Local Wausau News

A high school senior on Long Island has a big decision to make: He has been accepted to all 13 colleges he applied to, including all eight Ivy League schools.

The dean and campus executive officer of the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County is retiring after four years on the job.

Madison Police said they're expecting large crowds on State Street following Monday night's national title game between the Badgers and Duke University.

The Badger basketball team's big win over Kentucky on Saturday night has inspired the design of a new T-shirt.

The last college basketball contest of the season will feature two of the best big men in the country.

The smell of brats will soon be wafting from the parking lots at Miller Park as tailgaters celebrate the Milwaukee Brewers' home opener.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers set a baseball record with a $270 million opening-day payroll, including nearly $44 million going to players no longer on the team. 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says five people, including three children, have been wounded in a shooting inside a townhome on the city's northwest side. 

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Officials say a 62-year-old man holding a fish he caught on a boat in a San Diego bay was pulled overboard by a sea lion. 

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Rolling Stone magazine is promising to improve its editorial practices following a top journalism school's scathing review of a widely discredited story about an alleged college rape.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- An investigation has been launched into the death of an airman while deployed in Japan with the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin National Guard. 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Minnesota converted more wetlands into farmland than any other state when crop prices spiked between 2008 and 2012.

Officials with the Marathon County Sheriff's Department say a man fell through the ice on Half Moon Lake.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Two people are dead after they shot each other outside a Milwaukee bar.

A Wausau restaurant spread Easter cheer to more than 800 people today.

Small-community municipal elections don't typically merit much attention, but Tuesday's City Council race in Ferguson has attracted intense media coverage and efforts to boost voter participation.

Christians in the Holy Land and across the world are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.

Authorities have released the name of an Eau Claire police officer who shot and wounded a man during a confrontation.

According to the Wausau Police Department a 30-year-old man died overnight after his car caught on fire.

A duffel bag containing human remains was found outside a biotechnology building in Cambridge on Saturday morning, and one person was later arrested in connection with the grisly discovery, authorities said.