Local Wausau News

The Wisconsin Valley Fair is now underway at Marathon Park in Wausau.

NEILLSVILLE (WAOW) - A 67-year-old Clark County man sentenced to a mental hospital after telling investigators he "tried to skin his dog alive" will be released back into society, according to online court records filed Tuesday. 

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he doesn't expect to join GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on a Wisconsin campaign stop this week.

Two liberal groups are appealing a legal ruling that loosens Wisconsin's voter photo identification requirement.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - The suspension of Marathon County administrator Brad Karger will get a second look Wednesday after petitions calling for him to be reinstated are to be turned in, according to the county board.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The parents of "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin have sued the makers of the Jeep Grand Cherokee that killed the 27-year-old when it rolled down his driveway and crushed him. 

KENTON, Tenn. (AP) -- A western Tennessee man has been accused of killing his girlfriend's 5-month-old boy. 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Police in Tennessee have arrested two men after an ice cream truck driver was robbed, beaten with a baseball bat and left with a broken arm.

WINDHAM, Maine (AP) -- A Maine police officer's intervention in a possible "mad cow" situation is getting guffaws.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) -- A candidate for sheriff in West Virginia has been charged with heroin possession.

Authorities in Vernon County are searching the rubble of a house fire for two victims.

President Barack Obama is challenging leading Republicans to repudiate Donald Trump.

A 4-year-old has died from injuries suffered in a collision with a dump truck in Ozaukee County. 

Two skydivers hurt in an accident during a jump in Walworth County are expected to be okay.

(ABC) -- Five people were killed after a charter bus collided with a freeway sign pole early this morning in Livingston, California, a town between Sacramento and Fresno.

House Speaker Paul Ryan is releasing a new campaign ad the morning after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump praised his primary opponent.

Gov. Scott Walker wants to extend a tuition freeze at University of Wisconsin System schools through the next state budget.

Wisconsin and Minnesota farmers could struggle again this year with a return on their crop investment, despite above average corn and soybean yields. 

Two veteran Lincoln County Sheriff's Department investigators fired shots at a Eagle River man who was killed after firing shots at them following a routine traffic stop and chase, Lt. Tim Fischer said Tuesday.

Federal bankruptcy filings are at their lowest level in nine years.