Local Wausau News

 WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Life for the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981 has progressively become more normal as he prepares to live with his mother.

 NEW YORK (AP) -- A co-founder of the advocacy group Autism Speaks has died after helping build it into one of the leading voices for people with the developmental disorder. Suzanne Wright was 69.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation that makes marijuana possession in small amounts punishable only with fines and no jail time. 

Turnout for Wisconsin's Aug. 9 primary is predicted to be just 16 percent.

A new report says 4 percent of Wisconsin's public water systems exceeded contaminant limits last year.

South Carolina's governor is asking the company that runs the "Pokemon Go" app to return the Pokestops and gym that are the backbone of the popular game to the state capitol.

Unemployment rates were down in almost every county in Wisconsin, except four.

A Central Wisconsin doctor is going to the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics to work with Team USA decathalon athletes.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A federal judge in Wisconsin has declared multiple Republican-authored election laws unconstitutional in a sweeping ruling. 

A Wausau family working to build an inclusive playground to honor they son is looking for more help. 

Local lawmakers launched a poster campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking Friday. 

With both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in the books, local party officials are speaking out about what they took from each other's conventions.  

Seven businesses in Stevens Point sponsored a barbeque to thank the Portage County Sheriff's Department, the Stevens Point Police Department, and the Plover Police Department for their service to the community. 

With recent reports from Florida saying the Zika Virus is spreading through mosquitoes in the area, a local doctor from the Aspirus Clinic in Weston is telling people to be prepared if they are going to a Zika zone.  

Reports of a plane crash in north central Wisconsin turn out to be a prank call.

Marathon County Crime Stoppers has announced it is partnering with the Humane Society of Marathon County to end animal abuse.  

 FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- A spokesman for Montel Williams says the television personality was detained by customs officials at an airport in Germany after inadvertently leaving prescription marijuana powder in his luggage. 

A new report says 4 percent of Wisconsin's public water systems exceeded contaminant limits last year.

A group of inmates at a California state prison are providing shelter, care and love for dozens of deaf dogs that were recently forced to evacuate a nearby shelter threatened by a wildfire.

The Charleston County coroner says it appears a 90-year-old woman found dead in a pond after disappearing from her nursing home was killed by an alligator.