Local Wausau News

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. (AP) -- Ring a bell, get a ring?The Journal Times of Racine reports Salvation Army bell ringers in Mount Pleasant found a diamond ring inside their red kettle during a Tuesday donation drive.

 Christmas behind bars comes with little of the typical holiday cheer for inmates at St. Cloud prison.

 Milwaukee police officers are trading in their belts and guns for presents and Santa hats.

A Christmas Eve shooting has left one person dead at a mall in suburban New Orleans, and police say a suspect is in custody.

KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) -- How President Barack Obama spent the fifth day of his holiday vacation in Hawaii on Wednesday.

Two people are dead after a small plane crashed not far from an airport in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Northern California.

LINCOLN (WAOW) -- A family in the town of Lincoln lost their home to a fire Tuesday.

People are heading home for the holidays. Travelers made their way through Central Wisconsin Airport Wednesday.

Tuesday night, Christmas came early for the Wittenberg-Birnamwood girls basketball team. The Lady Chargers picked up their eighth straight win to start the season. And, they've done it while battling through injury. Siri Zeinert is our Athlete of the Week.

MINOCQUA (WAOW)-- Christmas comes only once a year. People can't wait for the music, the ornaments and the yummy sweets.

The Wausau Police Department are looking for the grinch who stole a snowman.

Packers linebacker Clay Matthews is the NFC's Player of the Week on defense after a commanding performance against Tampa Bay. Matthews grabbed the honor Wednesday as he and the rest of Green Bay's team prepare for a crucial game against Detroit.

A Stevens Point teen is in the giving spirit.

Each week, we welcome a different Packers player to join us on Pack Attack! The show tapes Mondays at 6:30 p.m. and airs Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

One man was killed in an Oneida County crash Tuesday, according to the Three Lakes Police Department.

Sony has struck a deal with YouTube to offer digital rentals of "The Interview" beginning Thursday, a source with direct knowledge of the situation says.

 New York City police have increased security at some stationhouses and made at least two arrests over threats to officers after the deadly shootings of two officers last weekend.

The cost of security for protests in Ferguson and the St. Louis area following the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by a white police officer is estimated to be more than $12.5 million.

Police in Maryland say they've arrested three people on murder and robbery charges in the death of a 26-year-old kidney-transplant survivor killed in his home earlier this month.

NEKOOSA (WAOW) - Two men, ages 30 and 38, were stabbed and a third man was arrested following an incident in a housing area near the Ho-Chunk Nation Casino, authorities said Wednesday.