Local Wausau News

State Assembly Republicans hope the Senate's new members will help pass a bill raising the speed limit to 70 mph in Wisconsin.

The National Football League is investigating if the New England Patriots used under-inflated footballs in Sunday night's game against the Indianapolis Colts, according to a tweet from SportsCenter.

The Packers were greeted Sunday night by crowds of cheering fans as they walked through Austin Straubel Airport in Green Bay.

On the foggy, icy Oregon interstate, Kaleb Whitby plowed into the back of a jackknifed semi truck, flipping his pickup over.

Betty White got a birthday surprise on the set of her sitcom 'Hot in Cleveland!'

CHICAGO (AP) -- Cities across the country are increasingly making snowplow-tracking data public in free mobile apps.

Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers, San Francisco wide receiver Anquan Boldin and Carolina linebacker Thomas Davis have been selected as finalists for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award.The winner will be announced during the NFL Honors awards special in Arizona on Jan. 31.

WESTON (WAOW)--In central Wisconsin nearly 200 fans watched the game together at Dale's Weston Lanes.

At the NFC Championship game in Seattle, brave Packers fans took on the famous 12th man at Centurylink Field.

Drivers from all over the world came out to compete in the 52nd Eagle River World Championship Snowmobile Derby over the weekend, but it was Wisconsin's own Cardell Potter who won the big race.

Fans watching the game in Titletown were devastated from the loss, but will never give up on their team.

A car hit a snowmobile in Oneida County Sunday, after the snowmobile operator did not stop at a stop sign, according to the Oneida County Sheriff's Department.

A budget request by the Department of Public Instruction shows the cost of testing Wisconsin students over the next two years could cost millions more than originally estimated.

WAUSAU (WAOW) -- While some fans partied, one Wausau man celebrated his Packers pride with spray paint.

WAUSAU (WAOW) -- With gas prices lower than they've been in years, people say now is the time to pack a suitcase and hit the road.

Seahawks starting right tackle Justin Britt is inactive for Sunday's NFC championship game against Green Bay, the first game the rookie has missed all season.

The Secret Service says multiple gunshots were fired from a vehicle near the Delaware home of Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday night.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) -- A zoo in Battle Creek is moving closer to having a lion exhibit, thanks to the fundraising of an 11-year-old girl.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Kentucky authorities say two teenage sweethearts suspected in a crime spree of stolen vehicles and pilfered checks across the South have been apprehended in Florida.

CORONADO, Calif. (AP) -- Not yet in the presidential race, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mitt Romney already are previewing the focus of their possible 2016 campaigns, competing over who's better able to boost paychecks for working Americans.