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UPDATE: Cause found in Days Inn fire
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - Wausau police say they know what started a fire at the Days Inn on Saturday night.Detective captain Greg Hagenbucher says the cause of the fire is electrical. "It started in a...
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Name released in fatal rollover in Waupaca County
SCANDINAVIA, Wis. (WSAU) -- Waupaca County officials have released the name of the man killed in a rollover crash on Saturday.Sheriff’s investigators Investigators say 23-year-old Dairion Lawrence of...
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Plea deal reached for Taylor County mother who tried killing her children
MEDFORD, Wis. (WSAU) -- A plea deal has been reached for the Taylor County woman accused of trying to kill her children. 37-year-old Heidi Mann will avoid a jury trial. Online court records from...
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Waupaca County murderer files appeal
WAUPACA, Wis. (WSAU) -- The Waupaca County man convicted of killing his girlfriend has filed an appeal. 25-year-old Kevin J. Lombard was sent to prison this past May for strangulation/suffocation and...
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Woodson Art Museum secures NEA grant for new exhibition
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- The Woodson Art Museum is getting some federal funds to help put on an exhibition next year.The Woodson is one of 150 groups getting a grant from the National Endowment for the...
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UW-Stevens Point readying campus for new science building
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- Plans are now fully underway for the new science building at UW-Stevens Point.The campus has secured both funding for the project and a lead designer. Potter Lawson out of...
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Man accused of manufacturing illegal bath salts
SHAWANO, Wis (WSAU) A man is under arrest in Shawano County for allegedly producing bath salts that people were using to get high. 42-year-old Mike Waldner was charged after sheriffs deputies got a...
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School board reviews Christmas concert report behind closed doors
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A Wausau School District investigation into the controversy over Christmas concerts is compete. It was reviewed in closed session last night, and will be released to the public in...
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Stevens Point apartment development denied
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- The proposed 40-unit student housing development proposed for Stevens Point has been defeated.Alderman Mike Wiza successfully amended the development agreement to include...
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Cedar Creek Mall going into receivership after foreclosure filing
ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) -- The Cedar Creek Mall is now in receivership. Stoney Rivers is the lending company that controlled the property. Foreclosure papers were filed in Marathon County court...
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Timm sentenced for selling meth
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) -- A Wausau woman will spend the next 22 months in prison for drug distribution.44-year-old Sandra J. Timm was given that sentence Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman. Timm...
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New charges filed against Jeffery Decker over UW-System ban
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- Portage County prosecutors are adding some more charges against an Oshkosh man for violating his restraining order against the UW-System campuses again.Prosecutors are...
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Neumann case refused by U.S. Supreme Court
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- The appeals are all done for the Weston couple found guilty of second-degree reckless homicide for relying on prayer instead of medical attention for their daughter.Dale and...
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Marshfield drug suspects enter not-guilty pleas
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- The two people from Marshfield that were caught with a large quantity of marijuana have entered not-guilty pleas in court.23-year-old Alyssa Clapper of Marshfield and 25-year-old...
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Marathon County Board agrees to judge review of recording ordinance
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- The Marathon County Board of Supervisors agreed with the Executive Committee, and decided to seek a judge’s opinion about a new rule against board members recording closed...
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Music investigation report done, but not made public
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- The investigation into Wausau School District’s recent music controversy is over, but the report has not been made public.School Board President Michelle Schaefer issued a...
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Norovirus reported in Wisconsin
UNDATED (WRN) It’s an unwelcome winter bug. Public Health Madison and Dane County has been receiving reports of what is likely norovirus, sometimes called the winter vomiting bug, an illness that...
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Sex offender set for release in Wausau next week
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - A sex offender will be released back into the Wausau area next week.49-year-old Terrence Steppert is set for release December 24th. Steppert was originally convicted of three...
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Arrest made in Stevens Point death case
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- An arrest has been made in connection with the death of a UW Stevens Point student.22-year-old Jordan C. Peterson was found dead November 17th when a roommate returned to...
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Great Lakes details Stevens Point expansion plans
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- Several community leaders joined Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation in Stevens Point to announce their future growth outlook.Governor Scott Walker says the new...
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