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Weston Leaders Approve Intergovernmental Agreement for Mountain Bay Metro PD
WESTON, WI (WSAU) -- Trustees in Weston have unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Rothschild to create the Mountain Bay Metropolitan Police Department. RELATED: Rothschild, Everest Metro PD Departments Announce Merger Plans The agreement calls for Weston to provide 65% of the departme...
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Trump seeks appeal of Georgia prosecutor disqualification ruling
(Reuters) - Donald Trump on Monday asked a Georgia judge to allow him to appeal a ruling keeping the lead prosecutor on the state's criminal case against the former U.S. president over his attempts to overturn his election defeat. The filing by Tru...
11h ago
Plover's Woyak Sports Complex To Receive Upgrades After McCain Foods Announces $100,000 Donation
PLOVER, WI (WSAU) - Plover's Woyak Sports Complex will continue to receive some facelifts in 2024 after a large donation was made to Plover Youth Athletics. According to Board Executive Chris Brooks, the donation from McCain Foods is worth $100,000 and will go toward improving all of the batting cages around the park, ...
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Merrill Teens Suspected of Damaging Mailboxes in Lincoln County
MERRILL, WI (WSAU) -- Two juveniles are facing possible charges after they were caught damaging mailboxes along County Road JJ in Lincoln County. Sheriff's officers received a call from a property owner on Sunday who said their mailbox had just been damaged by a male hanging out the window of a passing vehicle. The cal...
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Former Packers LB De'Vondre Campbell Speaks Out About Being Released & 2023 Defensive Coaching Issues
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - One of the Packers' former anchors on defense and 2023 Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee is speaking out about his release and the issues that occurred inside the Packers locker room last season. According to De'Vondre Campbell's posts on X, he took issue with how the franchise decided to cut...
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Local News
Weston Leaders Approve Intergovernmental Agreement for Mountain Bay Metro PD
WESTON, WI (WSAU) -- Trustees in Weston have unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Village of Rothschild to create the Mountain Bay Metropolitan Police Department. RELATED: Rothschild, Everest Metro PD Departments Announce Merger Plans The agreement calls for Weston to provide 65% of the departme...
5h ago
Plover's Woyak Sports Complex To Receive Upgrades After McCain Foods Announces $100,000 Donation
PLOVER, WI (WSAU) - Plover's Woyak Sports Complex will continue to receive some facelifts in 2024 after a large donation was made to Plover Youth Athletics. According to Board Executive Chris Brooks, the donation from McCain Foods is worth $100,000 and will go toward improving all of the batting cages around the park, ...
11h ago
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Merrill Teens Suspected of Damaging Mailboxes in Lincoln County
MERRILL, WI (WSAU) -- Two juveniles are facing possible charges after they were caught damaging mailboxes along County Road JJ in Lincoln County. Sheriff's officers received a call from a property owner on Sunday who said their mailbox had just been damaged by a male hanging out the window of a passing vehicle. The cal...
11h ago
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Marathon County Sheriff's Employee on Leave Amid Felony False Imprisonment Accusations
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A behind-the-scenes worker in the Marathon County Sheriff's Office is facing a felony count of false imprisonment after a woman says he forced her to kiss him and made sexual advances toward her. Michael Evon is accused of making advances towards a female supervisor at another job, then refusing to...
14h ago
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Mayors Monday: Rothschild Administrator Ryan VanDeWalle
ROTHSCHILD, WI (WSAU) -- It's not just a merger of the Rothschild and Everest Metro Police Departments that's been keeping Administrator Ryan VanDeWalle busy He's also working on a new retail development for Grand Avenue near the Highway 29 interchange. While he's not ready to say who will be filling the space just yet...
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Sports
Former Packers LB De'Vondre Campbell Speaks Out About Being Released & 2023 Defensive Coaching Issues
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - One of the Packers' former anchors on defense and 2023 Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee is speaking out about his release and the issues that occurred inside the Packers locker room last season. According to De'Vondre Campbell's posts on X, he took issue with how the franchise decided to cut...
13h ago
Badger Men Fall in Big Ten Title Game, Both Men and Women Earn Postseason Berths
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WSAU-MetroSource) - Wisconsin fell to Illinois 93-87 in the Big Ten tournament final. AJ Storr led the team in scoring with 24 points. The Badgers earned the #5 in the South region of the NCAA tournament and will play 12th-seeded James Madison in Brooklyn on Friday. Tip-off is 8:40 PM CT, with pregame ...
Mar 18, 2024
Bucks beat Suns
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU-MetroSource) - The Bucks have won back-to-back games after outlasting the Suns 140-129 in Milwaukee. Damian Lillard tied for a game-high 31 points and dished out 16 assists for a double-double. Bobby Portis exploded for 31 points off the bench and grabbed 10 rebounds. Milwaukee still leads the Centr...
Mar 18, 2024
Badger Women's Hockey Skates Into NCAA Tournament Today
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- The Wisconsin Badgers will begin their NCAA Women's Hockey National Championship run today at home against St. Lawrence (NY) at LaBahn Arena in the regional round. The Saints, who are primarily a Division III school but play up in both men's and women's hockey, outlasted Penn State 1-0 in overtime...
Mar 16, 2024
Wisconsin Badgers Defeat Northwestern Wildcats 70-61 To Advance To Big Ten Semifinals
MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball defeated the Northwestern Wildcats on Friday afternoon, 70-61, to advance to the Big Ten tournament. The Badgers were led by A.J. Storr, who scored a career-high 30 points, and Wisconsin's offense stayed hot, shooting 46.2 percent from the field and an impress...
Mar 15, 2024
State News
Wisconsin Primary Voting Is Underway
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) - In-person absentee voting begins across Wisconsin today (Tues) for the presidential primary and two constitutional amendments. Even though President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have gotten the delegates needed for presumptive nomination, Wisconsinites can still cast their votes....
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Common Council to Vote Tuesday on "Extraordinary Event Ordinance" for RNC in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- The Milwaukee Common Council will vote Tuesday on a new "extraordinary event ordinance" ahead of this summer's Republican National Convention. Ahead of a Monday committee vote, Omar Flores with the local Coalition to March on the RNC raised concerns. "We don't feel like the po...
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UW Expert says TikTok Ban could Reach Farther than Intended
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A potential federal ban on the social media app Tiktok could have farther ranging consequences than just removing the app from the U.S. UW-Madison cyber security strategist Dave Schroeder says other companies harvest the same sort of data that TikTok does. "Whether it be , Facebook, Insta...
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Gallagher says TikTok Bill has Goal of Divestiture
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- It's about divestiture, not a ban. Wisconsin Congressman Mike Gallagher says the message to TikTok is a simple one. "There are major ByteDance investors who would welcome a divestiture," said Gallagher. "So I really do think we have a chance to make it happen, and I think that...
10h ago
"Wisconsin-Ireland Trade Commission" Bill Ready for Evers to Act
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A bill to foster closer trade ties between Wisconsin and Ireland is ready for action by the governor. Nothing pairs with a nice glass of Guinness like Wisconsin cheddar, and just in time for St. Patrick's Day, a bill requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create a "Wi...
Mar 15, 2024
National News
48 HOURS: Gensler's design guru salutes London's nooks and crannies
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - As head of one of the world's largest architecture and design firms, Julia Simet appreciates all of London's nooks and crannies. Simet, who is the newly appointed co-CEO (with Jordan Goldstein) of Gensler, takes...
1h ago
Activist investor Nelson Peltz to vote for Donald Trump, FT reports
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz plans to vote for Donald Trump, citing concerns over 81-year-old President Biden's fitness for office, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. "It will probably be Trump and I'm not happy about that," ...
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More than 60% of US abortions in 2023 were done by pill, study shows
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - The proportion of U.S. abortions administered by medication rose to more than 60% in 2023, following a dramatic decline in surgical abortion access after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a report said o...
3h ago
New York mayor accused of sexually assaulting transit co-worker in 1993
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A former New York City employee filed suit on Monday accusing Mayor Eric Adams of sexually assaulting her in 1993, when both worked for the municipal transit police bureau, after she went to him seeking help in navigatin...
4h ago
Reddit, YouTube must face lawsuits claiming they enabled Buffalo mass shooter
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reddit and Google's YouTube were ordered by a New York state judge to face lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for helping enable the avowed white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in 2022 at a Bu...
6h ago
World News
Killing of teen in China puts 'left behind' children of migrant workers in spotlight
By Bernard Orr and Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) - The killing of a 13-year old boy in northern China last week, for which three boys are in police custody, has triggered a heated discussion in the media on juvenile crime and the plight of children...
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Armenia's PM says he must return disputed areas to Azerbaijan or face war -TASS
TBILISI (Reuters) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Armenia may face a war with Azerbaijan if it does not compromise with Baku on returning some strategic Azerbaijani territories that Armenia has controlled since the early 1990s. ...
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Philippines foreign minister says challenge is how to sustain, elevate US-Philippines alliance
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' foreign minister said on Tuesday the challenge ahead was how to sustain and further elevate relations between his country and long-term ally, the United States. Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo thanked visiting U...
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Philippines sees up to $6 billion of investments in casino sector in next 5 years
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Foreign and domestic firms are expected to invest much as $6 billion in the Philippines' casino sector in the next five years, the head of its gaming regulator said, bolstering its status among Asia's top g...
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Blinken to visit Middle East this week as US pushes for ceasefire in Gaza
(Reuters) - United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit the Middle East this week, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday, as Washington pushes for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza to allow the release of hostages kidn...
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Business News
AstraZeneca to buy Fusion Pharma for $2 billion in cash
(Reuters) - AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc for about $2 billion in cash. The drugmaker will pay $21 per Fusion share plus a non-transferable contingent value righ...
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Swiss National Bank sold forex worth nearly $150 billion in 2023
ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank sold foreign currency worth 132.9 billion Swiss francs ($149.51 billion) in 2023, the central bank said on Tuesday, showing its increased emphasis on supporting the Swiss franc as a shield against imported...
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Top Japan banks weigh first rate hikes on ordinary deposits in 17 years after BOJ
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - Mizuho Financial Group said on Tuesday it plans to raise interest rates on ordinary yen deposits for the first time in 17 years after the Bank of Japan ended eight years of its unorthodox negative interest rate ...
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ECB ready in June to discuss rate cuts, de Guindos says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will be in position to discuss an interest rate cut in June, Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday, joining a long list of policymakers putting the June 6 meeting on the table for a potential...
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BOJ Governor Ueda's comments at news conference
(Reuters) - The Bank of Japan ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox policy on Tuesday, making a historic shift away from a focus of reflating growth with decades of massive monetary stimulus. The shift ma...
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Health News
Many hospitals in China stop newborn delivery services as birth rate drops
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Many hospitals in China have stopped offering newborn delivery services this year, state-backed news outlet Daily Economic News reported, with industry experts warning of an "obstetric winter" due to declining demand amid a re...
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Kroger to sell specialty pharmacy business to Elevance Health's CarelonRx
(Reuters) - Grocer Kroger said on Monday it had entered a definitive agreement for the sale of its specialty pharmacy business to CarelonRx, a unit of U.S. health insurer Elevance Health. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The reta...
9h ago
US CDC urges measles vaccinations amid rising cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday issued a health advisory urging people, particularly children and international travelers, to get vaccinated against measles due to the increase in cases this year. The...
11h ago
US approves first gene therapy for rare genetic disease
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it had approved UK-based Orchard Therapeutics' gene therapy for the treatment of children with a rare hereditary disease called metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). (Reporting by Mari...
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EPA to ban last form of asbestos used in US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized a rule that would ban using and importing cancer-causing asbestos, a material still used in some vehicles and in some industrial facilities in the U.S., the first c...
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Science News
FAA to oversee SpaceX-led investigation into Starship mishap
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it will oversee a SpaceX-led investigation into a mishap involving both the booster and the Starship vehicle. SpaceX's Starship rocket, designed to eventually send astronauts to ...
Mar 14, 2024
Chemicals in plastics far more numerous than previous estimates, report says
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - At least 3,000 more chemicals are in plastics - from food packaging to toys to medical devices - than previously estimated by environment agencies, a report published on Thursday found, raising questions over pol...
Mar 14, 2024
South Korea scientists tout 'beef rice' as source of protein for the future
By Hyun Young Yi and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean researchers have grown beef cells in rice grains in what they say is a major step towards achieving a sustainable, affordable and environmentally friendly source of protein that could...
Mar 14, 2024
Study documents headaches experienced by astronauts in space
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Research in the expanding field of space medicine has identified many ways in which a microgravity environment and other factors can meddle with the human body during space missions. A new study has added to th...
Mar 14, 2024
China launch of DRO-A/B satellite on Wednesday not successful - state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's launch of a DRO-A/B satellite from Xichang satellite launch centre on Wednesday was not successful, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday. The satellite did not enter the designated orbit, Xinhua said. (R...
Mar 14, 2024
Technology News
Cryptoverse: AI tokens outpace record-breaking bitcoin
By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) - The artificial intelligence boom has hit the crypto market with a bang. Coins linked to AI-focused crypto projects have jumped alongside tech stocks like Nvidia, driven by insatiable investor ap...
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UK deputy PM launches global push to protect elections from AI, misinformation
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - Democratic countries around the world should band together to confront the threat of AI used by malign states to threaten free elections and spread misinformation, British Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said on ...
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China's Longi says it will lay off about 5% of employees
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Longi Green Technology Energy, the world's largest solar manufacturer, will lay off about 5% of its employees, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. It added that a media report saying the company had plans to lay ...
4h ago
Nvidia's new software tools meant for companies adding AI to business
By Anna Tong and Stephen Nellis SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Nvidia on Monday unveiled software aimed at making it easier for businesses to incorporate artificial intelligence systems into their work, broadening the chipmaker's offerings. The release highl...
6h ago
Trading app Robinhood drops margin investing in UK launch
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Trading platform Robinhood has "paused" its plan to lend to UK-based customers to allow them to make leveraged trades pending further talks with regulators, as it launches its UK business, the company said. ...
6h ago
Entertainment News
Rita Moreno revels in 'mean snake of a woman' role in 'The Prank'
By Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Rita Moreno, flush with first-hand experience, had no problem channeling a hard-as-nails high school physics teacher in the film "The Prank." "She is based on all the bitches who were mean to me when I...
Mar 15, 2024
Beyoncé makes her mark on country music, shining light on genre's Black roots
By Kat Stafford and ALEXANDRA SARABIA (Reuters) - Texas native and singer-songwriter Denitia was deeply moved when she heard the first notes of Beyoncé's hit country song, "Texas Hold 'Em." But it was more than the exhilarating, catchy thrum of th...
Mar 15, 2024
'Squid Game' actor O Yeong-su gets suspended sentence in sexual harassment case
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean actor O Yeong-su, who starred in the first season of the hit Netflix series "Squid Game", was convicted on Friday on charges of sexual harassment and handed a suspended prison sentence, a court official ...
Mar 15, 2024
Alec Baldwin asks judge to dismiss charges in 'Rust' shooting
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Actor Alec Baldwin's lawyers on Thursday asked a judge to dismiss manslaughter charges against him for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie "Rust," alleging pros...
Mar 15, 2024
'Road House' remake honors Patrick Swayze, says Jake Gyllenhaal
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Celebrating the legacy of late actor Patrick Swayze was essential in remaking his 1989 hit movie "Road House," says the new film's star Jake Gyllenhaal. In the 2024 version Gyllenhaal plays former Ultimate Fighti...
Mar 15, 2024