Local Wausau News

MADISON (AP) -- Ten people have been arrested amid protests in Madison over police accountability after demonstrators blocked traffic and refused to move. 

CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Latest on the Republican National Convention.

The Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce named its new president on Thursday.

The Wausau Region Chamber of Commerece named its new president on Thursday.

The World Arm-Wrestling League held its annual world title tournament in Las Vegas this past June, wherein local pro Tony Kitowski (Juntion City) took home not one, but two world championships. The event aired Tuesday night on ESPN 2. 

Kids at Camp Sturtevant, which is owned and operated by the YMCA, had to find ways to stay cool and hydrated during the high temperatures on Thursday. 

John Wendt of Pine Square Road in Tomahawk turned a hot day without power into something productive. 

DOVER, Del. (AP) -- Police say a man under the influence of alcohol hit three people standing on a sidewalk in Dover, killing a 6-year-old girl. 

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say two paramedics engaged in a "selfie war" by taking pictures with incapacitated patients. 

HONOLULU (AP) -- Hawaii health officials are frustrated they haven't been able to identify the source of a hepatitis A outbreak on the island of Oahu. 

HUGO, Colo. (AP) -- Officials in a small Colorado town say well water has been contaminated with marijuana's psychoactive chemical. 

EDGAR (WAOW) -  A storm packing high winds ripped off part of a roof and blew out windows at a home in Edgar early Thursday morning.

  WAUSAU (WAOW)-- Romano is our Petsaver cat of the week from the Humane Society of Marathon County.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - An administrator at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and one-time civic leader in Wausau is the new president of the Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce. 

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Director Oliver Stone says every major movie studio turned down his narrative film about Edward Snowden because of censorship from their corporate leaders.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Roger Ailes is out as chief executive at Fox News Channel and Fox Business, his career at the networks he built from scratch and ran with an iron hand for nearly 20 years over with stunning swiftness following allegations that he forced out a former anchor after she spurned his sexual advances.

A state licensing board revoked the license Saturday of a Keokuk chiropractor accused of inappropriately touching more than a half-dozen women during appointments. Andrew Kearse was charged with simple assault in August after a patient claimed she was groped in an exam room. A jury found Kearse not guilty in February, but the separate investigation by the Iowa Board of Chiropractic continued to look into claims made by multiple patients about sexual misconduct.

Meteorologists and atmospheric researchers say the Midwest's first dangerous bout of heat and humidity this summer is partly to blame on moisture piped out of the ground and into the atmosphere by the increasing acreage of corn crops reaching their peak.

U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin is slated to address the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next week.

A Custer farm where you can pick your own blueberries features 14,000 bushes sprawling over 12 acres - creating a sea-like scene of the tasty fruits.