Local Wausau News

Whether it's drivers, police officers or maintenance workers, this weather can be dangerous and tough on those who are forced to be outside.

WAUSAU (WAOW)--Dozens of iPods were donated to the Mount View Care Center Music Memory Program.

A Wausau company is expanding, and hiring 30 new positions. 

Heating centers have opened across our state to help people who have nowhere to go in this dangerous cold.

WAUSAU (WAOW) – The Marathon County Sheriff's Department says four people were arrested and $4,000 worth of drugs were seized following a traffic stop and a raid at a Rothschild motel.

Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio have been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.

Current school closings

A dog was found abandoned at a Scottish train station next to a suitcase filled with its belongings and now the local animal welfare charity are looking for tips into who is the neglectful owner.

The House has re-elected John Boehner to be speaker in the new Republican-led Congress, despite opposition by tea party lawmakers that underscored party divisions.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - A effort to revise the city's flood plain maps that started two decades ago has been completed and the change will help more than 200 homeowners, businesses and vacant property owners, Mayor Gary Wescott said Tuesday.

The Green Bay Packers say they will make 300 standing-room-only tickets available for Sunday's NFL divisional playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys at Lambeau Field.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Citing a growing concern about the influence of out-of- state special interest money on judicial campaigns, state Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley of Wausau launched her campaign for a third term on the high court Tuesday.

A suspicious pack of what appeared to be a group of large animals has sparked a viral debate about a possible sasquatch sighting in Arizona.

Two school buses collided on a Rochester, New York, street, and the accident has left one person dead and several children injured.

A multi-vehicle crash on westbound Highway 29 in Marathon County is causing some traffic issues Tuesday morning, according to the Marathon County Sheriff's Department Facebook page.

Police say driver error is likely the cause of a crash involving a school bus and an empty freight train in North Dakota that killed two people and injured 12 more.

A central Ohio art museum has apologized after a visitor examining a Lego model of Columbus noticed it included a Lego figure with a gun pointing at the front door of the model police station.

The Wausau Nordic Ski Club in cooperation with Marathon County will be offering free cross-country ski lessons to adults starting Tuesday night.

A Portage County family is safe, after a fire tore through their garage, according to the Portage County Sheriff's Department.

GENEVA (AP) -- The World Health Organization says at least 8,153 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.