Local Wausau News

A Medford man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for burning down his pizza business in order to collect insurance money.

Nearly 243,000 people in Wisconsin hold a permit to carry a concealed gun.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- The death toll is 15 and expected to rise in the crash of a Taiwanese flight shortly after takeoff from Taiwan's capital, Taipei, with 58 people aboard.

Jimmy -- the groundhog -- has been officially pardoned by the mayor of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin officially pardoned Jimmy the groundhog. Jimmy bit Mayor Jon Freund on the ear when making his winter prediction Monday.

BEAVER DAM (WKOW) -- A Beaver Dam police officer says he's quite certain he's never responded to a call like the one he handled recently at a McDonald's restaurant. Officer Rich Dahl responded to an anonymous complaint about a woman who brought a kangaroo into McDonald's.

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- A Jordanian government spokesman says Jordan has executed two prisoners, including a would-be female suicide bomber from al-Qaida.

VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) -- Officials say a commuter train struck a vehicle on the tracks north of New York City, killing 7 people and injuring at least 12.

MADISON (WAOW) - Governor Scott Walker's budget plan is getting a mixed review among republicans and democrats.

 A new business could be opening its doors in Wausau, but leaders are remaining tight lipped about the plans.

It's an animal that walked the earth thousands of years ago.

Around Wausau the ice is filled with fisherman looking for the big catch, but but most take the wonderful lakes and rivers we have right here in our backyard for granted.On this weeks Outdoors with Lauren local fisherman tell me there's something more to jigging than just catching fish.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Frank Kaminsky scored 23 points and No. 5 Wisconsin's athletic frontcourt overwhelmed Indiana in a 92-78 win on Tuesday night.Kaminsky was 9 of 12 from the field for the Badgers (20-2, 8-1 Big Ten). Nigel Hayes added 16 points on 5-of-5 shooting.Guard Bronson Koenig provided balance from the outside with 15 points, going 3 of 4 from 3-point range.An eight-point halftime deficit turned into a 30-point deficit with 10 minutes left after Indiana (16-7, 6-4) opened the secon...

A Wausau couple says their adopted son is one of their greatest gifts, but he has a rare neurological disease that's killing him. 

Gov. Scott Walker's budget would keep property taxes in check over the next two years, while solving a shortfall by making cuts throughout state government including $300 million at the University of Wisconsin.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) -- It's the kind of life-long romance you would find in a movie.

Warm weather may be to blame for the collapse of an ice sculpture in Superior.

A man shot and killed by federal and local law enforcement officers outside a Montana hospital had escalating legal problems during the months before his death, including breaking into his former wife's house, court records said.

Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger says the measles outbreak is having no discernible impact on attendance at its parks and resorts.

A gas leak in a movie theater jolted a Price County community Monday night.

MADISON (WAOW) – A former Medford businessman was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison Tuesday for an arson fire that destroyed his store in a scheme to collect insurance money, U.S. Attorney John Vaudreuil said.