Wausau News

Wausau-area dog owners say the city needs a park dedicated to their canine companions, and they're willing to pay for it.

Faith In Action provides free services to the elderly and those with disabilities.

Dennis and Beverly Schaepe of Schofield and Bruce and Sandy Melco of Wausau wish to announce the engagement of their children Gena Marie Schaepe and Hunter Terrence Melco.

Jerry and Corky Dvorak celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at a surprise party attended by friends and family at the Eagles Club in Wausau.

Chef Nathan Gebert is from Merrill, and he has a passion for creating unique but delicious meals.

A new small business catering to fans of Japanese animation has opened in downtown Wausau.

Millions of dollars in state tax credits and loans from the city of Wausau are fueling an explosion in downtown apartment construction -- and a debate over how much the expense will benefit the city.

I was the homecoming queen in 1981 at D.C. Everest High School. The dress was burgundy polyester with spaghetti straps and a little jacket.

Hospice volunteers are needed in Wausau and surrounding communities to support hospice patients and their loved ones in their homes, nursing homes and other residential care facilities.

Several hundred opponents of Gov. Scott Walker's administration gather Saturday outside the state Capitol to mark the one-year anniversary of ongoing political protests in the state.

People ride on a horse-drawn wagon during Saturday's WinterFest at The 400 Block in downtown Wausau.

After first being elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1966, serving as the state's governor for 14 years, being appointed to the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services in the President George W. Bush administration, and working in the private sector for the last seven years, Tommy Thompson doesn't need another bullet point on the ... (more)

North central and northeast Wisconsin will be under a wind chill advisory between 2 a.m. and 9 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

The Everest Metro Police Department is looking for a woman accused of threatening Thursday night to harm staff at Ministry Saint Clare's Hospital in Weston and blow up the building.

The Wausau area received just enough snow Friday to cause a handful of automobile crashes -- and not enough to make snowmobilers happy.

Heather Schubert, 12, holds a bear cub under her jacket to keep it warm after her father found it and another abandoned cub in a Wood County forest.

The funeral mass for Vivian K. Ockenfels, 91, Wausau, Wis., formerly of Currie, will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Monday at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Currie.

* How are these job losses working for the families affected by the job losses and for the small businesses throughout the state that depend on working people to support their businesses? * Twenty-five percent of the elderly/disabled do not have a photo ID.

Four Republican Wisconsin state senators targeted by recall efforts will fail to successfully challenge enough petition signatures to stave off elections, a Democrat organizing efforts to replace them predicted Friday.

SCHOFIELD -- Nearly 1,000 people braved the ice to compete in the Schofield Lions' Fishery on Feb.