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In a Facebook post Saturday afternoon, organizers at Tomahawk Speedway announced that the track will not host its annual Ice Maker event.

Paralyzed in a car crash when she was 16, 38-year-old Crystal Lambrecht doesn’t let her injury control her life. She’s able to live on her own, drives, and has modified her routine to help her do everyday activities as independently as possible.

As Wisconsin grows as a COVID-19 hotspot, a coalition of 25 organizations is coming together, begging people to do their part to stop the spread.

Ready to open its haunted doors to the central Wisconsin community for the 10-year anniversary season Friday night, The Haunted Sawmill has been providing the Merrill community with laughs, screams and scares. However, it goes beyond the Halloween fun.

The Wisconsin Woodchucks announced Wednesday that Phase IV of the Athletic Park renovation is now underway.

Five inmates are being isolated at the Taylor County Jail after testing positive for COVID-19.

It’s full speed ahead for the city of Wausau’s drive-thru voting plans, the city’s Safe Elections Task Force Wednesday night walking the route that will be used on October 23 and 24 to offer voters yet another opportunity to cast their votes.

Much like what states such as New York and Arizona had to do earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm said Wednesday they are looking at health care workers outside of Wisconsin to help with staffing shortages in facilities around the state as cases continue to surge.

Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin put a catalog of non profits helping with basic needs online. Makes it possible to make donation online.

The demoted investigative sergeant with the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, who shared files from cold cases with producers from an investigative television show, filed a civil suit in federal court against the county, the former sheriff, and the county’s IT director Monday.

For the Victory family, reading children’s books has become a family activity that started when four-year-old Elliot was born 15 weeks premature at the Marshfield Children’s NICU.

A COVID-19 dashboard posted to the Wausau School District’s website shows that as of Friday, October 2, the district has 17 active cases of COVID-19 district wide and 181 students and staff in quarantine.

A black cloth draped over sign at the entrance to Pine Grove Cemetery on Saturday, honoring those impacted by the tragic shooting that shocked the Wausau community 1 year ago.

Ag. Secretary Sonny Perdue speaks about the President and First Lady testing positive for COVID-19.

When the University of Wisconsin football team kicks off its COVID-19 delayed stadium at Camp Randall Stadium on October 24 against Illinois, the game day atmosphere is going to be noticeably different.

About 735 people were tested Friday during a free COVID-19 testing drive-thru event with the Marathon County Health Department and Wisconsin Army National Guard. It came just as cases in the county and state are surging and, in a rare occurrence, all three hospital networks in north-central Wisconsin issue a joint press release urging people to take the virus seriously and stop the spread.

Eric Trump stumping for his father, President Donald Trump, in Rothschild Thursday night, the headline speaker at a ‘Make America Great Again’ rally hosted at Schuette Metals.

Wisconsin law dictates a lot of requirements and standards schools have to meet each year, but it also provides some flexibility given extreme circumstances, like a pandemic, for the Department of Public Instruction to waive certain requirements for schools that apply.

Standing alongside a Port Edwards fire truck, Tanya Schulz described her recent volunteer efforts with the Red Cross, a two-week deployment to Louisiana to help with Hurricane Laura cleanup efforts.

Staff continue to air concerns about safety and effective treatment for youth at Lincoln Hills.

Republican Congressman Tom Tiffany and his opponent in the race for Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional seat, Democrat candidate Tricia Zunker, released statements Saturday following President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg following her death.

As of 7:45 pm Saturday WPS is reporting 13 power outages impacting 385 customers.

When Dr. Ray Reser first learned about the possibility that a portion of the UW-Stevens Point Campus was built over a Native American burial site he was wrapping up a successful career. Now, a professor emeritus of archaeology at UWSP, Dr. Reser finds himself continuing to work studying the now confirmed burial site and working with a group of community members, students, and other faculty to honor those who were buried beneath university grounds some 150 years ago.

Wausau’s Transit Commission voted 3-2 in favor of recommending to the city council to increase the maximum number of passengers allowed on city buses if the Wausau School District goes back to in-person learning.

Students share what they are experiencing in their first few days and weeks of the 2020-2021 school year.

Three trays of mail were found on the side of the highway and in a ditch in Greenville.

UW doctors dispel myths about wearing a mask

The athletic retailer is joining forces with Rock the Vote to provide voter registration services. Foot Locker customers will be able to sign up to take part in the political process in the stores.

On Thursday, the Wood County mother of two received the kidney transplant she had been waiting for.

U.S Cellular is offering two free, drive-in showings of Shrek, the first taking place Friday night and the second showing set to begin Saturday night at 7:00.