Local Wausau News

Boston Marathon bombing survivor Adrianne Haslet can check mountaineering off her bucket list. 

(ABC) -- A California man who aspired to join the Islamic State group in Syria and lied to get a replacement American passport to head overseas was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison and supervised release for life.

Democratic Senate candidate Russ Feingold says Debbie Wasserman Schultz did the right thing by resigning as head of the Democratic National Committee following an embarrassing email hack. 

Former Green Bay Packer Greg Jennings is hanging up his cleats. The wide receiver played for the Packers from 2006-2012 before finishing out his career with the Vikings and the Dolphins.

A 24-year-old woman was killed and her 18-year-old passenger injured in a single-car accident on Monday morning, according to the Forest County Sheriff's Office.

A man admitted he surreptitiously took cellphone video up a woman's skirt while she shopped at a grocery store, but a Georgia court says he didn't break the law. 

A pilot suffered injuries that were not life threatening when his small plane crashed at the Oshkosh airport. 

A World War II-era water bomber is making an appearance at this week's EAA Airventure air show in Oshkosh.

Verizon is buying Yahoo for $4.83 billion, marking the end of an era for a company that once defined the internet.

If you thought last week's Republican National Convention was wild, Philadelphia is ready to prove it can be topped.

A Texas county sheriff says an officer has been shot and killed at his own home just north of Austin.

A white-bearded North Carolina man has won the "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest. Dave Hemingway -- a 65-year old from Macon, North Carolina who is no relation to the famed literary figure -- won the contest Saturday night at Sloppy Joe's Bar. 

The U.S. Coast Guard says it's looking for a man who has cost the service about $500,000 after responding to nearly 30 of his fake distress calls.

An Alaska woman who drove her husband's body on a days-long traveling wake and used ice from local canneries to keep him cold is not accused of breaking any laws. 

Changes in behavior or personality -- not memory loss -- might be an early warning sign that dementia is brewing. 

Police have arrested a man after he spent nearly 12 hours perched in a tree in Seattle. 

A sheriff's deputy has been shot and wounded near Austin. 

Multiple shots were fired at a Florida nightclub overnight, according to ABC Fort Myers affiliate, WZVN.

On the eve of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced she would resign as Democratic National Committee chair at the end of the convention. 

Crews in Oklahoma are searching for a missing skydiver whose parachute has been recovered.