Marathon County News

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

Marathon County CrimeStoppers is looking for the public's help to find the person who stole scrap metal last month in town of Stettin.

Tax season is upon is and it's always a daunting task. That's why some volunteers are helping people file their state and federal tax returns.

Who: Wausau Human Resources Committee When: 5:30 p.m. Monday Where: Second floor board room, City Hall, 407 Grant St.

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

A Jeep rests on the ice of the Eau Claire Flowage in Schofield after colliding with another SUV near Taco Bell, Friday, February 10, 2012.

Marathon County CrimeStoppers is looking for help finding the person who shot a gun at two cars in Wausau.

Food pantry volunteer. Assist clients as they select food from the pantry and complete paperwork.

Police are responding to reports of crashes this morning throughout the Wausau area after an overnight snowfall and blowing winds caused roadways to be snowy and slippery.

WESTON -- As economic development director for the Marathon County Development Corp., David Eckmann always is on the lookout for new businesses to bring to the area.

A Marathon County judge on Wednesday ordered a former Weston firefighter who admitted starting a fire last week at his Wausau mobile home to stand trial on charges of recklessly endangering safety.

Marathon County will have to find more ways to share services with other local governments or eliminate some programs if a five-year budget forecast comes true, officials said.

Two local singing groups want to make this Valentine's Day one to remember. The University of Wisconsin Marathon County's Vocal Show Ensemble has delivered about 2,500 singing valentines since the program began in 1987.

Downtown Wausau on Saturday will welcome a new winter event. Wausau Winterfest, put on by Wausau Area Events, will include a number of winter-related events, most of which run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be ice skating on The 400 Block, snowboarding outside the Marathon County Public Library and miniature golf in the snow at Yawkey Park.

A man holds his envelopes as he waits in line to mail his family's income tax returns at a mobile post office near the Internal Revenue Serv WAUSAU, Wis.

Wausau Community Theatre and the Marathon County Literacy Council will present "McGuffin," a murder-mystery dinner theater Friday and Saturday, Feb.

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire Tuesday at a former schoolhouse in the town of Hewitt.

Two city of Wausau committees on Tuesday recommended that the city spend $100,000 toward the purchase of a former landfill site proposed to become a soccer complex.

HEWETT, Wis There was a fire last night at the old Marathon County schoolhouse on Landing Road in Hewitt.

Governor Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and four republican state senators, including Sen.