Local Wausau News

The first night of August Oh Fest was canceled due to rain that made the track too slippery for racers to practice on, but organizers said the rest of the weekend's races and shows will continue. 

A Texas court has halted the execution of a man who was scheduled to die for a 1996 fatal robbery where he didn't pull the trigger.

A California woman has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for illegally exporting U.S. military gear to China including jet fighter engines and a drone aircraft.

A spooked horse ran through a crowd injuring five people, including at least one child, at a Washington state fair.

A federal judge wants another judge to decide whether metro Phoenix's sheriff and his top aide should be held in criminal contempt-of-court for ignoring court orders in a racial profiling case.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama will travel to Louisiana on Tuesday to survey damage caused by historic flooding that killed at least 13 people and sent thousands to shelters. 

Wausau firefighters are teaming up with the Muscular Dystrophy Association for the annual Fill The Boot fundraiser at Big Bull Falls Blues Fest.

The 25th annual Big Bull Falls Blues Festival kicked off on Friday at Fern Island park in Wausau. 

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge has ordered Hillary Clinton to answer questions in writing from a conservative legal advocacy group about her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state. 

Marathon County Board members are reacting after the deciding to not reconsider administrator Brad Karger's suspension Thursday night.

The start date for the Lake Wausau drawdown has sparked an argument in the area.

A sinkhole in price county is creating problems for businesses in the area. 

A man was in critical condition following an officer involved shooting early Friday morning in Monroe County, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol. Authorities say at 12:03 a.m. Friday the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a man trying to break into a vehicle using a hatchet in Madison, Missouri.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 23-year-old Wausau was found insane Friday and ordered to spend 45 years in a mental institution for shooting a rifle at some relatives as they played cards two years ago, according to online Marathon County court records. 

Two Oregon high school wrestling coaches, lifelong friends, are dead in an apparent murder-suicide and the body of a teenager who was last seen alive with one of them was also found, authorities said.

NEW LONDON (WBAY) – The New London police chief says one person is dead in a shooting Friday and the state says a law enforcement officer was involved, according to WBAY-TV. Neighbors tell Action 2 News reporter Emily Matesic they heard about six shots fired. One resident reported seeing a person on a bike get shot. 

   MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A reporter has filed a lawsuit demanding a judge force a state lawmaker turn over more than 1,000 pages of records in an electronic format.  

  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) -- A man accused of injecting misbranded silicone into people's rear-ends in hotel-room procedures has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after one of his clients died. 

 WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) -- One of two girls accused of trying to sacrifice a classmate to horror character Slender Man plans to plead insanity. 

   MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Milwaukee County medical examiner says an autopsy shows that a black man fatally shot by a Milwaukee police officer was hit once in the chest and once in the arm.