Local Wausau News

A new report alleges that the Department of Veterans Affairs spent $20 million between 2004 and 2014 on costly artwork. 

Authorities say two police officers have been shot in a San Diego neighborhood, and a suspect is reportedly in custody.

Protesters and police alike are trading compliments after four days of largely peaceful demonstrations in Philadelphia outside the Democratic National Convention.

A Florida man who was arrested for alleged drug possession says that what police thought was methamphetamine was actually just glazed doughnut crumbs.

A fire at a northern Illinois propane gas business forced the evacuation of the area around the facility and attracted crews from 30 suburban Chicago fire departments before being extinguished.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Latest on the Democratic National Convention and 2016 presidential campaign. (all times EDT): 10:47 p.m. Hillary Clinton says she accepts the Democratic presidential nomination with "humility, determination and boundless confidence in America's promise." 

HOLMEN (WXOW)-- One person is dead after a plane crashed outside of Holmen on Thursday. 

GURNEE, Ill. (AP) -- Firefighters from about 30 fire departments have been called to battle a blaze at a propane plant in the north suburb of Gurnee that has forced the evacuation of people in the area.

In light of the recent rash of police shootings, the Wood County Sheriff's Department will begin wearing body cameras sooner than expected.

A local Culver's owner praised the online health inspection database on the Marathon County Health Department's website.

The Wausau Police Department requested to add more surveillance cameras to the city's budget for 2017.

The recent plane crashes around Wisconsin bring into question how safe a single-engine plane is to fly.  

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A donor has provided 1,200 meals to police in Ohio's capital along with a card thanking them for keeping the city safe.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A lawyer for a Charles Manson follower who killed a California couple more than 40 years ago says he wants a court to overturn Gov. Jerry Brown's decision to deny her parole. 

A teenager was trying to document lightning striking the ocean in Bradley Beach, New Jersey when the lightning struck him, instead, in a terrifying moment caught on video.

(ABC) -- A man once convicted of the murder of Washington, D.C., intern Chandra Levy will not be retried, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia said today.

AVENTURA, Fla. (AP) -- An unarmed black therapist who was shot by police last week while protecting his autistic client had an emotional reunion with the man.

Wausau City Council is set to tour the three Wausau Fire Department stations Thursday evening.

(ABC) -- As former President Bill Clinton made history Tuesday night by becoming the first man to endorse his wife for U.S. president at a major party’s convention, Americans across the nation began to wonder: What will he be called if Hillary Clinton wins the White House?

There's quite the buzz in the air in Oshkosh this week.