Rib Mountain News

Former Rib Mountain hotel chef Tim Grandison of Rib Mountain appears at his sentencing hearing Friday at the Marathon County Courthouse in Wausau.

A former Rib Mountain hotel chef accused of holding a co-worker captive at knifepoint and sexually assaulting her in October 2010 will be sentenced today.

Crews are planning daytime, single lane closures on eastbound WIS 29 between the US 51/WIS 29 east interchange and Business 51 , beginning Monday, June 4 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The lane closures are necessary for crews to complete routine bridge maintenance on the Wisconsin River bridge and the bridge over Business 51.

Today: Mostly sunny and seasonal. High: 68. Wind: NW to West 5-10 Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers or isolated thundershowers.

WAUSAU, Wis. Traffic was tangled up several times on I-39 in Wausau yesterday as people tried to get home from the Northwoods.

Today: Mostly sunny and seasonal. High: 68. Wind: NW to West 5-10 Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers or isolated thundershowers.

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Today: Mostly sunny and seasonal. High: 68. Wind: NW to West 5-10 Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers or isolated thundershowers.

A Damage in Eau Claire, Wisconsin from thunderstorms that blew through around 4:30 PM.A Timing is often important with storms.A A Some storms rely on the heat of the day to create instability to fuel the storm.A These storms tend to fade past sunset with the air cools.A Other storms don't care what's on the surface and don't care about the time of ... (more)

RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis. The National Weather Service confirms the tornado that touched down near Rib Mountain Thursday evening was the first tornado in Wisconsin this year.

A fire near Bittersweet Road and Aster Road in Rib Mountain is now out. The DNR is expected to stay at the scene until p.m. surveying the area.

A 44-year-old woman was killed Wednesday after she was hit by a vehicle while she rode her bicycle near Mosinee, according to the Marathon County Sheriff's Department.

Starting in June, the city will have a new public works director -- and that will start a shake-up within some of the city's departments.

Living here at the edge of the Northwoods, we can forget what a privilege it is to have such easy... A tractor-trailer was involved in a crash Thursday morning with a car on Highway 51 near Highway N in Rib Mountain.

Brittney Miilu of Wausau walks through lakeside vegetation Wednesday afternoon to fish on Lake Wausau near the Schofield Dam.

RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis. The owners of a Stevens Point meat market are looking at opening a new store in Wausau.

Loung Ung, author of "First They Killed My Father," about how the Khmer Rouge rise to power in Cambodia shattered her life, will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the auditorium of Wausau East High School, 2607 N. 18th St.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy. Low: 34. Wind: East 5-10 Sunday: Partly cloudy to partly sunny.