Marathon County News

When the swine flu virus flared up in spring 2009, the photographs and fear spread faster than the illness.

WESTON -- As Lorraine Genett bent down to pet the beagle squirming at her feet, a smile spread across her face.

Marathon County officials have come up with two plans they hope will reduce drug and alcohol addiction in the community and thwart the need to build a $40 million jail.

Assistant in same-day surgery. Provide families with updates, assist patients to and from their cars, and help staff members prepare rooms.

A new program in the Marathon County District Attorney's office that puts offenders face to face with their victims and community members has had a high success rate.

RIB MOUNTAIN -- Police found a 38-year-old man dead early Sunday after a fire in his van.

City officials and business leaders could be outraged tonight if the Wisconsin Department of Transportation supports a plan they say will halt economic growth and cause safety issues on Wausau's northwest side.

The Clark County woman accused of leading deputies on a high speed chase throughout Marathon County while drunk has pleaded not guilty.

Authorities have identified the man found dead in a van fire in central Wisconsin.

Marathon County CrimeStoppers is looking for the public's help to solve a robbery at a Rothschild convenience store.

Marathon County's district attorney is fearful the community will suffer, if prosecutors are laid off.

A prosecutor says a judge has removed himself from a Wisconsin lawmaker's impaired driving case.

It might soon be hard to find a copy of the 1951 masterpiece "The Catcher in the Rye" in the Wausau area, say local bookstore and library staff members.

Marathon County officials are grasping for ideas on how to proceed with the legal case riddled with delays for more than two years for a jail inmate who refuses to take his anti-psychotic medication.

The primary purpose of 'Las Artes de Mexico,' the new exhibition at the Woodson Art Museum, is to showcase some terrific art.

There's new information on a fire that destroyed a home in southwestern Marathon County Monday night.

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has set a public meeting for Feb. 3 on the reconstruction of the interchange of Highways 51 and K in Wausau.

Firefighters battled a house fire Monday night along Highway M in the town of Day.

Magnesium chloride. Calcium chloride. Silica sand. Beet juice. Highway departments in central Wisconsin and across the country are trying nearly everything to keep roads ice-free as salt prices continue to rise.