Taylor Swift wins 8 trophies at Billboard Awards (with photo gallery)
Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.
- May 20, 2013
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Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.
Marathon County officials created an action plan to address problems at the jail two years before a March 27 attack that left two officers injured, but they then put that plan on a shelf and failed to follow through on it.
Today will be partly sunny with a high near 83 degrees and a 30 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms after 4 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
Are you a Shark or a Jet? Either way, you'll want to enter our "West Side Story" ticket contest, where we'll give away free tickets to the showing of the classic musical May 23 at The Grand theater in Wausau. Check it out today!
I am a liberal progressive. This is a result of personal observation, life experiences, an intellectual curiosity and an excellent public education.
As a recent Record-Herald headline announced, transportation has been an important key to Wausau's economic success. The story appeared in print because this is transportation week.
Garden Specialist Rob Zimmer, Gannett Wisconsin Media's Yard MD, chats weekly at 8 a.m. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/YardMD and 'Like' him at www.facebook.com/YardMD. This week's topic: planting summer flowering bulbs, such as cannas, callas, dahlias and lilies.
EDITOR: U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy gave a passionate speech on the House floor where he strongly condemned violence against women and children. You can see it by going to YouTube and searching 'Congressman Duffy on Gosnell Trial.'
DES MOINES, Iowa— Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will visit Iowa this week to deliver a speech that may bolster speculation that he will run for president in 2016.
A D.C. Everest Senior High School physical education teacher won a regional teaching award that honors outstanding performance in engaging youths in physical activity.
Coming off an 11th place finish in last year's challenge, bikers are gearing up for this year's National Bike Challenge.
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Mark and I were in the middle of the second of a three-day bicycle tour from St. Paul to Bayfield when we first stopped at the Turk's Inn north of Hayward.
People who are obese or out of shape in their 40s or 50s might think it's too late to start getting fit, but new research finds that shaping up in middle age lowers the odds for heart failure later in life.
Just like you, the genes in your brain follow a daily routine. But that natural rhythm may be thrown off in people with depression, a new study suggests.
1967: Employers Insurance passes half-billion mark
Friends and family members of Stephanie Low scoured an area along the Rib River on Sunday, hoping to find any clues that could answer the question of what happened to her.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The guys in Vampire Weekend changed how they wrote songs, how they record and what an album of theirs even looks like — the cover for "Modern Vampires of the City" is not another artsy old Polaroid, but a 1966 black-and-white photo of a smoggy New York skyline.
Nearly one-third of the babies born at Ministry Saint Clare's Hospital in Weston are electively delivered before they are at full-term. At Aspirus Wausau Hospital, it's close to one-quarter.
About half of all the dogs housed at the Humane Society of Marathon County's shelter are pit bulls, animals that are difficult to adopt out and stretch the agency's budget because of their vicious reputation.
It is not a stretch to make a connection between these two things: Wisconsin’s job creation has been sluggish, and the main agency tasked with creating jobs, the public-private Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., has been riddled with scandal, lousy procedures, incompetence or worse.
President Obama recently reassured women's rights advocates:
The 2-year-old pit bull that on May 12 attacked a 7-year-old Wausau girl in the face likely will be euthanized, according to Wausau Police Department officials.
This is an intolerable violation of the public trust. Wisconsin's taxpayers, unemployed individuals and the business community have already suffered from more than two years of chaos in our state job creation agency.
Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled.
Kyle Lohse had another frustrating experience against his ex-teammates. The rest of the Milwaukee Brewers wanted to forget a 2-8 trip full of wasted opportunities and lessons learned.
The following testimony was given by Jean Abreu, a representative of the local Everyone Has a Place Bus Task Force, to the Joint Finance Committee’s state budget listening session in Wausau last month:
HARRISON -- A 49-year-old Rhinelander man was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash that happened just after 6 p.m. on an ATV trail in the town of Harrison.
The Merrill City Council last week unanimously approved selling the property at 811 and 813 E. First St. to Brion and Nicole Hoffman for $35,000.
At 6-foot-2, Carmen Leitermann always was accustomed to being the tallest player on the volleyball court.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin employers, including hospitals and nursing homes, could no longer require workers to get flu shots under a bill pending in the Legislature.
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.
The kindness of strangers has impacted an 8-year-old Wisconsin Rapids girl — and now, she will be helping a little boy she has never met.
It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million.
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point baseball coach Pat Bloom felt his program lost its way in 2012.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Experts say a swarm of black flies appears to be the best explanation for why endangered whooping cranes are abandoning their nests at a Wisconsin wildlife refuge.
Can it be that summer weather is here? At least for today it is.
The overwhelming emotion I feel at becoming a grandmother for the first time at age 67: JOY! Rosalie Eve Fergusen is 9 months old, has two teeth, huge blue eyes, and is crawling all over.
The Cultural Arts Festival at East will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Wausau East cafeteria, commons area, auditorium, greenhouse and Technical Education Area.
Two AmeriCorps Kids in Need members in Rhinelander have brought a worldwide literacy movement to the Northwoods.
It's about this time of spring that a different kind of cabin fever sets in.
'Turn right onto the first forest service road past the dark green house. The lake is a few miles down the road on the left; you can't miss it.'
Tim Thompson is ready for retirement at age 62, but that doesn't mean he's ready to take it easy. For him, retirement means leaving full-time work as a manager to work part time at a local bike shop.
Unusual ingredients, recipes, meals and food traditions are at the core of what defines culture all around the globe. That includes what we take for granted about Wisconsin cooking and customs.
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If you've ever answered "Who has the ball?" with "It's halftime," you might recognize The Airhead. Check out the characters in Joe Heller's cartoon gallery of oddball fans.
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