Updated: 9:07 PM Friday's fire causes damage to two downtown businesses in Marshfield, but the owners still plan to get them up and running as soon as possible.

Updated: 9:06 PM Marshfield and Mosinee school districts ask their voters whether they'd be willing to have their taxes raised in order to make some big changes to their elementary schools.

Updated: 7:55 PM Tickets are still available on several major airlines that would get you to Rome in time for the papal funeral, but according to local travel agents, getting there would be the easy part.

Updated: 5:34 PM The election is taking quite a toll on a local town, where every single board member has been voted out.

Updated: 3:30 PM Many new moms experience a bit of the blues after the baby's born, but even when it becomes a serious case of post-partum depression, nursing moms have often chosen not to treat it for fear of hurting their baby. New research could put these new moms at ease.

Updated: 1:32 PM You shouldn't necessarily rush out to sign yourself up for an in-utero learning baby class, but there's good reason to talk, sing or read to your baby in the womb.

Updated: 2:47 PM AUsome Social Group.

Updated: 9:01 PM Wausau Aspirus Hospital launches program, staffed with people specially trained to help sexual assault victims.

Updated: 8:44 PM For 26 years he graced the Catholic Church in all corners of the world, including Stevens Point, where he visited while still a cardinal. Tuesday (4/5/05), people in Point remembered the Holy Father's legacy.

Updated: 8:27 PM The damage from Friday's (4/1/05) fire in downtown Marshfield could be worse than what officials first thought.

Updated: 8:24 PM There's a major break in a string of burglaries in the Wausau and Weston areas. A local woman is in custody up in Marinette County, and police believe she's responsible for those burglaries plus dozens of others.

Updated: 8:15 PM Months of sweat, labor and hard work are resulting in a new home for a low-income family.

Updated: 10:46 PM Many area counties post updates of their election results at their official websites. Here are the links to a number of North Central Wisconsin counties.

Updated: 2:45 PM School may not be in session at a Stevens Point school if the district follows a recent recommendation. A consultant points to Jackson Elementary School as a main source to save the district money by closing it.

Updated: 12:55 PM "Community Celebration of Languages" event and Fly Dance Company.

Updated: 2:43 PM Sen. Decker was in Wausau Monday attending a fundraising event at Treu's Tic Toc Bar.

Updated: 9:03 PM The Marshfield Clinic is using the Internet to show off a state-of-the-art medical procedure, and it'll be broadcast live.

Updated: 6:29 PM Some area middle schoolers get an interactive lesson Monday in different types of diversity.

Updated: 5:26 PM The on ramp to Highway 29 from 28th Avenue in Wausau is closed down for good. It's part of the Highway 29/51 Interchange project.

Updated: 5:24 PM The Wausau School Board says its superintendent's retirement package fell in line with others, but an investigative piece by our newspaper partner says the bonus was more generous than at least 19 other districts in Wisconsin.

Updated: 7:23 PM Sheriff's deputies are searching for a jail walk-away who they say went to work for his work release, but did not return.

Updated: 12:56 PM A week ago he was arrested for OWI. Now, the tape that shows the events surrounding Sen. Russ Decker's arrest has been released.

Updated: 1:10 PM Ballroom dancing classes in Wausau.

Updated: 3:45 PM The body of Pope John Paul II was borne solemnly into St. Peter's Basilica where thousands of pilgrims began paying their last respects Monday, four days before he is entombed in a grotto below, where pontiffs through the ages have been laid to rest.
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Updated: 9:00 PM A local pet store is encouraging people to adopt their pets, rather than buy one.