Local Wausau News

A 59-year-old man was lured to a home, beaten with a blunt object, and left on the street, according a Portage County criminal complaint.  

NEW YORK (AP) -- A partial power outage has been reported at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport in the terminal where a false report of gunfire caused a panicked evacuation days earlier. American Airlines operates Terminal 8.

A man was severely injured in Kenosha County on Monday after his jet ski exploded when he turned on the ignition, and authorities believe it may have happened due to gas fumes inside the engine. 

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican officials say they have confirmed that one of the men taken from an upscale restaurant in the Pacific resort city of Puerto Vallarta was a son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. 

HONOLULU (AP) -- A conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain in Hawaii is throwing out food and scrubbing its counters after state authorities identified its raw scallops as the probable source of a hepatitis A outbreak. 

It will be illegal to talk on a mobile device while driving through a work zone in Wisconsin this fall. 

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- A Pennsylvania woman has been charged with concealing information about where her missing fraternal twin sons have been for the last 10 years. 

TEQUESTA, Fla. (AP) --  A Florida man who tried to stop a teenager accused of killing his neighbors during a random knife attack told a 911 dispatcher he had "no idea" who the assailant was. 

CORNELIUS, Ore. (AP) -- A small fire on an Oregon farmer's field whipped up several firenados -- tornados comprised of flames and smoke. 

AMHERST (WAOW) - A 29-year-old farmer and at least 13 cows died when they were overcome by a "deadly dome of air" from a manure holding tank near Amherst, Portage County Coroner Scott Rifleman said Tuesday. 

Tuesday night at 6:30, Newsline 9 will air its Brett Favre special, "The Legend Enshrined." 

Marathon County Administrator Brad Karger promised to play a "prominent role" in a peace march supporting convicted killer Dylan Yang about a month before the rally, according to a report released Tuesday by attorneys who investigated Karger's actions.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - The trial has been postponed for a Plover teenager accused of dragging a 14-year-old girl into a bathroom at the Stevens Point Area YMCA and sexually assaulting her, according online Portage County court records. 

Susan G. Komen Central Wisconsin's 2016 Race for the Cure took place on August 14, bringing the Wausau community together to raise money and awareness for breast cancer.

Ashlee Martinson, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison for killing her mother and stepfather, will appear in court for a restitution hearing Wednesday.  

Pennsylvania's attorney general is resigning amid pressure from the governor and lawmakers a day after jurors found her guilty of abusing her power and lying to cover it up.

The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office is identifying four people involved in a crash on County Highway T in the Town of Bear Creek.

The news of Brendan Dassey’s possible release from prison has left those who knew Teresa Halbach angry and frustrated.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine return to Wisconsin.

Following a night of violence that left half a dozen businesses in flames, the Milwaukee police chief expressed surprise at the level of unrest that erupted after the fatal shooting of a black man by a black officer.