Local Wausau News

A motorcycle driver was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a crash Schofield, according to the Everest Metro Police Department.

It's spring time, and that means it's time for some spring cleaning.

OXFORD (WAOW) – A 15-year-old horse was shot in the head as it stood in its pen after someone walked onto the owner's property in rural Oxford, the Adams County Sheriff's Department said Friday.

Rape charges have been filed in Las Vegas against former NFL safety Darren Sharper, who already faces sexual assault charges in Los Angeles, New Orleans and the Phoenix area.

Nearly 85 animals seized from a Stephenson County home are now in living in shelters in Freeport, in Illinois.

In a survival story his doctors call extraordinary, a 22-month-old Pennsylvania boy whose lifeless body was pulled from an icy creek was revived after an hour and 41 minutes of CPR and has suffered virtually no lingering effects.

It's the first official day of spring but that isn't slowing down winter fun at Granite Peak.

One lucky person in Wood County won $30,000 after matching all five numbers in the Badger 5 drawing Wednesday, according to a release from the Wisconsin Lottery.

Suicide bombers on Friday attacked two mosques frequented by Houthi rebels who recently seized control of the capital, killing 120 people and injuring more than 300 others, two Houthi officials said.

Coastal Carolina is hoping to be the first 16-seed to beat a one-seed in tonight's game against Wisconsin.

Wisconsin prosecutors want to introduce evidence showing the actor who played Screech in the 1990s TV show "Saved by the Bell" threatened to stab someone in one bar before he allegedly stabbed another person at a different bar Christmas Day.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The nation's oldest female military veteran is dead. She was 108.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- A shortage of substitute teachers nationwide has school districts scrambling to fill positions, with some raising pay as they try to attract more applicants as the economy improves.

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) -- Officials say a Navajo police officer and a gunman are dead following a shooting Thursday in the Four Corners region of northern Arizona.

The Auburndale boy's basketball team fell to Mineral Point in the state semifinal 66-59 Thursday night.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Dozens of concerned community members attended a school safety public forum at Wausau East High School.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW)-- The SPASH boys basketball team was sent on their journey for a state title in style Thursday, with a pep rally.

WAUSAU (WAOW) – Naming rights for the new sports complex in Wausau featuring 15 soccer fields will be sold for $25,000 a year, according to the Wausau and Marathon County Parks Recreation and Forestry Department.

Authorities are looking for a woman who they say had 85 dogs and at least 65 dead dogs and cats at a rural rental house near Freeport, Illinois.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is pitching himself in South Carolina as a leader with the experience to put the U.S. on a conservative course.