Local Wausau News

Donald Trump says he will announce his choice for running mate at 11 a.m. Friday in Manhattan. 

Law enforcement has released the Pulse nightclub in Orlando to its owner just a month after it was the scene of the worst mass shooting in recent U.S. history. 

A bill named after a Wisconsin veteran who died of a drug overdose at the Tomah V.A. heads to the President's desk. 

For the first time Wednesday night we heard from the officer involved in the Antigo prom shooting nearly three months ago.

People in Iron County spent the day cleaning debris after storms ripped through Saxon Harbor.

The Wausau Salvation Army celebrated the beginning of a new program to help the homeless on Wednesday.

Officer Thomas Roszak has been fired from the Port Edwards Police Department after complaints mounted against him from the public, but the village's board president said he wrote him a letter of recommendation. 

STEVENS POINT (WAOW) -  A couple living near Plover is out nearly $7,000 because a thief came to their auction and scammed the bidding.

  NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City is becoming the nation's first city to require free tampons and sanitary pads in public schools, homeless shelters and jails.  

(CNN)-- Amazon is calling this year's "Prime Day" sale-- the company's "biggest day ever." T 

  CHASKA, Minn. (AP) -- A judge says a Minnesota law firm may have "potentially relevant" information for determining who should inherit Prince's estate.   

Gov. Scott Walker's approval rating remains below 40 percent.

Don't look for incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson at the national convention next week in Cleveland. 

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- A Fredericksburg man will spend the rest of his life in prison for his role in the 2015 death of a Fairfax County woman who was his University of Mary Washington roommate.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Lawyers for the family of a 19-year-old man fatally shot by a Memphis police officer during a traffic stop last year are suing the city and the officer. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Don't look for incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson at the national convention next week in Cleveland. 

LAC DU FLAMBEAU (WAOW) - Days after a moose was shot and killed on its reservation, the Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa's tribal council passed an emergency rule banning the killing of moose within the reservation, leaders said Wednesday. 

Authorities say Six Flags America in Prince George's County is closed after the park received a bomb threat.

A Wisconsin Republican says he's withdrawing as a delegate to the national convention because of an emergency that forced him to use up vacation time.

A federal grand jury has indicted a former bank executive from Neshkoro, accusing him embezzlement from 2003 to 2014.