11+ hour, 21+ min ago   (418+ words) On Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 42; forty-one years later, in 2018, singer Aretha Franklin, known as the “Queen of Soul,” died in Detroit at the age of 76. In 1777, American forces won…...

11+ hour, 59+ min ago   (518+ words) WAUSAU, Wis. — Health officials are urging residents to use caution at Lake DuBay after blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, was confirmed in the water. The lake spans Marathon and Portage counties. Blue-green algae blooms can produce toxins that can…...

11+ hour, 59+ min ago   (996+ words) By Shereen Siewert | Wausau Pilot & Review WESTON, Wis. — The three firefighter positions Weston plans to add next year go before village trustees Monday as a formal budget priority, without a cost estimate in either meeting packet. The Village Board meets…...

11+ hour, 55+ min ago   (359+ words) Week three of Wausau Pilot’s fish fry feature stays in town, at a South Third Avenue club where the Friday fry comes with a choice of two homemade potato salads. The LT Club, housed in the Labor Temple at 318 S....

13+ hour, 5+ min ago   (544+ words) “He’s understanding how his breaking stuff moves and what he can do with it on any particular day,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. Misiorowski allowed one run on five hits in six innings, needing an expanded arsenal of pitches to…...

14+ hour, 56+ min ago   (185+ words) Wausau Pilot & Review Help Us Keep Local Journalism Alive We’re a reader-funded news organization that relies on public support. Our reporting remains fiercely independent, and is never manipulated by commercial or political ties. And it’s free, for everyone. But if…...

15+ hour, 56+ min ago   (749+ words) By Shereen Siewert | Wausau Pilot & Review WAUSAU, Wis. — Two Wausau alders are pushing to put a citywide audit before the Common Council in the wake of a Wausau Pilot & Review investigation into the city’s budget documents, and one of them…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (960+ words) By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, LEAH ASKARINAM and JOSH BOAK Associated Press In Tuesday’s primary, Wisconsin Democrats cast nearly 800,000 ballots, their highest total for a midterm in more than 20 years. That followed 1.5 million Democratic voters in Michigan the week before, a midterm…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (299+ words) STEVENS POINT — A 46-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting a child has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Cory Wille was sentenced Aug. 7 by Portage County Circuit Judge Patricia Baker after a jury convicted him…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (156+ words) BEVENT — A section of WIS 153 in Marathon County will close for four days beginning Monday while crews repair the bridge over the Plover River. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation said the closure will begin at 7 a.m. Aug. 17 and remain in…...