Get all of today's Wausau news, business, government, and crime updates with the Wausau Daily Herald's breaking news coverage at www.wausaudailyherald.com. http://www.packersnews.com en-us Copyright 2013, packersnews SaxoTech Online Sat, 25 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Sun, 26 May 2013 02:32:03 -0500 15 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130525/WDH0101/305240062 A Mexican restaurant with several central Wisconsin locations will open a new location in Merrill. Sat, 25 May 2013 21:33:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130525/WDH0101/305240062 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130525/WDH0101/305250114 Fans of rustic camping - no electricity, no flush toilets, no showers - now have a modern way to keep tabs on campsites in Wisconsin's largest state forest. Sat, 25 May 2013 20:36:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130525/WDH0101/305250114 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130525/WDH0101/130525018 A Milwaukee special education teacher faces charges for allegedly fondling himself in front of students who are cognitively delayed, according to a criminal complaint filed Saturday. Sat, 25 May 2013 16:32:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130525/WDH0101/130525018 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130525/WDH0101/130525016 SEATTLE (AP) - Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound. Sat, 25 May 2013 12:57:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130525/WDH0101/130525016 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130525/WDH0101/130525013 The Boy Scouts of America will get no reprieve from controversy after a contentious vote to accept openly gay boys as Scouts. Sat, 25 May 2013 08:29:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130525/WDH0101/130525013 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130525/WDH0101/130525008 The sun will shine throughout the Wausau region today but winds and occasional clouds will cool down temperatures. Sat, 25 May 2013 07:46:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130525/WDH0101/130525008 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130525/WDH0101/305250304 Sat, 25 May 2013 07:36:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130525/WDH0101/305250304 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130525/WDH0101/305250293 A 5-year-old child died after being run over in the parking lot Friday night. Sat, 25 May 2013 07:04:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130525/WDH0101/305250293 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130524/WDH0101/305240369 About 100 people erupted in cheers when James Schramm caught the first fish of the day just 30 minutes into an outdoor fishing event hosted Friday by the D.C. Everest fishing team. Fri, 24 May 2013 18:04:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130524/WDH0101/305240369 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130524/WDH0101/305240311 One person is in serious condition after a semi and pickup collided this morning on Highway 97 just north of Stratford, authorities say. Fri, 24 May 2013 12:20:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130524/WDH0101/305240311 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130524/WDH0101/305240259 Today will be sunny with a high near 63 degrees and a calm wind of about 6 mph, according to the National Weather Service in Green Bay. Fri, 24 May 2013 07:17:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130524/WDH0101/305240259 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130524/WDH0101/130523059 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:36:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130524/WDH0101/130523059 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130523/WDH0101/305230437 The Interstate 5 bridge collapse into the Skagit River was caused by an oversize truck hitting the span, the Washington State Patrol chief said. Fri, 24 May 2013 07:33:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130523/WDH0101/305230437 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230400 A Wausau man accused of striking several parked vehicles in downtown Wausau had a blood alcohol content nearly five times the legal limit for driving in Wisconsin, police said. Thu, 23 May 2013 20:31:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230400 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230334 A 80-pound, furry mountain of muscle joined the Everest Metro Police Department this week. Thu, 23 May 2013 20:03:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230334 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230329 A Weston-based manufacturing company announced Thursday that it will add roughly 250 to 350 jobs and expand to Mosinee, a city that has lost hundreds of industrial jobs during the last two years. Thu, 23 May 2013 19:52:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230329 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230332 One of two people charged in connection with the heroin overdose of a Wausau man has been ordered to stand trial on felony drug charges. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:31:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230332 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230335 A preliminary hearing has been set for the town of Corning man accused of killing his wife and concealing her body. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:30:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230335 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230284 Due to a late spring, the YWCA Garden Club is still in need of nominations for this year's garden of the month series. Thu, 23 May 2013 12:08:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230284 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230283 A whooping crane chick hatched Tuesday in central Wisconsin and it is part of an effort to reintroduce a wild migratory population in eastern North America. Thu, 23 May 2013 11:58:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230283 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/130523037 Joseph Frey's conviction for a rape more than 20 years ago was overturned Wednesday by a Winnebago County Circuit Court judge based on DNA testing and other evidence that showed Frey, who was serving a 102-year sentence, was likely the wrong man. Thu, 23 May 2013 11:28:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/130523037 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/130523036 It's the return of a family favorite in Wausau. Marathon Junction, inside Marathon Park, will open for the season tomorrow. Thu, 23 May 2013 11:11:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/130523036 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/130523025 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:33:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/130523025 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/130523022 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:58:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/130523022 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/130523013 The Marathon County Crime Gallery is a feature of the Wausau Daily Herald, added to respond to readers' concerns about crime and safety in the community. These are some of the suspects arrested on felony charges or appearing in court in Marathon County between May 15 and May 21. They have not been convicted of the charges filed against them. Thu, 23 May 2013 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/130523013 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230227 Today will be mostly cloudy through this morning and then gradually clear through the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service in Green Bay. Thu, 23 May 2013 07:22:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130523/WDH0101/305230227 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130522/WDH0101/305220491 As protesters made one last stand, the Boy Scouts of America's leadership began a conference Wednesday that was expected to culminate in a long-anticipated vote on whether to allow openly gay Scouts - a decision that, either way, could deeply affect the o Wed, 22 May 2013 20:49:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130522/WDH0101/305220491 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130522/WDH0101/305220489 With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:47:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130522/WDH0101/305220489 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130522/WDH0101/305220476 In a brutal daylight attack which raised fears that terrorism had returned to London, two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death near a military barracks today before police wounded them in a shootout. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:37:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130522/WDH0101/305220476 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220467 A 61-year-old former Big Flats man recently convicted of killing his mother and hiding her body will learn his sentence Friday. Wed, 22 May 2013 19:07:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220467 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220454 School officials, teachers, staff and students are trying to cope with the loss of a seventh-grade student at St. Peter Middle School, and some students are stepping up to help out his family. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:40:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220454 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/130522185 STEVENS POINT- A seventh-grade student at St. Peter Middle School died at school Tuesday, administrators say. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:18:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/130522185 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220426 The D.C. Everest Senior High School band concert on The 400 Block scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight will now take place at the high school auditorium due to rain. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:46:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220426 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220392 Marathon County lost 300 jobs between March and April and 800 jobs between April 2012 and this year, according to local unemployment statistics released Wednesday. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:24:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220392 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220417 Idea Charter School will host its second Projectpalooza event of the school year on May 30. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:07:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220417 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220308 Authorities are working to identify two men who robbed Little Caesar's Pizza in Schofield at gunpoint Monday night. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:04:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220308 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220399 Seniors from all Wausau-area high schools and homeschools are invited to this year's Christian Baccalaureate Celebration at the Wausau East Auditorium. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:31:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220399 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220396 Motorists should expect to encounter a daytime, single lane closure on Highway 51 Thursday in the following locations: Wed, 22 May 2013 15:17:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220396 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130522/WDH0101/305220395 The vice chairman of the state Building Commission has decided to let a Wisconsin Chippewa tribe keep a $250,000 grant to help build a cultural center. Wed, 22 May 2013 15:11:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130522/WDH0101/305220395 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/130522090 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:38:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/130522090 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220323 The Marathon County Board voted Tuesday night to defund the care of stray cats at the Humane Society of Marathon County by 2016. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:25:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220323 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/130522054 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:52:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/130522054 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220321 A 65-year-old Wausau man is facing fifth-offense drunken driving charges after hitting a car and a tree Tuesday night, police say. Wed, 22 May 2013 10:36:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220321 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/130522032 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:14:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/130522032 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/130522012 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:02:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/130522012 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220272 Merrill Firefighters Charities, a charitable organization established last year by the Merrill Fire Department, recently donated $1,000 to the Merrill Historical Society's capital campaign. Wed, 22 May 2013 08:16:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220272 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220265 The girlfriend of a Wausau man who died of a heroin overdose witnessed by two young children is set to appear in court this morning. Wed, 22 May 2013 07:52:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220265 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220263 One of two people facing felony drug charges after a heroin sale in the parking lot of a Rib Mountain retail store will head to court today. Wed, 22 May 2013 07:51:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220263 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220260 Rain is likely to fall throughout the day, with most of it falling after 2 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Wed, 22 May 2013 07:15:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130522/WDH0101/305220260 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130521/WDH0101/305210261 The city of Wausau will hold a public hearing allowing residents to air their grievances about a 2008 ordinance that requires all gravel driveways to be paved by fall of next year. Tue, 21 May 2013 20:59:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130521/WDH0101/305210261 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130521/WDH0101/305210378 A local school software company will have to wait until next week to see whether state lawmakers will give it a chance to keep its business in Wisconsin. Tue, 21 May 2013 19:54:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130521/WDH0101/305210378 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130521/WDH0101/305210262 The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced Tuesday a series of initiatives aimed at improving traffic safety and reducing road deaths during the summer, including the launch of the department's first smartphone application. Tue, 21 May 2013 19:32:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130521/WDH0101/305210262 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130521/WDH0101/305210287 Helmeted rescue workers raced Tuesday to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared lots down to bare red earth and claimed 24 lives. Tue, 21 May 2013 18:24:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130521/WDH0101/305210287 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130521/WDH0101/130521010 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130521/WDH0101/130521010 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130521/WDH0101/130521007 An estimated 63,000 able-bodied adults without dependents would have to work or participate in training at least 20 hours a week to receive full FoodShare benefits under a proposal by Gov. Scott Walker to be debated Tuesday by the Legislature's budget committee. Tue, 21 May 2013 07:30:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130521/WDH0101/130521007 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130520/WDH0101/305200372 Search-and-rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. Tue, 21 May 2013 09:09:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/viewart/20130520/WDH0101/305200372 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130520/WDH0101/305200313 State Rep. Mandy Wright of Wausau and local advocacy groups urged Republican legislators Monday to reverse the governor's decision and accept federal Medicaid expansion money. Mon, 20 May 2013 19:53:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130520/WDH0101/305200313 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130520/WDH0101/305200359 Wausau Paper today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its mills in Mosinee and Rhinelander to a private equity firm. It also released details of the agreement. Mon, 20 May 2013 16:47:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130520/WDH0101/305200359 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130520/WDH0101/305200355 Wausau Paper Monday announced the launch of a new premium line of cloth-like towl and tissue products made with 100 percent recycled fiber. Mon, 20 May 2013 16:28:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130520/WDH0101/305200355 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130520/WDH0101/305200349 The city of Wausau today posted to its website an opening for a humane officer with a application deadline of June 3. Mon, 20 May 2013 16:08:00 -0500 http://www.packersnews.com/article/20130520/WDH0101/305200349