Local Wausau News

It appears three-time NFL MVP Brett Favre is making his return to Green Bay, according to ESPN.

Newsline 9 is digging deeper into the bomb threats recently made at Stevens Point Area Senior High in Stevens Point.

A plane has crashed into a house in Maryland's Montgomery County.

A second red bulb was added to the wreath outside the Marshfield Fire Department, marking the second fire of the holiday season, according to the department.

A popular Christmas tradition continued in Oregon.

Officials say a massive fire in downtown Los Angeles closed down portions of two major freeways.

NEW YORK (AP) -- While Britain's Prince William meets with President Barack Obama at the Oval Office and discusses illegal wildlife trafficking at the World Bank, his wife, Kate, will be touring a child development center in New York City.

Chandler Parsons scored 28 points and the Dallas Mavericks rolled to a 125-102 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, have arrived in New York City on the royal couple's first official visit to the U.S.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's motorcade pulled up outside the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan Sunday night to a throng of media and shrieking admirers, who were kept behind police barricades across Madison Avenue.

No. 17 Wisconsin and No. 19 Auburn will meet in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 1 in a matchup of Big Ten and Southeastern Conference opponents.

WAUSAU (WAOW) -- Dozens of people gathered at Willows Creek Garden in Wausau Saturday and Sunday to celebrate Christmas the old-fashioned way.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Republican lawmakers are considering changes to Wisconsin's "John Doe" law after two lengthy investigations into Gov.

VILLAGE OF PIPE, Wis. (AP) -- Crews have rescued five fishermen who were stranded on Lake Winnebago after a crack developed in the ice.

Veterans in the VFW and the Navy Club in Wausau commemorated Pearl Harbor Day Sunday morning.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) -- Veterans who survived the Pearl Harbor attack gathered for the 73rd anniversary of the Japanese bombing that launched the United States into World War II.

WHEATLAND, Wis. (AP) -- Authorities in southeastern Wisconsin say two people are dead after a pickup driving the wrong way collided head-on with a car on a highway.

The next and most significant low pressure system expected to affect our weather the next several days will move through Sunday night and Monday, generating snow which should begin either during the evening or overnight, and continue Monday morning.

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- A health official says another Sierra Leonean doctor has died from Ebola, the 10th to succumb to the disease. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Brima Kargbo confirmed Sunday that Dr. Aiah Solomon Konoyeima died a day earlier. His death came a day after two other doctors died from Ebola, emphasizing the terrible toll the disease has taken on health care workers. Konoyeima worked at a children's hospital in the capital and tested positive for Ebola about two weeks ago. Be...

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The U.S. military in Afghanistan says it has handed over three Pakistani detainees to Islamabad, including one who Pakistan intelligence officers say is a senior Taliban commander. The U.S. did not name the prisoners but two Pakistani intelligence officials say Latif Mehsud was among them. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. The U.S. said in a statement Sunday that the transfer happened Saturday. Mehsud's tran...

The state Department of Natural Resources' board is set consider the first revisions to the Wisconsin's invasive species list since it was created five years ago.