Local Wausau News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top naval officer says four Iranian small boats harassed a U.S. Navy warship near the Persian Gulf, but no missiles were fired. 

YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) -- The U.S. is still probing the extent of a recent cyber leak of what purports to be hacking tools used by the National Security Agency. 

Marathon County administrator Brad Karger returned to work Wednesday after a 30-day unpaid suspension.

Emergency responders in Shawano want to make sure they know exactly what to do if disaster strikes. Multiple crews underwent training at Olga Bremer Elementary School Wednesday, where they practiced what to do if there was a shooter on campus. 

CRANDON (WAOW) - A 75-year-old Wabeno man accused of dragging his dog with a vehicle more than a mile stood mute Wednesday and a judge entered not guilty pleas for him to two misdemeanors, according to online Forest County court records. 

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (WISN)-- Wisconsin native and current International Space Station inhabitant Jeff Williams set a new U.S. record early Wednesday morning for cumulative time in space.

(CNN)-- Florida is reporting a new non-travel related case of the Zika. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 51-year-old Wausau man accused of driving drunk for the 10th time - this trip with his 18-month-old son in the car with him - was ordered to stand trial Wednesday, according to online Marathon County court records. 

 MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Unemployment fell in most of Wisconsin's largest cities and counties last month.  

DORCHESTER (WAOW) - Three young children were injured when the car they were riding in crashed into a farm tractor that failed to yield from a stop sign, Clark County Sheriff Gregory Herrick said Wednesday. 

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - A thief targeted a shed full of tools on a vacant property that's for sale in Portage County and stole nearly $10,000 worth of yard tools.

WOODRUFF (WAOW) - State game wardens say poachers shot two antlered whitetail bucks and a buck fawn and left them for dead in a ditch in northern Wisconsin.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - If you play the piano, you can now entertain downtown Wausau with an impromptu performance. An upright, painted piano has been installed at the corner of Scott and Third streets for anyone to play, according to the Wausau River District, a promotions group for downtown businesses. 

Summer is coming to an end and the sun is setting sooner, but experts advise that proper skin screening is still important.

The American University of Afghanistan in Kabul is under assault, as security forces exchange gunfire with the attackers.

Wisconsin's state superintendent describes a drop in ACT college preparatory test results as a "solid starting place," given that they represent the first year that all high school seniors took the exam.

The mother of a Texas teenager who used an "affluenza" defense after he killed four people in a drunken-driving crash has been released from home confinement.

As the Zika virus continues to spread, Hillary Clinton is proposing a new fund to improve the federal government's response to major public health crises.

U.S. swimmer James Feigen has apologized for the "serious distraction" he and three teammates caused at a gas station during the Rio Olympics, saying he omitted facts in his statement to police.

A powerful earthquake measuring magnitude 6.8 shook central Myanmar on Wednesday, damaging scores of ancient Buddhist pagodas in the former capital of Bagan, a major tourist attraction, officials said.