Local Wausau News

Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer Adele says she turned down an offer to perform at the 2017 Super Bowl halftime show.    

A Milwaukee man has drowned in a Waupaca County river. 

An undisclosed number of people who used credit cards at 20 Hyatt, Sheraton, Marriott, Westin and other hotels in 10 states and the District of Columbia may have had their cards compromised as a result of hack of the hotels' payment system. 

CRANDON (WAOW) - Four people were arrested following a 10-month undercover probe that led to "multiple controlled buys" of methamphetamine, oxycodone and marijuana, the Forest County Sheriff's Department said Monday. 

  PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A federal appeals court has rejected Bill Cosby's effort to reseal his deposition testimony about extramarital affairs, prescription sedatives and payments to women.   

Police are searching for the cab driver who was driving Ryan Lochte and other Team USA swimmers when they were robbed Sunday morning in Rio.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said that a 10 p.m. curfew for minors that is already in place will be more strictly enforced Monday night.  

Jefferson County sheriff's officials say a pilot suffered injuries when his ultralight airplane crashed and caught fire. 

Former UW Badger quarterback Ron Vander Kelen died Sunday of natural causes. 

While some people in Milwaukee are at odds with the police, others are thanking them for their service. 

Family members of a man shot and killed by a Milwaukee police officer acknowledged the man's criminal past but said he didn't deserve to be killed.

JFK International Airport in New York City has reopened two terminals that were evacuated after a false alarm of shots fired caused a panic among passengers. 

Residents of Puerto Rico can't vote in presidential elections. But with the island's economy in shambles, many are fleeing to the U.S. mainland, potentially shifting demographic norms in some of the most closely contested states. 

The U.S. women’s Olympics gymnastics team said their historic win in the team all-around competition at the 2016 Rio Olympic games wasn't a surprise.

A suspected bomb is recovered from an apartment in the Village of Gresham.

One man has drown at the Woodman Boat Landing in Wisconsin.

Just two years ago, Ryan Ramczyk may never have thought he would be here. The starting left tackle for the Wisconsin Badgers. A man on a mission in his first season of eligibility looking to make an impact on a young badger offensive line this season.  

Milwaukee police say both the man whose fatal shooting sparked violent protests in the city and the police officer who shot him are black.

Thousands gathered at the 400 Block in Downtown Wausau on Sunday for the seventh annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K Run. The event was held to help raise money, and awareness, of breast cancer around the local area.

The family of a Wisconsin man found guilty of helping his uncle kill a woman in a case profiled in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer" is hopeful he will be released now that his conviction has been overturned.