Local Wausau News

   TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) -- Sets mimicking those of the 1960s TV series "Star Trek" have become a tourist attraction in upstate New York.    

Aspirus purchased four buildings and 40 acres of land, Thursday, for a new Wausau medical complex, according to a press release.

A training program offered to resident assistants at Binghamton University is getting slammed on social media.

The Green Beret who was killed by an explosive in Afghanistan this week was raised in the Milwaukee area.

A race car driver has died in a crash at the Manitowoc Speedway.

Police in Pennsylvania say two men and a 17-year-old boy are facing charges after they exploded two M-80 firecrackers on a turtle, killing the reptile. 

Do superheroes drink beer? 

One person was flown to the hospital after a two car crash Wednesday night, according to the Wood County Sheriff's Department.

The incredible increase in the cost of EpiPens, auto-injectors that can stop life-threatening emergencies caused by allergic reactions, has hit home on Capitol Hill, where one Democratic senator whose daughter has allergies has called for action and another Democratic senator's daughter is CEO of the company responsible for the price hike.

Survivors of the Pulse Nightclub massacre who were treated at two Orlando hospitals will not be billed for their medical care, the facilities announced Wednesday.

A deadly attack on the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul has ended, according to a government spokesperson.

AMATRICE, Italy (AP) -- Italian authorities say that the death toll from Wednesday's earthquake in the central part of the country has risen to 247. 

Newly released documents show that the Army reservist who shot and killed five Dallas police officers last month showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder after returning home from Afghanistan in 2014. 

Every football coach wants a two-headed monster in his backfield; a perfect one-two punch of thunder and lightning. Lucky for Coach Dennis Goettl, the Marshfield Tigers have one: the Bohman brothers.  

A Vilas County man is arrested after threatening to harm himself, shooting at law enforcement.

The Wausau Police Department said they have had 35 reports of car break-ins since July 29th, and in every single case, the vehicle was already unlocked. 

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- The owner of a cruise ship line says a bear that mauled two company wilderness guides during a hiking excursion in southeast Alaska went on the attack so quickly it was over in a matter of seconds. 

The Wausau Center Mall is alleging that Taco John's owes them $47,385.05 in rent and bills, and wants them evicted, according to Marathon County court documents. 

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Authorities say thousands of homes and businesses are without power in central Indiana after at least two tornadoes moved through the region.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Thieves coming across dead moose on Alaska roads are stealing the carcasses, making away with hundreds of pounds of meat that normally goes to a charity program run by state troopers.