Local Wausau News

The Biadasz family is remembering their son Mike, who was killed in an accident at the family farm on Monday.

Social services organization Midstate Independent Living hosted a kayaking event for people with disabilities Wednesday.

 Volunteers are working hard to organize school supplies for "Fill a Backpack, Fill a Need" at the National Guard in Wausau. 

RHINELANDER. (WAOW) - A judge postponed a request Wednesday for an 18-year-old convicted family killer to pay restitution for things like funeral expenses and attorney fees until a determination of life insurance proceeds is reached, according to online Oneida County court records. 

Anger over the fatal shooting of an armed man by police sparked the violent riots in Milwaukee over the weekend, and according to a Wausau psychologist, that kind of mob mentality can be ignited by just one person. 

  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Adam West and Burt Ward are reprising their respective roles as Batman and Robin, but they won't have to don tights this time around.   

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Madison police say a suspected drunken driver disobeyed an order to get out of her car and instead cracked open a beer into front of the officer who stopped her. 

MATTOON (WAOW) - A 40-year-old woman was found dead at a home in Mattoon Wednesday, according to the Shawano County Sheriff's Department. No foul play was involved and the death is not considered suspicious, a supervisor said. 

RIB MOUNTAIN (WAOW) -- A man prowled the Wal-Mart in Rib Mountain taking pictures up a woman's skirt and security cameras captured the crime.

(CNN)-- Michael Phelps made his triumphant return home from the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday.  

   NEW YORK (AP) -- E! network is canceling "I Am Cait" after two seasons.   

MERRILL (WAOW)--Three kittens stopped by the Newsline 9 studios for Petsaver on Wednesday. 

 WASHINGTON (AP) -- A government report shows many commuter and freight railroads have made little progress installing safety technology designed to prevent deadly collisions and derailments despite a mandate from Congress.    

Packers Hall of Famer Chris Jacke stopped by Newsline 9 for our Brett Favre Hall of Fame Special.

   MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Target Inc. has cut its profit and comparable-store sales outlook.   

(CNN)--  McDonald's--which has been criticized for using toys  as an incentive for  parents and children to eat more unhealthy fast food, released a new fitness tracker called "step-it."  

  NEW YORK (AP) -- J.K. Rowling has so much more to say about Hogwarts.  

   LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man arrested outside model and reality television personality Kendall Jenner's Los Angeles home has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor trespassing and stalking charges. 

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- A note written by a Mississippi eighth-grader whose parents were among six people killed in a plane crash in Alabama is touching people with its poignancy. 

Green Bay's mayor cast the tie-breaking vote that killed a plan to give $2 million in excess stadium tax money to property owners.