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23andMe data breach victims deserve $46.75 million payout, bankruptcy administrator says
June 11 (Reuters) - Victims of a 2023 data breach at 23andMe will share $46.75 million under a plan approved by the genetic testing company's bankruptcy administrator, a court filing shows. In a Wednesday night filing in St. Louis bankruptcy court, the administrator said the payout is $3.25 million below the m...
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Plover Man Arrested for Burglary, Theft of Women's Underwear
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- A Plover man has been arrested for theft and burglary after a 21-year-old Stevens Point woman reported her underwear missing. John P Stalker is accused of breaking into the woman's home and stealing all of her underwear from her dresser. The woman noted that nothing else was missing from her...
15h ago

Skunk Escapes From Marshfield Zoo
MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU) -- Employees at Marshfield's Wildwood Zoo are asking for the public's help to locate a striped skunk after she escaped from her habitat this week. Employees believe a combination of heavy snow and rain may have washed out some of Violet's habitat, creating an opening for her to escape. Violet has ...
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Trump says he believes Iran's supreme leader has approved deal with US
WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he believed Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had approved a deal with the U.S. that would trigger the opening of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of a U.S. bl...
16h ago

Man sentenced in dead-cats case
MERRILL, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A Merrill man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to animal mistreatment charges following the discovery of 16 dead cats in his home. Matthew Krautkramer, 35, was charged in January after authorities found the abandoned animals. He pleaded guilty this week to four counts of mistreatment o...
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Local News

Plover Man Arrested for Burglary, Theft of Women's Underwear
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- A Plover man has been arrested for theft and burglary after a 21-year-old Stevens Point woman reported her underwear missing. John P Stalker is accused of breaking into the woman's home and stealing all of her underwear from her dresser. The woman noted that nothing else was missing from her...
15h ago

Skunk Escapes From Marshfield Zoo
MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU) -- Employees at Marshfield's Wildwood Zoo are asking for the public's help to locate a striped skunk after she escaped from her habitat this week. Employees believe a combination of heavy snow and rain may have washed out some of Violet's habitat, creating an opening for her to escape. Violet has ...
15h ago

Man sentenced in dead-cats case
MERRILL, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A Merrill man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to animal mistreatment charges following the discovery of 16 dead cats in his home. Matthew Krautkramer, 35, was charged in January after authorities found the abandoned animals. He pleaded guilty this week to four counts of mistreatment o...
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Iconic Culver's "Thank You Farmers" Barn Destroyed Following Wednesday Storms
BEAVER DAM, WI (WSAU) - One of Wisconsin's most popular tourist sites collapsed on Wednesday due to severe storms that swept through the state's southeastern area. According to WMTV, the well-known blue Culver's barn with the words "Thank You, Farmers" visible from US-151 was severely damaged and collapsed af...
18h ago

Lightning cases fire in Pine Lake
PINE LAKE, WI (WSAU-WAOW) -According to a Facebook post from the Pine River Fire Department, Firefighters responded to a hot water heater fire caused by a lightning strike on Hwy 17 North near Royalwood Lane on Wednesday morning. The fire started just before 8am as storms moved through the area, according to a press re...
Jun 11, 2026
Sports

Brewers' Matt Arnold On When Luis Lara & Cooper Pratt May Be Called up: "It's conversations we're having internally"
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers have been busy in recent weeks ensuring their young rising stars are under long-term contracts, and fans are now getting some clarity on when they may see Cooper Pratt and Luis Lara in the Brewers' uniform. According to Brewers president of baseball operations Matt Arnold, w...
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Brewers Trade Minor League RP Jacob Waguespack to Tigers For Cash and Future Player
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers made a stunning trade on Wednesday night, sending one of their best minor league pitchers to the American League. According to a post on X by team insider Adam McCalvy, the Brewers are trading relief pitcher Jacob Waguespack to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named lat...
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Brewers can't hold lead in loss to A's
LAS VEGAS, NV (WSAU) - The Brewers couldn't hold a 3-0 lead in a Wednesday night loss to the A's in Las Vegas. Carlos Cortes and Lawrence Butler hit home runs in the 7tg inning to lead a 4-3 victory. The A's took 2-of-3 games in the series. The Brewers didn't score in the final 5-innings. Milwaukee still leads St. Loui...
Jun 11, 2026

Report: Bobby Portis Expected To Be Included In Pending Giannis Antetokounmpo Deal
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU - A new report is providing more details on which other Bucks players may be included in the pending blockbuster trade that likely would send Giannis Antetokounmpo to Miami. According to Associated Press NBA insider Tim Reynolds, the Bucks are working to include forward Bobby Portis in any deal for ...
Jun 10, 2026

Packers OTA Roundup: Trey Smack Showing Signs of Improvement While Luke Musgrave Battles New Injury
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers are on day two of their mandatory minicamp for 2026, and there are a few significant takeaways that will be essential to watch as training camp approaches. Packers Kicking Situation The Green Bay Packers will have a new starting kicker in 2026 after selecting former Florida ...
Jun 10, 2026
State News

Wisconsin Senate Republicans Open To A New Vote On The $1.8 Billion Surplus Package
MADISON, WI (WSAU) - Wisconsin Senate Republicans are leaving the door open for another try to approve the proposed surplus relief package, which failed by a slim margin last month. According to a press release from Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, "Fifteen of 18 Senate Republicans supported the plan to prov...
Jun 04, 2026

Spending bill dies in state senate
MADISON, WI (WSAU) A bill that would have spent-down about two-thirds of the state surplus on a combination of tax rebates and school funding failed in the state senate, 15-18 last night. The compromise proposal between Governor Tony Evers and GOP leaders in the legislature is dead. Several candidates for governor wer...
May 14, 2026

Governor Evers, Legislative Republicans Announce Surplus Plan
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- A deal has been reached to disburse Wisconsin's budget surplus, including a plan to boost Special Education payments to school districts and provide direct payments to those who filed a Wisconsin tax return in 2024. According to a news release from the Governor, the deal includes education funding...
May 11, 2026

Evers Signs Sports Betting Bill, Challenges Tribes to Create Equitable Split of Revenue
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Governor Tony Evers has signed Assembly Bill 601, opening the door for sports betting apps to operate in Wisconsin. The bill allows users to place wagers on games through mobile apps, as long as the bet runs through servers operated on tribal land. Evers says this brings an opportunity for increas...
Apr 09, 2026

Evers signs anti-grooming bill
MADISON, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Governor Tony Evers took action on a bill Friday that addresses the crime of grooming a child for sexual activity. Evers signed Assembly Bill 677, now known as the 2025 Wisconsin Act 88, into law. The bill, introduced in November 2025, received bipartisan support. The new law establishes the ...
Mar 08, 2026
National News
Ariana Grande to White House: Don't use my music for 'heinous nonsense'
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - American pop star Ariana Grande told President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to stop using her music to promote its policies. The comment came after the White House shared a video on TikTok e...
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Trump says he is considering helping farmers with high fertilizer prices
WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is considering taking action to help farmers affected by high fertilizer prices. "I am looking at doing a form of help," Trump told reporters at the White Hou...
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US appeals court extends block on ruling against Trump's 10% global tariff
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday extended its block on a lower court ruling against the Trump administration's 10% global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act, keeping the tariffs in place for th...
16h ago
Alberta court fines Imperial Oil for Kearl spill breach
June 11 (Reuters) - Canada's Imperial Oil was fined C$120,000 ($85,849.19) after pleading guilty in an Alberta court to breaching environmental regulations tied to an industrial wastewater overflow at its Kearl oil sands site, the province's energy r...
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Trump picks top Manhattan federal prosecutor as next intelligence chief
By Jonathan Landay and Erin Banco WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday he is nominating Jay Clayton, the top U.S. attorney for Manhattan, to be the next U.S. spy chief in an apparent bid to quell a political firestorm...
18h ago
World News
Iran-born engineer wins bail ahead of U.S. trial tied to deadly drone strike
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, June 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday allowed an Iranian-born engineer to be released on bail just days before his trial on charges linked to a deadly drone attack on a U.S. military base in Jordan carried out by Iran-ba...
14h ago
North Korea's Kim voices full support for Russia, sends National Day message to Putin, KCNA says
SEOUL, June 12 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a congratulatory message to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Russia's National Day, voicing full support for Moscow's domestic and foreign policies, state media KCNA said on Friday. K...
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Iran says no final decision made on possible US agreement, IRNA says
June 11 (Reuters) - Iran has not yet made a final decision on a possible agreement with the U.S. and will not compromise on its "red lines" in negotiations, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Thursday, according to Iran's IRNA...
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Russia says it has taken two more east Ukrainian villages
MOSCOW, June 11 (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces had captured two new settlements - Rozkishne village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, near the key town of Kostiantynivka, and Okhrimivka, in the neighbouring ...
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Trump says attack on Kharg Island off the table for now
WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a threatened U.S. military operation against Kharg Island was off the table for now as he girded for what could be an agreement with Iran to reopen the Strai...
16h ago
Business News
Nvidia hires veteran lobbyist Bruce Andrews to head government affairs, sources say
By Max A. Cherney SAN FRANCISCO, June 11 (Reuters) - Nvidia has hired veteran lobbyist Bruce Andrews to head government affairs in Washington, D.C., two sources briefed on the matter said on Thursday. Andrews served as chipmaking rival Intel...
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SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire
By Manya Saini and Niket Nishant June 11 (Reuters) - Few business leaders have been as deeply embedded in popular culture as Elon Musk, the ambitious entrepreneur who has become a central figure in internet culture and amassed a fortune that has made ...
14h ago
Lennar sees third quarter deliveries below estimates as housing market stays sluggish
June 11 (Reuters) - Lennar forecast third-quarter home deliveries below Wall Street estimates on Thursday amid a persistently weak U.S. housing market, sending its shares down 3.2% after the bell. Single-family homebuilders like Lennar have been grap...
14h ago
Musk's SpaceX raises $75 billion in largest IPO ever
June 11 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX raised the $75 billion it targeted in a hotly awaited IPO on Thursday, selling shares at a fixed price of $135 that valued the space, satellite and AI company at $1.77 trillion. The largest ever IPO cements SpaceX...
14h ago
Analysis-US summer driving season hits as gasoline supplies squeezed tight
By Nicole Jao NEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) - U.S. vacationers are barreling into peak summer driving season just as the gasoline market faces a supply crunch, with resilient domestic demand and surging fuel exports threatening to strain thin inventories...
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Health News
Novartis says rare muscle disease drug shows promise in early trial
June 11 (Reuters) - Novartis said on Thursday an experimental drug, which it acquired as part of its $12 billion takeover of Avidity, showed promise in an early-to-mid-stage study in patients with a type of genetic muscle disorder characterized by ...
14h ago
Congo's Ebola outbreak spreads to new health zones
DAKAR, June 11 (Reuters) - Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to three new health zones, according to a government report published on Thursday that showed the number of confirmed cases had risen to 676, including 136 deaths. The figure represente...
20h ago
Novo Nordisk flags patient data breach from some clinical trials in cyberattack
June 11 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk said on Thursday it has identified a security incident in which certain information, including patient data from some clinical trials, was copied externally without authorization from its internal IT systems. The comp...
20h ago
U.S. drug regulator issues import alert for drugs made at a Dabur India plant
June 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an import alert for drugs manufactured at Dabur India's factory in India's western region of Dadra and Nagar Haveli following an inspection, the consumer goods company said on Thurs...
20h ago
UK approves Novo weight-loss pill to edge open European market
By Bhanvi Satija and Christy Santhosh June 11 (Reuters) - Britain's medicine regulator approved Novo Nordisk's weight-loss pill on Thursday, making the UK the first market in Europe where patients can access the oral treatment and boosting the Danish ...
21h ago
Science News
Scientists unlock the secret behind the Venus flytrap's snap
By Will Dunham June 11 (Reuters) - Pity the poor fly that lands on a Venus flytrap. When the insect touches hair-like structures on this remarkable carnivorous plant, its trap snaps shut, dooming the victim to be digested over several days in secreted ...
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India's SatSure bags $2.6 million grant to build AI-powered Earth observation models
June 11 (Reuters) - Indian space startup SatSure Analytics secured a 246 million rupee ($2.57 million) grant from the country's space regulator on Thursday, to develop AI models for Earth observation as part of a wider push towards building sovereign...
Jun 11, 2026
SpaceX by the numbers: Six charts map businesses driving the largest ever IPO
By Anhata Rooprai and Jaspreet Singh June 11 (Reuters) - SpaceX raised $75 billion on Thursday in the largest-ever IPO, capping the meteoric rise of a company that has reshaped the space business with reusable rockets and internet beamed from orbit and...
Jun 11, 2026
On brink of IPO, Musk's SpaceX already a household name, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
By Jason Lange and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - Even before going public, Elon Musk's SpaceX has become a household name in America - more widely recognized than legacy Apollo-era companies and even prominent 2028 presidential hopefuls...
Jun 11, 2026
Underground detector in China gains insights on ghostly neutrinos
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - Researchers working to solve the mysteries of neutrinos have unveiled the first scientific findings from a new underground facility in China - the most precise measurements yet of certain aspects of these ...
Jun 10, 2026
Technology News
Musk's SpaceX raises $75 billion in largest IPO ever
June 11 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX raised the $75 billion it targeted in a hotly awaited IPO on Thursday, selling shares at a fixed price of $135 that valued the space, satellite and AI company at $1.77 trillion. The largest ever IPO cements SpaceX...
14h ago
Google says ShinyHunters hackers targeting education sector via Oracle exploit
June 11 (Reuters) - Alphabet's cybersecurity unit Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group said Thursday they had identified an active compromise and extortion campaign targeting Oracle's PeopleSoft enterprise software, which they attributed to ...
15h ago
Adobe CFO exit fans strategy worries despite outlook raise
By Zaheer Kachwala June 11 (Reuters) - Adobe on Thursday announced the exit of CFO Dan Durn, adding to concerns about the Photoshop maker's strategy to navigate the crowded design industry, though the company raised its annual revenue and profit fore...
16h ago
Marvell names Adobe's Dan Durn as finance chief amid growing AI demand
June 11 (Reuters) - Marvell Technology on Thursday named Adobe's Dan Durn as chief financial officer, succeeding Willem Meintjes, who is stepping down after more than three years in the role. Durn will take charge at Marvell starting June 15, while M...
16h ago
Factbox-Elon Musk's SpaceX kicks off mega IPO wave with $75 billion haul
June 11 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX raised $75 billion in its blockbuster initial public offering on Thursday, shattering records and eclipsing Saudi Aramco's 2019 listing by a wide margin to become the largest IPO ever. The rocket and satellite ma...
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Entertainment News
Ariana Grande to White House: Don't use my music for 'heinous nonsense'
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - American pop star Ariana Grande told President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday to stop using her music to promote its policies. The comment came after the White House shared a video on TikTok e...
14h ago
Soccer-Mexico to open World Cup amid passion, parties and protests
By Stephen Eisenhammer, Emily Green, Cassandra Garrison and Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY, June 11 (Reuters) - With Mariachi costumes, trumpets, and a sea of dark green support, Mexico City prepared to open the World Cup on Thursday, as fans packed the fam...
19h ago
DAZN, DirecTV Latin America strike sports channel deal ahead of World Cup
By Kylie Madry June 11 (Reuters) - Sports streaming platform DAZN, backed by British-American billionaire Len Blavatnik, said it had struck a deal to bring DirecTV Latin America's DSPORTS channels to its platform in five countries, expanding its socc...
23h ago
Ten-year-old American fashion designer shuttles between school and runways
By Matt Silverstein LOS ANGELES, June 11 (Reuters) - At four years old, Max Alexander told his parents he was a dressmaker. By age 10, he was showing a collection at Paris Fashion Week. Alexander is the world's youngest fashion runway designer, accord...
Jun 11, 2026
Deezer launches free AI music detector for users of major streaming platforms
By Jerome Terroy June 11 (Reuters) - French music platform Deezer has launched a free online tool to detect AI-generated tracks in playlists, available to users of all major streaming platforms, it said on Thursday. The company is also licensing its ...
Jun 11, 2026


