Local Wausau News

A woman and her 2-year-old son have been rescued after lightning struck and toppled a tree onto their car in southern Michigan, trapping them for about an hour.

The state Supreme Court says judges can rely on a risk assessment test that considers gender when sentencing offenders. 

Authorities have released the name of the tractor-trailer driver who died when his rig crashed off Interstate 86 on New York's Southern Tier earlier this week. 

A former Wausau alderman will receive $97,000 from the city to settle a legal dispute that started over a "heated" conversation last November that led to an harassment probe.

Someone wanted to make sure the men and women of the Waterloo Police Department knew they are appreciated and valued in the community.

5 Koshas Yoga and Wellness holds a class on top of Rib Mountain every Monday night during the summer.

An American flag stolen in New Jersey from the family of a Philadelphia man who was killed during the Vietnam War has been returned.

Gulfport police are on the scene of a standoff with an armed suspect. 

Police in Tennessee are looking for a man who they say robbed a Nashville gas station while covering his face with toilet paper. 

Authorities say a New York man has been charged with cruelty to animals after firefighters found a dead cat cooking in his oven. 

A woman from Los Angeles has been sentenced for her role in global cybercrime schemes uncovered after a Mississippi woman reported she'd been scammed. 

A Pennsylvania police officer picked up the tab for a couple that refused to sit next to him and his fellow officers at a local diner, and a post about his encounter on social media has garnered attention at a time of strained police-community relations.

South Korean officials say an advanced U.S. missile defense system will be deployed in a rural farming town in the southeastern part of the country.

An eagle tried to snatch a little boy during a recent birds show at Alice Springs Desert Park in Australia's Northern Territory, according to a witness who took a photo of the attack.

The family of a military veteran from Sauk County believes his suicide could have been prevented if a VA doctor in his new home state of Iowa had granted his plea for admittance to a psychiatric ward last Thursday.

House Speaker Paul Ryan says a new bipartisan group in the House will examine policing issues in America. 

House Speaker Paul Ryan says Donald Trump should pick a conservative as his vice presidential nominee -- "to assure conservatives that conservative principles are adhered to and maintained."

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Paul Ryan says a new bipartisan group in the House will examine policing issues in America. 

Wausau City Council voted to reduce drinking privileges at the 400 block in downtown Wausau.

Wisconsin emergency officials say everyone is unhurt and accounted for after 32 people were briefly trapped on Michigan Island in Lake Superior following severe storms.