Local Wausau News

A 30-year-old man was arrested after a burglary in the Town of Berlin, according to a post on the Marathon County Sheriff's Department Facebook page.

The Green Bay Packers officially re-signed receiver Randall Cobb.The team did not release terms of the deal in a statement Monday. Cobb and the Packers agreed to a four-year, $40 million contract over the weekend that kept the wideout off the open market.

All season long, a trip to the state tournament seemed like an inevitability for the D.C. Everest girls basketball team. And now, Everest is one of three area teams, along with Assumption and Marathon, headed to Green Bay this weekend - the program's first trip since 1994. Newsline 9 Sports checks in with the Evergreens as they prepare for their first trip to state since 1994.

MARSHFIELD (WAOW) - Two former long-standing Wisconsin politicians are traveling to area universities.

MARATHON COUNTY (WAOW) -- Edgar High School is scheduled to host a donkey basketball fundraiser March 16.

 The D.C. Everest Gaming Club is giving back to the community.

Neighbors near the house where two people were murdered in the Town of Piehl near Rhinelander are still trying to figure out how something like this happened so close to them. 

The family of a 19-year-old black man shot to death by a Madison police officer says he wasn't perfect but he shouldn't be judged for his mistakes.

The popular ice caves in northwestern Wisconsin are set to close after a brief season.

Hundreds of high school students, college students, and residents marched to the Capitol Monday to rally after the weekend officer-involved shooting.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW)- The Portage County Sheriff's Department said Monday the death investigation underway in rural Stevens Point is considered a murder-suicide. 

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - Jury selection began Monday for the trial of a 33-year-old Plover man accused in the baseball bat beating death of his 77-year-old stepfather, according to the Portage County clerk of court's office.

Officers were in for quite a surprise when they were called to a Town of Corning home after a report of a burglary last Wednesday, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department.

An 18-month-old girl was in critical condition today and her mother is dead after their car crashed in a frigid Utah river and they were not found for 13 hours, police said.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker made his name taking on public sector unions shortly after he took office in 2011. On Monday, he will make his mark on private-sector unions when he signs a bill making Wisconsin a right-to-work state where workers can't be forced to pay union dues.

Newsline 9's top five high school plays from the week of March 1-7. Includes action from boys state hockey, boys basketball regionals and girls basketball sectionals.

Frank Kaminsky scored 20 points and Bronson Koenig touched off a 16-0 second-half run with two 3-pointers to lead No. 6 Wisconsin to a 72-48 victory over No. 23 Ohio State on Sunday night.

Defending NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick raced to his first victory of the season Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The win came in just the third race of the season, and Harvick has been inching toward victory lane since he began his title defense. 

Brandon McCarthy pitched two innings in his Los Angeles Dodgers debut, a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday. McCarthy gave up a run and two hits while striking out two. 

MARATHON COUNTY (WAOW) -- Lakes that used to be packed with ice shanties and fishermen are now barren.Ice houses on lakes south of Highway 64 had to be removed March 8.