Local Wausau News

Scores, highlights and results from Saturday's local sports action.

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) -- A St. Louis civic group that promotes downtown businesses has told its members that the grand jury considering charges in the Ferguson police shooting case hasn't reached a decision.

Fog remained dense at times, but it certainly was milder today as afternoon readings reached above freezing for the first time in a week and a half

Melvin Gordon surpassed 2,000 yard rushing with 200 yards and two touchdowns, and 14th-ranked Wisconsin held off Iowa 26-24 on Saturday for its sixth straight win.

ROTHSCHILD (WAOW) -- People lined up for a bowl of soup at the Rothschild Pavilion Saturday for the seventh annual Empty Bowls fundraiser.For $10 people got a bowl of soup, some bread, a fresh cookie and got to pick out a handmade bowl to take home.Organizers say it took more than fifty volunteers to put on this year's event.Aidyn Laurynz, the marketing director at The Neighbors' Place in Wausau, said the crowd was bigger than ever."[The line] went out the door for a little while. So there wa...

MINOCQUA (WAOW) -- There was more snow on the ground than usual this year for opening day of the gun deer hunt.

As fancy new technology hits the market every day, older phones and tablets quickly become obsolete. But getting rid of those gadgets isn't as simple as tossing them in the trash.

ELK GROVE, Wis. (AP) -- Officials say an Amish man has died after he was run over by a horse-drawn manure spreader in the southern Wisconsin town of Elk Grove.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin tradition got off to a safe start.Department of Natural Resources officials told reporters they had received no reports of accidental shootings or other injuries by mid-afternoon Saturday on the opener of the state's nine-day gun deer hunt.

Cold and breezy into Thursday.  Dry and cool Friday.  Cloudy and milder weekend with patchy freezing drizzle Saturday and fog and rain increasing Sunday.

Cold and breezy into Thursday.  Dry and cool Friday.  Cloudy and milder weekend with patchy freezing drizzle Saturday and fog and rain increasing Sunday.

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Authorities say a pregnant woman and her unborn child were killed along with three other people in a shooting at a Cleveland home.

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Wisconsin company that processes Great Lakes fish for sale worldwide has been caught up in a federal investigation into the illegal trafficking of lake trout, lake sturgeon, whitefish and walleye.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin tradition is continuing as the state's nine-day gun deer hunt gets underway.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin tradition is continuing as the state's nine-day gun deer hunt gets underway.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The sister of an unarmed man fatally shot by a rookie New York City police officer is scheduled to appear with civil rights advocate the Rev. Al Sharpton.Sharpton's National Action Organization says Akai Gurley's sister and the mother of his daughter will appear at a Saturday morning event.Authorities say the 28-year-old Gurley was killed late Thursday in a darkened stairwell in a public housing building.Police Commissioner William Bratton has called his death a tragedy and s...

KEENE, N.H. (AP) -- The antics of a group of self-styled Robin Hoods has a New Hampshire town pressing the state Supreme Court to force them to back off.Officials in Keene say the merry band has gone beyond pumping quarters into expired parking meters and sometimes harasses the parking enforcement officers. They've asked the courts to force the activists to keep their distance from the civil servants they say are just trying to do their jobs.But the first round went to the protesters after a ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin tradition is continuing as the state's nine-day gun deer hunt gets underway.The season opens as the sun rises Saturday and will run through Nov. 30. Forecasts for opening weekend called for freezing rain and fog with highs ranging from the upper 30s to the low 40s both days.As of Wednesday the state Department of Natural Resources had sold 615,644 licenses, about 15,400 fewer than at the same point last year. The agency sold 635,165 licenses in all last year....

Scores, results and highlights from Friday's high school sports action, including Jasmin Samz's 1000th career point for Wausau West girls basketball.

The UW-Stevens Point women's volleyball team has advanced to the NCAA Division III Final Four for the second consecutive year, downing Claremont-Mudd-Scripps college in five sets this afternoon.