
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - An 11 month effort towards peace was completed today in Wausau.
The Peace Monument was unveiled at a ceremony attended by both the State Department and the government of Egypt. The project was the brainchild of Egyptian exchange student Mustafah Saleh and Chuck McCarthy from the Good ...
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STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – A Portage County judge will announce today whether he will let the Plover man charged in a trucker’s slaying use a third party defense at trial in February.
Michael Haydon’s attorney has raised the possibility that another man had the same motive and opportunity ...
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WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau’s non-union employees have agreed to freeze their wages for one year as the city struggles to overcome a nearly half-million dollar budget deficit.
City officials did not immediately know how much the voluntary decision by the 70 or so employees would save.
Employees agreed to ...
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EDGAR, Wis (WSAU) There was a big welcome home last night for the Edgar High School football team, after they won the state championship in Madison.
Edgar completed a perfect 14-0 season with a 46-7 win over Regis in the championship game.
11 of the team's 14 wins were ...
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WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Family members have identified the latest victim of H-1-N-1 flu in Marathon County. 32-year-old Tawnya Plante of Schofield worked as a caregiver for people with cognitive disabilities. It's not clear where or how she caught the virus.
Family members say she had asthma, which made it ...
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WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Two Marathon County committees have decided to pursue a $350,000 drug court grant.
The drug court would be an alternative to increasing the jail population. The court would require offenders to meet with a judge once a week to account for their rehabiliation.
A treatment program ...
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UNDATED (WSAU) – Railroad officials are warning hunters to be aware of trains while out hunting this deer season.
Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis says it can be very surprising how quiet a train actually is when you're out in the woods, and that deer like to congregate in the ...
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RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis. (WSAU) – Rib Mountain is nearing the end of contract negotiations with Veolia to renew their solid waste pickups.
Public works director Dan Dziazosz says the new contract won't look much different than the old one, besides the fact thathe price will be a little lower for ...
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WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – An agreement between the city's firefighter's union and administrators over pay cuts could keep firefighters on the job.
Fire chief Gary Buchburger says the union has agreed to a reduction in pay next year in order to keep the city from cutting jobs. The fire ...
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WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau’s transit system will either impose eight furlough days or eliminate some Saturday bus service next year to help reduce labor costs by 3 percent.
Officials developed the plan after the transit union refused to delay a 3 percent wage increase until the end of 2010 ...
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