Local Wausau News

Basketball highlights from the top girls teams in the Marawood South, Wausau West wins behind a monster game from Jasmin Samz, and SPASH boys roll against Marshfield.

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says he hasn't offered the head football coach job to anyone amid reports that Pitt's Paul Chryst is the front-runner.

The Green Bay Packers expect running back Eddie Lacy to play Sunday against the Buffalo Bills.

Police say a 70-year-old River Hills woman is dead after she was crushed by her own vehicle in her driveway.

The holidays are a time to give back, and that's what one Wausau police officer did.  

Jessica Wallner, 28, is about to have her first baby. And now the Adams County woman must do it without the love of her life who was killed in a car crash.

 An arbiter appointed by the NFL to hear Adrian Peterson's appeal has ruled that the Minnesota Vikings running back will remain suspended until at least next spring.

WAUSAU (WAOW) – Main Street Wausau has named a new executive director for its Wausau River District, which works to improve the places and businesses that make up the district.

 The state Supreme Court has refused to consider whether a Sauk County farmer was properly convicted of selling raw milk in 2013.

Fire officials say 3 people were transported to hospital after a Portland, Oregon, high school shooting.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Volunteers spent Friday delivering thousands of toys, games and other gifts to the Salvation Army in Wausau.

MERRILL (WAOW) – Merrill police say a 2 ½-year-old Merrill girl suffered facial and head injuries after being attacked by the family's pit bull.

Former Saints safety Darren Sharper and two other men have been indicted on multiple rape allegations in New Orleans.

A four-hour police standoff in Kaukauna has ended peacefully with one man in custody.Police say they got a call about 4:30 a.m. Friday of a disturbance in a home involving a man brandishing a gun.

(WAOW)-- The holidays are here which could also mean more festive parties with alcohol involved.

A crash reconstruction team is on the scene of a crash on WIS 34 near Mosinee, according to Wisconsin State Patrol officials. They say both lanes of traffic are currently closed.

A woman in New York firmly believes age is just a number. She just celebrated her 103 birthday -- but you can't tell by looking at her.

A 4-year-old Racine girl is getting ready to go home from Children's Hospital of Wisconsin following what her doctor calls an "astounding" recovery from being shot in the head.

Officials in Lincoln County are looking for a missing man was Asberger's Syndrome.

ESPN is reporting UW Athletic Director Barry Alvarez will hire Paul Chryst as Wisconsin's next head football coach.