Local Wausau News

Skunks are getting into yards all across Wausau's Southeast neighborhood.

Memphis is "in mourning" after nine people, including six children, were killed in a house fire in Memphis, Tennessee, early this morning.

QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- State police say a 2-year-old boy accidentally shot himself to death in his grandparents' Pennsylvania home. 

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Austin police say an 18-year-old man has been arrested after a security guard was injured in a shooting at a University of Texas fraternity house. 

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A New Orleans World War II veteran has celebrated his 107th birthday at the city's World War II Museum. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A judge has appointed a special prosecutor to represent the state of Wisconsin in a request for extensive testing in the case of a man featured in the Netflix series "Making a Murderer." 

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Two Antigo men face fines up to $500 after being accused of placing three gambling machines that “tended to provoke a disturbance” in a Weston convenience store, according to a criminal complaint. 

The first Pack Attack of the regular season tapes Monday night at Dale's Weston Lanes.

Several dozen demonstrators are converging on the state Capitol to protest a host of issues ranging from poverty to racism.

Investigators released video showing a possible suspect in a fire that authorities believe was deliberately set at the mosque that had been attended by Omar Mateen, the shooter in the Orlando nightclub massacre.

An animal protection group plans to monitor bear hunters in Wisconsin in the first test of the state's new hunter harassment law. Rod Coronado, the group's founder, tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Wolf Patrol members will document bear hunting activity in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest as the state nears the start of the season for bear hunting with dogs. Coronado says the group's goal is to help law enforcement and record illegal activity. This year's bear hunti...

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 33-year-old Wausau man stabbed another man in the back during a fight following an argument over a game of pool at a tavern, Wausau Police Capt. Greg Hagenbucher said Monday. 

A 61-year-old man has died after crashing his motorcycle in Lincoln County Sunday night.

Fire officials say four buildings and a vehicle were destroyed in a fire that started in a barn in Dane County.

The impact of September 11, 2001 sticks with us, now 15 years after nearly 3,000 people lost their lives.

Fifteen years ago, after a terrorism attack on Sept. 11 struck New York, killing more than three thousand, including more than three hundred New York firefighters, Madison Fire Department's Mike Dibble went to Ground Zero with four other firefighters to help in a life-altering trip.

Police say the driver of a school bus that crashed at Denver International Airport circled back to the airport and crashed into a concrete pillar after she picked up members of a high school football team.

Miss Arkansas Savvy Shields is the new Miss America. 

Police say a fatal shooting on Green Bay's east side appears to be the result of a dispute between people who knew each other and not a random act.

A baby girl shot while riding in a vehicle on a Milwaukee County interstate is expected to survive her injuries.