Local Wausau News

Health officials say a new virus has been discovered following the death of a southeast Kansas resident this summer and they believe it is carried by ticks or other insects.

WAUSAU (WAOW) – The leader of an entertainment center is Alabama is the new executive director of the Grand Theater in Wausau.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A group of wolf experts disputes that gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are endangered or that a judge's ruling will help the population spread to other states.

RHINELANDER (WAOW) – The Oneida County Sheriff's Department says two people have been arrested after being identified leaving a store with a grocery cart full of items obtained with a stolen credit card.

President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in upstate New York.

Arizona officials will no longer administer the two-drug combination used in the nearly two-hour execution of Joseph Rudolph Wood this year.

North Korea is experiencing widespread Internet outages.

Several dozen protesters are taking to the streets of Milwaukee to demand justice for Dontre Hamilton.

WAUSAU (WAOW) – A former Kronenwetter policeman charged with having sex with a prostitute has been fined $600 following a plea deal with prosecutors, according to online Marathon County court records.

IRMA (WAOW) - The Lincoln County Sheriff's Department says a deputy investigating a complaint of child neglect was told a three-year-old child had been bound by his hands and feet and duct taped to a door at a home in Irma.

The Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs has activated its emergency operations center after it was announced a former Milwaukee police officer who shot and killed a man in April won't face criminal charges.

The family of Dontre Hamilton is "extremely disappointed" that the officer who shot him at a Milwaukee park in April won't face criminal charges.

A prosecutor says he won't file charges against a white former Milwaukee police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man.

This week families will be making Christmas favorites for holiday feasts.

 This seems to be Rudolph's Christmas.

The Wisconsin National Guard has started calling up members to respond to potential protests related to the fatal shooting of a man by police.

The Polish family set the country's record for having the largest number of Christmas lights.

A timeline of events in the hours before and moments after two New York Police Department officers were killed in their cruiser Saturday by Ismaaiyl Brinsley, a 28-year-old man who vowed online to shoot two "pigs" in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Aaron Rodgers threw for 318 yards and one touchdown Sunday to help the Green Bay Packers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20-3 and clinch a wild-card playoff berth on Sunday. 

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- Tackle Anthony Collins, receiver Robert Herron and running back Mike James are inactive for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Green Bay Packers.Collins was a starter until being demoted before last week's game against Carolina.