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One of the favorite summer attractions opens today in Wausau. Marathon Junction, which is at the Marathon County Fairgrounds starts another season.

IRS Official Refuses to Answer Questions at Scanda...: The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a tax scandal about extra scrutiny of conservative groups told a congressional hearing she had done nothing wrong but asserted her constitutional right not to answer questions.

Northcentral Technical College graduation ceremony: About 430 students - out of a total of 754 who graduated from NTC this spring - participated in the college's commencement ceremony this morning in the fieldhouse of Wausau West High School.

The Legislature's finance committee has approved language in Gov. Scott Walker's executive budget that would allow the state Justice Department to move the Milwaukee crime lab out of the city.

WAUSAU, Wis Congratulations to the Class of 2013 at UW-Marathon County. Their graduation ceremony was last night in Wausau.

The National Weather Service will have a freeze warning active for Lincoln, Langlade, Vilas, Oneida, Forest and Florence Counties until 7 a.m. Friday.

A 19- year-old Wausau man is now charged with first degree child sexual assault stemming from a series of alleged encounters that began in 2008.

Meg Ellefson is a Rib Mountain mom who founded the Wausau Tea Party in 2009. Today she shares her concerns that she and her family could still be subjected to blowback from the IRS.

Just in time for Memorial Day, a tribute to Wisconsin residents who've made the ultimate sacrifice for our country comes to the Wausau area.

The girlfriend of a Wausau man accused of providing the heroin that killed him has pleaded not guilty in Marathon County.

Juan Quintero is charged with two counts delivery of heroin, possession with intent to deliver heroin, possession with intent to deliver cocaine base, possession with intent to deliver THC, possession of THC, maintaining a drug trafficking place and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Motorists who travel south of Wausau may encounter road delays as the Wisconsin Department of Transportation conducts a scheduled nighttime closure this week.

Officials in Wisconsin say they had a plan to address problems at the Marathon County jail before two officers were injured during an attack there in March.

More than 20 family members, friends and strangers gathered at Oak Island Park in Wausau Sunday morning anxiously awaiting the first search of the season.

This charcoal and ink drawing of a screech owl is called "My name is Hubert and I am not an owl." It is part of the upcoming "Birds in Art" exhibit at the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture.

Kristi Fregia Rucks, a bariatric specialist at Aspirus Wausau Hospital stands with some of the specialized bariatric equipment in a patient room, Wednesday, March 6, 2013.

Finding child care is an in-demand and expensive endeavor in Wisconsin. "About 75% of children are in some type of out-of-home care situation, so that's a pretty significant number," Kelly Borchardt told A Merrill man stabbed his wife seven times, tried to strangle her and then hid her body in some woods near Medford following a discussion about ... (more)

Deb Piskoty is the clinical director at Wausau Health Services, a program that works with heroin addicts through medication as well as counseling.

From Betty's Ice House to the Grand Opera to the Central Hotel, tales of Wausau's biggest and most destructive fires have been told over and over again.

The family of missing Wausau woman is asking for the public's help searching near the Wisconsin River this weekend.