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Wausau Police Data Shows Drop In Crime Rate Since 2023
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A new report shows traffic citations and warnings have continued to drop significantly since 2019. According to Wausau Police Chief Matt Barnes, while the numbers are important, he believes this is more for holding the department accountable to the community, saying, "Every police departme...
15m ago
Trump says US China tariffs needed on other vehicles, products
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said the Biden administration's new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, semiconductors and medical products should be applied to other types of vehicles and products. "They've also got to do...
28m ago
State Senators to Override Governor Evers' Vetoes of Four Bills
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate will vote to override four recent vetoes by Democratic Governor Tony Evers. Senator Mary Felzkowski of Tomahawk and Cory Tomczyk of Mosinee made the announcement at Wausau City Hall on Monday as part of a series of statewide press conferences. Felzkowski says the...
15h ago
Buffalo on the loose
OGDENSBURG, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A buffalo is on the loose in Waupaca County north of Ogdensburg, according to the Waupaca County Sheriff's Office. In a Facebook post the sheriff's office said: The buffalo has been spotted on County Highway E North of Ogdensburg. Use caution when driving on the roadway in the area. If you ...
17h ago
Wausau Man Found Guilty of His 7th OWI
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man will serve prison time after he was found guilty of his 7th OWI earlier this month. Dennis Campbell was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison and another 5.5 years on extended supervision for the August 2022 incident, which started when Campbell crashed his vehicle near the intersection of ...
18h ago
Local News
Wausau Police Data Shows Drop In Crime Rate Since 2023
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A new report shows traffic citations and warnings have continued to drop significantly since 2019. According to Wausau Police Chief Matt Barnes, while the numbers are important, he believes this is more for holding the department accountable to the community, saying, "Every police departme...
15m ago
State Senators to Override Governor Evers' Vetoes of Four Bills
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate will vote to override four recent vetoes by Democratic Governor Tony Evers. Senator Mary Felzkowski of Tomahawk and Cory Tomczyk of Mosinee made the announcement at Wausau City Hall on Monday as part of a series of statewide press conferences. Felzkowski says the...
15h ago
Buffalo on the loose
OGDENSBURG, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A buffalo is on the loose in Waupaca County north of Ogdensburg, according to the Waupaca County Sheriff's Office. In a Facebook post the sheriff's office said: The buffalo has been spotted on County Highway E North of Ogdensburg. Use caution when driving on the roadway in the area. If you ...
17h ago
Wausau Man Found Guilty of His 7th OWI
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man will serve prison time after he was found guilty of his 7th OWI earlier this month. Dennis Campbell was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison and another 5.5 years on extended supervision for the August 2022 incident, which started when Campbell crashed his vehicle near the intersection of ...
18h ago
Wausau River District Names New Executive Director
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau River District has named a Wausau native as its next Executive Director. Callie Wulk will take over the position after it was vacated by Blake Opal-Wahoske earlier this spring. Wulk previously served as Director of Outreach for the Lincoln County Economic Development Corporation, a posit...
22h ago
Sports
Monday High School Schedule
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Monday's scoreboard: Baseball Menominee 6 Wausau East 2 Pacelli 10 Almond-Bancroft 4 Rib Lake 8 Marathon 7 Edgar 2 Spencer 1 Northland Lutheran 9 Tigerton 1 Abbotsford/Colby 9 Loyal 0 Shiocton 11 Iola-Scandanavia 1 Shiocton 7 Iola-Scandanavia 2 Port Edwards 17 Tri-...
4h ago
Pirates Top Brewers
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Pittsburgh Pirates built a 5-0 lead and held off a Milwaukee rally to earn an 8-6 win over the Brewers on Monday night at American Family Field. Jake Bauers hit his 4th homer of the season and had 4 RBIs. Willy Adames drove in the other two Milwaukee runs. Colin Rea took the loss. It was a r...
5h ago
Bucks Refuse Pistons Request To Interview Jon Horst For President Of Basketball Operations Position
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Bucks have refused a division rival's request to interview their GM Jon Horst. According to NBA Insider Marc Stein, the Bucks denied Detroit's request "this week to grant permission to the Pistons to interview Michigan native Jon Horst in Detroit's search for a new president of...
23h ago
Packers Decline Eric Stokes' Fifth Year Option Following Injury Filled 2023 Season
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers are allowing a former first-round pick to earn a new deal following the upcoming 2024 NFL season. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, the Green Bay Packers will not pick up cornerback Eric Stokes' fifth-year option. If Stokes' fifth-year option had been exercised by t...
May 03, 2024
Friday & Saturday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here are the scoreboard from Friday & Saturday: Friday Baseball DC Everest 2 Menominee 1 Merrill 9 Wausau West 6 Port Edwards 6 Nekoosa 5 Edgar 18 Chequamegon 5 Marathon 8 Phillips 0 Stratford 7 Rib Lake 0 Abbotsford/Colby 10 Neillsville/Granton 4 Gilman 14 Greenwood 6 M...
May 13, 2024
State News
Wisconsin Gears Up for Near-Record Memorial Day Travel, Second Highest Since 2019
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsinites will be hitting the road for the unofficial start of summer. AAA forecasts near-record numbers for this year's Memorial Day weekend with more than 816,000 Wisconsin residents traveling 50 miles or more. That's over 30,000 more holiday travelers than last year, and second only to the all-tim...
10m ago
UW-Madison Professor Says Non-Compete Clause Ban from FTC will Strengthen Economy
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A ruling by the Federal Trade Commission that would ban non-compete clauses could mean better wages for workers. UW-Madison management professor Martin Ganco says non-competes allow companies to lock employees in place without offering competitive wages. "We know based on research, that i...
14h ago
SCOWIS Hears Drop Boxes Arguments
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Ballot drop boxes may be back in Wisconsin elections. The 4-3 liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court appears willing to overturn a ruling restricting their use. That decision was handed down in 2022, when conservative justices held a 4-3 majority on the court. That ruling allowed for ...
14h ago
Evers Sues Legislature to Release Student Literacy Funding
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Governor Tony Evers is once again suing the Wisconsin State Legislature. The governor is making the move over what he calls a refusal to release a critical investment aimed at improving K-12 student literacy. According to Evers, The move comes as Republican lawmakers on the Republican-controll...
16h ago
Pro-Palestinian UW-Milwaukee Students to Meet with UWM Foundation
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Pro-Palestinian protesters at UW Milwaukee expect to meet with the UWM Foundation Tuesday. Student organizers say that meeting is meant to achieve disclosure of UWM investments in, and connections, to Israel. "We're going into this meeting with intentions with full disclosure, and if we...
18h ago
National News
US House Speaker Johnson to join Republican parade at Trump hush money trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson will join former President Donald Trump at his hush money trial in Manhattan on Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter said. Johnson, the top Republican in Con...
28m ago
Inaugural Africa clean cooking summit sees $2.2 billion pledged
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - A push to provide clean cooking options for the more than 1 billion people in Africa who currently rely on fuels such as charcoal and wood has raised $2.2 billion in pledges from governments and the private sector...
59m ago
As pollution kills, Africa needs billions for climate-ready stoves
By Bukola Adebayo LAGOS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite her well-honed sales pitch, Aanu Ajayi is often met by scepticism when out selling energy-efficient stoves in the Nigerian city of Lagos - highlighting some of the hurdles Africa faces ...
3h ago
Trump's former fixer Cohen to resume testifying about hush money deal with porn star
By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen will resume testifying on Tuesday at the Republican presidential candidate's criminal trial, a day after telling jurors that Trump personally auth...
4h ago
The water tanker drivers who keep 'India's Silicon Valley' Bengaluru going
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Basavaraj, a water tanker driver in India's tech hub Bengaluru, has to leave home by 6:30 a.m. each day to collect enough water for his customers, who now depend on his services for a very basic need. Residents of the southern...
4h ago
World News
G7 to discuss global trade risks after US tariffs on China
ROME (Reuters) - The Group of Seven (G7) major democracies meeting in Italy next week will discuss the risk of fragmentation in global trade after "very tough" tariffs imposed by the United States against China, Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo G...
18m ago
Russia says U.S. ban on Russian nuclear fuel will harm global market
By Anastasia Lyrchikova MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom said on Tuesday that a U.S. ban on Russian nuclear fuel was discriminatory political move that would undermine the global market for enriched uranium but said it ...
19m ago
Palestinian truckers fear for safety after aid convoy for Gaza wrecked
HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian hauliers said on Tuesday they feared for the security of aid convoys to Gaza, a day after Israeli protesters wrecked trucks carrying humanitarian supplies bound for the enclave, which is facing a severe hun...
29m ago
Roman Polanski acquitted by French court in defamation trial
By Louise Dalmasso and Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) - A French court on Tuesday acquitted film director Roman Polanski of defaming British actress Charlotte Lewis after she accused him of raping her when she was a teenager. Lewis, 56, alleged ...
59m ago
Explainer-Gaza death toll: how many Palestinians has Israel's campaign killed
(Reuters) - Palestinian health authorities say Israel's ground and air campaign in Gaza has killed more than 35,000 people, mostly civilians, and driven most of the enclave's 2.3 million people from their homes. The war began on Oct. 7 when Hamas m...
59m ago
Business News
G7 to discuss global trade risks after US tariffs on China
ROME (Reuters) - The Group of Seven (G7) major democracies meeting in Italy next week will discuss the risk of fragmentation in global trade after "very tough" tariffs imposed by the United States against China, Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo G...
18m ago
Brazil airline Gol swings to net loss in first quarter
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian airline Gol reported on Tuesday a first-quarter recurring net loss of 130.2 million reais ($25.39 million), swinging into the red after a 136.4 million-real net profit a year ago, mainly hit by financial expenses. Go...
28m ago
Amazon's cloud unit CEO Adam Selipsky to step down, Matt Garman to take his place
(Reuters) -The chief executive of Amazon.com's cloud unit Amazon Web Services, Adam Selipsky, is stepping down, the company said on Tuesday. Amazon.com's shares fell 1% in early trading. Senior Vice President Matt Garman will take on Selipsky's role at...
28m ago
Trump says US China tariffs needed on other vehicles, products
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said the Biden administration's new tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, semiconductors and medical products should be applied to other types of vehicles and products. "They've also got to do...
28m ago
Tesla is sued over emissions from California plant
By Jonathan Stempel and Clark Mindock (Reuters) - Tesla has been sued by an environmental nonprofit that accused Elon Musk's electric car company of violating the federal Clean Air Act hundreds of times by letting its Fremont, California, plant emi...
28m ago
Health News
US FDA declines to approve expanded use of Dynavax's hepatitis B vaccine
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to approve the expanded use of Dynavax Technologies' hepatitis B vaccine in patients undergoing hemodialysis, the company said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Christy Santhosh and Pratik Jai...
2h ago
Bayer's Q1 adjusted profit beats analyst consensus
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bayer on Tuesday reported a 1.3% decline in adjusted earnings in the first quarter, beating analysts' forecasts on better-than-expected performance at its prescription drugs and agriculture divisions. Quarterly earnings before...
8h ago
Wegovy weight loss sustained for four years in trial, Novo Nordisk says
By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) - Patients taking Novo Nordisk's popular Wegovy obesity treatment maintained an average of 10% weight loss after four years on the treatment, the company said on Tuesday. Novo presented the new long-term data at the ...
14h ago
US reclassification could drive fresh research funding into pot sector
By Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) - The U.S. pot sector could see an influx of medical research funding from healthcare investors amid renewed interest from pharmaceutical firms, should a proposal to reclassify cannabis as a lower-risk substance be approv...
21h ago
Denmark faces Wegovy shortage due to rising demand, medicines agency says
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -The Danish medicines agency on Monday warned of a supply shortage for two separate doses of Novo Nordisk's hugely popular weight loss drug Wegovy due to increasing demand. Wegovy is given by weekly injection and belong to a class ...
23h ago
Science News
For elephants, like people, greetings are a complicated affair
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - People greet each other in a variety of ways. They might say "hello," "guten tag," "hola," "konnichiwa" or "g'day." They might shake hands, bump fists, make a fist-and-palm gesture or press their hands together with a gen...
20h ago
New breast cancer genes found in women of African ancestry, may improve risk assessment
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Twelve breast cancer genes identified in women of African ancestry in a large study published on Monday may one day help better predict their risk for the disease and highlights potential risk differences from women of Eu...
22h ago
Musk sees fourth flight of SpaceX's Starship in 3-5 weeks
(Reuters) -SpaceX's Starship rocket, a futuristic vehicle designed to eventually carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, will probably have its fourth flight in 3-5 weeks, the company's Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a post on social media platform...
May 11, 2024
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere - a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life. Well, they finally seem to have located one...
May 08, 2024
SpaceX's unit Starlink secures Indonesia operating permit
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The satellite unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, has secured a permit to operate in Indonesia, its communications minister told Reuters on Wednesday. Starlink had obtained a permit to operate as an internet service provider f...
May 08, 2024
Technology News
Amazon's cloud unit CEO Adam Selipsky to step down, Matt Garman to take his place
(Reuters) -The chief executive of Amazon.com's cloud unit Amazon Web Services, Adam Selipsky, is stepping down, the company said on Tuesday. Amazon.com's shares fell 1% in early trading. Senior Vice President Matt Garman will take on Selipsky's role at...
28m ago
Glass Lewis backs two dissident candidates in board fight with Crown Castle
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis on Tuesday recommended Crown Castle investors elect two activist director candidates, including the wireless tower owner's co-founder and former chief executive officer, Te...
28m ago
Shopee-owner Sea tops quarterly revenue estimates on e-commerce strength
(Reuters) - Southeast Asian technology firm Sea Ltd beat estimates for first-quarter revenue on Tuesday, driven by strong performance of e-commerce unit Shopee, sending U.S.-listed shares of the company up 7% in premarket trading. Analysts have sai...
2h ago
TSMC says it could design its A16 chip-making technology without ASML's new machine
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC does not necessarily need to use ASML's next generation "High NA EUV" machines for its new chip manufacturing technology called A16, which is under development for 2027, an executive said on Tuesday. The Hi...
2h ago
China's Alibaba beats quarterly revenue estimates, profit drops
(Reuters) -China's Alibaba Group Holding beat analysts' estimates for fourth-quarter revenue on Tuesday, as a focus on low-cost goods in response to cautious consumer spending helped boost domestic e-commerce sales in the three-month period. Its U.S.-...
3h ago
Entertainment News
Factbox-Cannes 2024: Who are the jury members presided by Greta Gerwig?
CANNES (Reuters) - Almost as prestigious as winning the Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, is being on the jury that picks the winner. Artists from around the world who have made a name for themselves in their respective field are pi...
2h ago
Cannes festival director laments focus on controversies rather than cinema
CANNES (Reuters) - Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux lamented on Monday an increased focus in recent years on political and social issues in the movie industry, which he said came at the expense of the actual films. "In the past, people...
18h ago
Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premiere
CANNES (Reuters) - Mohammad Rasoulof, a celebrated Iranian director whose latest film is competing in the Cannes Film Festival, has fled Iran after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging. In a statement dated Sunday, Rasoulof said he...
18h ago
'Downton Abbey' to return with a third movie
LONDON (Reuters) - The fictitious Crawley family and their servants running a sprawling English country estate in the early 20th century are returning for a third "Downton Abbey" movie, which will feature old and new faces. The award-winning "Downt...
22h ago
Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' guitar up for sale, cigarette burns included
LONDON (Reuters) - For sale, vintage guitar with proven heritage. At least one not-so careful owner. The acoustic guitar that auctioneers say Eric Clapton used to compose his hit ballad "Wonderful Tonight" is going under the hammer next month with ...
23h ago