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A Marshfield man was arrested for OWI with a child in the vehicle. According to a report from the Marshfield Police Department, a woman reported speaking to her ex-husband on the phone and was believed to be under the influence of intoxicants. Furthermore, the ex-husband had just picked up their child.

WAUSAU, Wis. (WFRV) – A woman in Wausau is without her 24-karat gold necklace after a suspect quickly put a different necklace over her head and walked off with the valuable one. The Wausau Police Department posted on its Facebook about a recent incident regarding a theft. On June...

A 45-year-old man who was on the run from probation and was accused of selling a near-fatal dose of heroin to a Wausau man will head to prison after reaching a plea deal in a felony Marathon County case. The latest charges of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, manufacturing or delivering...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - WSAW-TV will be off the air from midnight to 4:30 a.m. overnight Thursday into Friday, on July 7-8. The outage is to make repairs to the tower on Rib Mountain. The repairs will affect over the air and satellite subscribers. The outage will also affect viewers receiving a signal from the Sayner tower. WSAW’s subchannels will also be affected. These channels include MeTV, FOX on 7.3, Quest and Circle.

Wausau’s Economic Development Committee on Tuesday dropped a controversial redevelopment project in the city’s downtown from the agenda, citing the unavailability of legal counsel. The pulled agenda item, the $44 million Foundry on 3rd redevelopment project, was added after the agenda was first made public. The committee was...

Doug and Alicia Gjertson used to date in high school, but went their separate ways. Thanks to Facebook, the couple reunited nearly a decade ago — and now they’ve been running a new business, The Pickle Jar Grinds & Finds café in Wausau, since May. The Pickle...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Attendees planning to visit the 2nd annual Taste N Glow can use a shuttle to arrive at the festival grounds. Nearly four dozen hot air balloons are expected to be on display for the Taste N Glow Balloon Fest. The event is July 8-10 west of Stettin Town Hall. The festival grounds are located at 141678 Stettin Road in Wausau.

WAUSAU, WI (WAOW-WSAU) — A Stratford man is facing charges after he allegedly set his house on fire, then led law enforcement on a high-speed chase that was followed by a standoff. John Strasser is facing charges of arson, attempting to flee an officer, pointing a firearm at a...

LOYAL, Wis. (WEAU) -Every year thousands of people travel from all around to visit Wisconsin Farm Technology Days. This year the 3-day event is calling Clark County home. Out of this field just south of Loyal, a city of tents is springing up complete with street signs. To get to...

It’s 3 a.m. and I can’t sleep. I am thinking about the previous month and all of the revitalization and reorganization that has taken place. I am now hard-wired to look at the 1,000-foot view of situations. I am taken back to our company editorial summit held in June. At one point, I looked around the room at the 20-some editorial staff. What I saw was a pretty even gender mix of hard-working humans ranging from 20-60. What did they have in common? Drive and dedication.

In 1983, when he was 14 years old, Dennis Roehl went to his first Wisconsin Farm Progress Days show. “I thought it was the greatest thing ever,” Roehl recalled. Now, 39 years later, he’s hosting Wisconsin Farm Technology Days 2022 – the current version of the event he attended as a teenager.

Representatives from the former Riverlife team now spearheading a $44 million downtown redevelopment issued Wausau a legal ‘notice of injury’ days ahead of a scheduled closed session meeting set to discuss public funding for their project, only to pull the notice on Tuesday. Initially, Terrence Wall, of T....

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Bond has been set at $25,000 cash for a 41-year-old Stratford man arrested after two high-speed chases and a standoff. John Strasser is charged with arson, fleeing an officer, intentionally pointing a firearm at a law enforcement officer and operating a firearm while intoxicated. Officer attempted...

The Economic Development Committee on Tuesday approved a set of deed restrictions related to the former Wausau Chemical property, which is being redeveloped as a a first-of-its kind public indoor green space in the city. The committee approved the staff’s recommendation to move forward with the proposed sale of the...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - The Salvation Army of Wausau is welcoming two new Majors to lead the branch for the next few years. Majors David and Marina Womack bring a wealth of experience to their new position. “Even though the cultures are really different – we’ve been in inner-city cultures,...

MERRILL – The Lincoln County Veterans Service Office, 801 N. Sales St., Merrill, will be closed from Sunday, July 17 through Friday, July 22 to allow Veterans Service Officer John Olson and Deputy Veterans Service Officer Tiffany Daigle to complete accreditation training with the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs.

WAUSAU – For the third time in less than a week, the Wausau Post 10 American Legion baseball team grabbed a walk-off victory. After earning last at-bat wins against Wisconsin Rapids on June 30 and Oshkosh last Friday, the Bulldogs were at it again on Tuesday as Wyatt Stahel’s bases-loaded fielder’s choice in the eight inning led to the winning run scoring in a 5-4 win over D.C. Everest at Athletic Park.

Tap water is essential to our lives. It is a vital building block of good health as long as it is safe to use. Unfortunately, our regulatory system assumes that exposure to chemicals is safe until proven otherwise. This assumption is troublesome because even when science demonstrates health risks, it can take years for the government to catch up and protect our health.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAW) - The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters scored a pair of runs on mishaps by the Wausau Woodchucks in the first inning, and rode their pitching to a 2-1 win to open the second half of the Northwoods League season. Sporting their cranberry crazies uniforms, the Rafters opened...