Updated: 8:54 PM How they present themselves is what really matters to the voters.

Updated: 8:49 PM We're pleased to offer local voters a forum to hear the candidates running for U.S. Senate in central Wisconsin.

Updated: 8:45 PM Town of Hancock couple killed in collision with truck.

Updated: 8:44 PM Sometimes you have to get creative to fit exercise into your schedule.

Updated: 1:26 PM Wednesday's Page 2 discussed support groups for quitting smoking.

Updated: 7:12 PM A local competition brought hundreds of home improvement specialists together Tuesday afternoon. Their work is helping all of us get ready for the winter season.

Updated: 7:13 PM Portage County is governed by a board that voters put in place to lead them, but some people say that's not enough and want another more powerful position that they can have a say in filling.

Updated: 6:49 PM If you're basing your vote on jobs and the economy, there's something you should know about what the candidates are saying.

Updated: 6:32 PM A class of area grade schoolers is proving the size of your heart doesn't necessarily depend on your age.

Updated: 6:29 PM The debate over whether or not to create a storm water utility is making its way to Wausau.

Updated: 6:27 PM A local relief project is kicking off to help hurricane victims in Florida get back off their feet. Local citizens are encouraged to help out.

Updated: 9:36 PM A new Internet trend is in the spotlight for questioning documents CBS used to question President Bush's military service.

Updated: 8:59 AM Northland Cranberry of Wisconsin Rapids will soon be part of its rival company, Ocean Spray.

Updated: 8:57 AM The School board in Northland Pines (Eagle River) is asking the contractor to come up with a new design for its new high school.

Updated: 8:19 PM Hollywood style special effects show how teenagers' bad decisions can kill them.

Updated: 8:17 PM For 35 years they've been saving the lives of premature babies.

Updated: 6:50 PM Former Auburndale teacher Lynn Arthur Retz will stand trial. Retz faces 16 criminal charges, including 11 felonies.

Updated: 3:14 PM Healthy Weigh Program

Updated: 9:33 PM The new Goodwill store in the Wausau area is now open in the old County Market Building.

Updated: 9:35 PM First Lady Laura Bush stopped in Wausau Thursday afternoon. She is traveling throughout the Midwest as part of the Victory 2004 Campaign.

Updated: 9:30 PM It's an exciting time for educators in Eagle River as they get set to break ground on a new high school, but before construction starts on the new Northland Pines High School, the process will have to get over one more bump in the road.

Updated: 5:22 PM A new report says some of the most mercury polluted lakes in the state are in North Central Wisconsin.

Updated: 5:09 PM The state has given the go-ahead to the plans for a new coal-burning power plant in Rothschild and Kronenwetter.

Updated: 5:24 PM A Lowe's Home Improvement store will be built in Portage County, creating 150 new jobs.

Updated: 5:07 PM Vandals hit a Republican campaign office in Arbor Vitae, spray painting obscene words and ransacking shirts and hats.