WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Marathon County man accused of severe animal abuse and neglect after dead dogs and goats were found on his property in the Town of Day has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Joseph Carey entered the plea to nearly two dozen counts, including eight felonies for mistreatment of animals- causing d...

MERRILL, WI (WSAU) -- The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is investigating a rash of copper wire thefts. Detectives are investigating about ten incidents in the last two weeks. All have occurred near Frontier Communications roadside work sites. No other items have been reported missing from those work sites. Investigat...

MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU) -- Marshfield High School was placed on a brief lockdown after a bus driver reported that a student may have brought a gun to school. Officers responded to the school and isolated the bus. They searched the vehicle but didn't find a weapon. All students on the bus were also searched out of an abun...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- The man accused of taking a working ambulance on a 40-minute trip from Wisconsin Rapids to a field near Pittsville has entered a not guilty plea to charges including first-degree recklessly endangering safety, taking a vehicle without the owner's consent, and fleeing an officer. Benjamin ...