Local Wausau News

The Paris prosecutor says the driver who killed 84 people on a Nice beachfront had accomplices and he had been plotting his attack for months.

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson's campaign is once again distancing itself from Donald Trump. 

Wisconsin's Medical Examining Board has determined in a second case that a former Tomah VA Medical Center doctor accused of overprescribing opiates likely engaged in unprofessional conduct.  

The annual Green Bay Packers shareholders meeting got off to a late start Thursday due to weather.

Gov. Scott Walker says he will announce his appointment to the Wisconsin Supreme Court within days. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 49-year-old Wausau man pleaded not guilty Thursday to battering a police officer and harassing a police dog by hissing and making duck noises after he became angry after losing a game of darts in a tavern, according online Marathon County Court records. 

Newsline 9 has a crew on the scene of a house fire - possibly started by lightning,  according to a responder on scene. 

A spokesman for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold says comments by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump about NATO are "reckless" and "thoughtless."  

   MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Summer school programs were canceled and government cooling centers were designated as the hottest weather of the season settled into Wisconsin.   

(CNN)-- Researchers have connected over social media to analyze an x-shape at the center of the Milky Way. 

(CNN)-- Johnny Depp wants to keep details about his divorce with 30-year old amber heard on the "low-low." According to people magazine the 52-year old actor filed a petition with the courts requesting to keep information from the proceedings confidential. 

  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Saudi Arabia's top clerics have renewed a religious edict that warns against playing Pokemon -- this time as a mobile phone application called "Pokemon Go".    

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - A 59-year-old Bancroft man pleaded guilty Thursday to fatally shooting his estranged wife while accidentally firing his gun when he was drunk, according to online Portage County Court records. 

More than 20,000 people are without power as storms rolled through northern and central Wisconsin Thursday morning.

JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) - Three teenage boys who spent a night lost in an abandoned mine in Dodge County won't face trespassing charges. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt says the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, which owns the mine near Iron Ridge, decided not to press charges.

Donald Trump's former rival Sen. Ted Cruz was roundly booed after failing to endorse Trump during an address to the Republican National Convention.

Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams has never been far from the action during the Republican convention, taking charge when a flag-burning turned into a melee, stepping in when demonstrators nearly came to blows and joining bicycle officers on patrol.

The last three artifacts from the September 11th attacks were moved Tuesday from an airport hangar at JFK to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

More than 372,000 pounds of hot dogs and corn dogs made earlier this month are being recalled over concerns of listeria contamination.

CLEVELAND (AP) --Indiana's governor, Mike Pence, has accepted the Republican nomination to be vice president.