Updated: 12:53 PM Clearly, we're not going to get hit by a hurricane in North Central Wisconsin, but just like everywhere else, we do have our share of natural disasters. We take a look at how one area county is preparing for the worst.

Updated: 1:32 PM Opening a restaurant can be a daunting task, but a Wausau woman is facing the challenge for a very special reason.

Updated: 9:51 PM There's no doubt it will take millions of dollars and countless hours of cleaning up and rebuilding to help Katrina's victims get back to normal.

Updated: 6:11 PM Hurricane Katrina is a destructive, monster storm, but meteorologists also see her as a learning experience.

Updated: 9:47 PM The thieves were after money.

Updated: 2:12 PM A deck will almost guarantee that you spend more time outside, enjoying the weather while you still can. We have a look at some of the hottest decking material on the market in this week's Designers Touch.

Updated: 12:48 PM The Wausau Lyric Choir is holding auditions.

Updated: 12:49 PM Marathon County is trying to get young people excited about farming, and it's spending $39,000 to research how to do it.

Updated: 12:52 PM The goal of this week's Drug Endangered Children Conference is to understand how drugs can mess up our kids and families.

Updated: 12:51 PM The school buses will be out before you know it, including in Phillips where there's a very important meeting Monday (August 29, 2005) at the High School auditorium.

Updated: 12:49 PM Be careful driving on one of Wausau's main streets this week.

Updated: 8:24 PM According to a Wisconsin Taxpayer Alliance study, school districts in the state are spending about 21 percent more per year on benefits for former employees.

Updated: 9:42 AM The family living on Jefferson St. in Wausau says they were just arriving home Sunday (8/28) when they saw flames coming from the roof and from a second story window.

Updated: 9:43 AM More than 40,000 Hmong and Lao soldiers helped the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency fight against communist forces during the Vietnam War. Hmong veterans from all over the state gathered at Riverside Park in Wausau to remember and honor those who are still living and those who were killed.

Updated: 9:44 AM For the first time ever, Saint Anthony's Catholic Retreat Center in Marathon City is opening its doors to the public.

Updated: 9:44 AM You've probably never thought about putting milk or coffee in your car, but if you put as much of those products in your tank as you're putting in gas right now, would you save more money or spend more?

Updated: 9:45 AM There's a food pantry in the Wausau area that could use your help.

Updated: 9:46 AM It's an American dream to own your own home, but for some low income families, that dream rarely comes true. That's all about to change for one area family, thanks to dozens of hard working volunteers.

Updated: 8:20 PM Hunting season is just around the corner, and some area kids are getting a head start practicing their skills.

Updated: 8:18 PM A local county is having a big problem with an obnoxious weed this year, it's the Purple Loosestrife.

Updated: 9:31 PM The D.C. Everest Evergreens play their first game at Stiehm Stadium after $600,000 worth of upgrades, including new artificial turf.

Updated: 8:55 PM Deputy Warden Pamela Wallace will take over for retiring Dan Benik at the medium security men's prison in Stanley.

Updated: 8:48 PM The Wausau area transit system is building a brand new transfer center located right next to the existing facility in downtown Wausau.

Updated: 8:44 PM Almost a year after the Navy pulled the plug on its submarine communication system in North Central Wisconsin, the job of dismantling Project Elf is still a work in progress, and a final plan is not yet set.

Updated: 4:32 PM There is a shortage of a new vaccine that could better prevent college students from getting the rare, but deadly disease known as meningitis.