Local Wausau News

Roads can buckle with no warning in the summer heat, according to the Marathon County Highway Department.

Authorities in Grant County and surrounding areas have resumed their search for a woman who they say disappeared into the water off of Wyalusing Beach early Wednesday morning. 

MERRILL (WAOW) - A music teacher who has volunteered to direct the Merrill City Band for 37 years says her reason for it is simple.

SHAWANO (WAOW) - A 32-year-old Shawano County woman who shot her husband through a bedroom door after a night of drinking was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday. 

The Phoenix Police Department said it had linked a ninth incident to a deadly serial shooter they say is responsible for killing least seven people from March to June in the Arizona city.

Police in Florida say a husband failed in his frantic attempt to pull his wife off railroad tracks after she tripped, and she was killed by an oncoming train.

WAUSAU (WAOW)-- Roman-- a Flame Point Siamese cat-- is our featured animal from the Marathon County Humane Society.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) -- An Eau Claire man charged with fatally shooting his neighbor told police he was constantly hearing voices in his head.

A gas leak forced the evacuation of a memory-care facility Thursday in Weston.

PRENTICE (WAOW) - A MInnesota-based company says it is ready to revive a heavy equipment factory in Prentice once Caterpillar starts laying off workers Sept. 30. 

Afternoon storms caused some power outages throughout central and northern Wisconsin, Thursday.

Brett Favre's Pro Football Hall of Fame display will include a Minnesota Vikings jersey along with his Green Bay Packers jersey.

Wisconsin is about to take center stage in the presidential race. Donald Trump is headed Friday to the critical Fox Valley region for his first visit to the state since losing its primary and refusing to endorse fellow Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A Wausau man accused of locking a pit bull puppy into a car trunk and failing to provide it food and water changed his mind Thursday about resolving the case and requested a new attorney, according to online Marathon County court records.

A 6-year-old yellow Labrador retriever who took off from a pet sitter near the Wisconsin State Fair Park four weeks ago was found Monday, 15 miles away, bobbing in Pewaukee Lake.

Gov. Scott Walker has appointed former Walworth County health official Linda Seemeyer to head the state Department of Health Services.

Every year for more than three decades the Wausau Breakfast Optimist Club sets up a cheese curd stand at the Wisconsin Valley Fair.

A Shawano man died after running a stop sign and being struck by a semitrailer early Thursday morning, the Shawano County Sheriff's department said.

An American woman was killed and five other people were injured in a knife attack in London's Russell Square Wednesday night, police said.

Wisconsin State Fair organizers say additional security measures this year will ensure fun at the annual event isn't disrupted by lawbreakers.