plane crash in central Illinois while returning home from the NCAA basketball tournament in Indianapolis.

Drivers will see the lowest summer gasoline prices in about 6 years, according to the Energy Department.

Richland County authorities have resumed searching the Wisconsin River for a 4-year-old girl who fell into the water near a boat launch in Gotham.

An investigation has been launched into the death of an airman who was deployed in Japan with the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin National Guard.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Burger King is paying the expenses and providing gifts for the wedding of an Illinois couple with an interesting connection to the fast food restaurant chain.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- An unusually cold spring storm is bringing near-winter temperatures to parts of Northern California, dumping heavy rain and hail on some areas and snow in the mountains. However, forecasters say the storm, while welcome, will do little to ease the state's historic drought. 

Junior Sam Dekker needs to cool off and return home before making a decision about the future.

President Barack Obama says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker would be taking a foolish approach if he follows through with vows to revoke a nuclear deal with Iran if elected president.