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Students graduate from UW-Marathon County
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Congratulations to the Class of 2013 at UW-Marathon County. Their graduation ceremony was last night in Wausau. 110 students earned two-year degrees. Many will transfer to other...
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Waushara County police dog dies
WAUTOMA, Wis (WSAU) The police dog for the Waushara County sheriffs department died on Monday of natural causes. Anuk was 10 years old, and had been working with sheriffs deputies since 2006.A...
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Everest Metro introduces new K9 Officer Aron
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) - Everest Metro Police officially introduced their new K9 Officer to the force today.His name is Aron, which is Hebrew for Mountain of Strength, something that officer Matt Krembs...
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Endangered whooping crane chick hatches in Marathon County
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU-Wheeler) - Two endangered whooping cranes have produced a new baby in central Wisconsin.The chick was hatched in the wild this week in Marathon County. It’s the offspring of a male...
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Travelling memorial on display at Rothschild
ROTHSCHILD, WI (WSAU) - As we head into Memorial Day Weekend, you may wish to see a traveling memorial that honors the Americans who died in the war on terror.It’s called Remembering Our Fallen. It’s...
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Warm weather can be deadly for children, pets left in car
UNDATED (WSAU) - As the warm summer days arrive, we’re reminded that it’s not safe to leave children in the car... even for a few minutes.Jeff Kraft is the Interim Lincoln County Emergency Management...
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Junction City man caught stealing from the dead
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI (WSAU) - A Junction City man faces charges of burglary, theft, and possessing a firearm as a felon after being caught stealing from the dead.32-year-old Seth Furgason is accused of...
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Marathon Junction open for the summer
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - One of the favorite summer attractions opens today in Wausau. Marathon Junction, which is at the Marathon County Fairgrounds starts another season.The County took over operation...
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Judge undecided in Thimm case, adult or juvenile
RHINELANDER, WI (WXPR) - Oneida County Circuit Judge Patrick O'Melia will take some time to decide in which court a 16-year-old Rhinelander youth will face charges.Michael Thimm was arrested in...
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New jobs coming to Mosinee
SCHOFIELD, Wisc (WSAU) A Schofield manufacturing company will buy an empty facility in Mosinee and will add hundreds of new jobs over the next few years. Crystal Finishing Systems said it will purchase...
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Charges filed in 5-year-old homicide case Friday
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) - A man already in jail now has more serious charges to face.53-year-old Joseph B. Reinwand was charged Friday with the shooting death of 35-year-old Dale R. Meister in his...
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Wolf to serve lengthy prison term
RHINELANDER, WI (WXPR) - A Rhinelander man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for an attack on a his wife in Rhinelander in February, 2012.38 year old Shannon Wolf had reached a plea agreement,...
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Fire destroys Rhinelander apartment building Friday
RHINELANDER, WI (WXPR) - Nobody was hurt, but a Rhinelander four-unit apartment building is a total loss after a Friday morning fire. Fire Chief Terry Williams said they got called out about 2 a.m. to...
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Clark sentenced to life in prison Friday
Life in prison. That’s what an Adams County man was told during his sentencing Friday. 61-year-old Larry Clark is not likely to be free ever again. That’s because Judge Paul Curran sent him to prison...
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One hospitalized after Friday crash near Stratford
STRATFORD, WI (WSAU) - No new information has been released about the crash that happened on Highway 97 Friday morning. Marathon County deputies say a pickup collided with a semi just after 10:30 a.m....
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Driver killed in Clark County crash Thursday night
WITHEE, WI (WSAU) - The Clark County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a one-vehicle crash which killed the 63-year-old driver about 7 p.m. Thursday on Highway O south of Oak Road in the town of...
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Garage and nearby woods burned near Merrill Saturday
MERRILL, WI (WSAU) - A Saturday afternoon fire destroyed a garage, and spread to the nearby woods. Merrill, Town of Russell, and Pine River firefighters were called to Anna Road in the Town of Merrill...
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Complaint: Reinwand confessed to another inmate
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) - The man charged with murdering a Wisconsin Rapids man five years ago confessed to another jail inmate that he committed the crime. 53-year-old Joseph B. Reinwand is in...
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Merrill man in critical condition after motorcycle crash
LINCOLN COUNTY, Wis (WSAU) - One person is in critical condition following a motorcycle crash on Highway 51 in Lincoln County.86-year-old Leonard Benson of Merrill was taken to Aspirus Wausau Hospital...
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Obit: DC "Clark" Everest Junior dies at 91
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - The only son of famed lumberman D.C. Everest has died.DC "Clark" Everest Junior died on Wednesday at the age of 91. He was born in 1918, twelve years after his father settled into...
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