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City Council Approves Parking Lot Fencing for Wausau PD
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Police Department's parking lot will get ornamental fencing later this year to protect officers. Chief Matthew Barnes says it's unfortunate that the department needs to take these measures, but it puts them in line with others across the state and region. "Any modern, new police dep...
5h ago
Wausau Finance Committee Approves Room Tax Funding for Fireworks Show
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Finance Committee has approved an $8,500 contribution to a proposed multi-jurisdictional Independence Day Fireworks Show planned by Wausau Events for 2024. Board President Pete Valiska says they plan to launch the show from the Wausau Airport, which will also be used for the Wings over W...
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Trial Scheduled for Wausau Man Accused of Armed Burglary
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Marathon County judge has scheduled a three-day jury trial for a Wausau man accused of breaking into an east-side home in June of 2023 and beating the occupants. T'Eliq Whitelow is accused of breaking into the home through a basement window and then threatening a man with a gun. Officers say he a...
9h ago
Milwaukee Brewers Set Date To Induct Former MVP Ryan Braun Into Walk Of Fame
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that one of their all-time great players will be inducted into the franchise Walk of Fame. According to a post on X, on Sunday, July 28th, when the Brewers host the Miami Marlins, former MVP and Rookie of the Year Ryan Braun will receive the honor, making him ...
11h ago
Former President Trump Criticizes President Biden Over Pro-Hamas Protests At College Campuses
WASHINGTON D.C. (WSAU) - Former President Trump has taken aim at President Biden over protests occurring at college campuses across the Northeast. According to the Post Millennial, Trump told the media outlets covering his trial in New York City that the president's tone on the Isreal-Hamas conflict has caused protests...
12h ago
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Local News
City Council Approves Parking Lot Fencing for Wausau PD
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Police Department's parking lot will get ornamental fencing later this year to protect officers. Chief Matthew Barnes says it's unfortunate that the department needs to take these measures, but it puts them in line with others across the state and region. "Any modern, new police dep...
5h ago
Wausau Finance Committee Approves Room Tax Funding for Fireworks Show
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Finance Committee has approved an $8,500 contribution to a proposed multi-jurisdictional Independence Day Fireworks Show planned by Wausau Events for 2024. Board President Pete Valiska says they plan to launch the show from the Wausau Airport, which will also be used for the Wings over W...
6h ago
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Trial Scheduled for Wausau Man Accused of Armed Burglary
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Marathon County judge has scheduled a three-day jury trial for a Wausau man accused of breaking into an east-side home in June of 2023 and beating the occupants. T'Eliq Whitelow is accused of breaking into the home through a basement window and then threatening a man with a gun. Officers say he a...
9h ago
High-Speed Chase in Nekoosa Injures Six Teens
NEKOOSA, WI (WSAU) -- A high-speed chase in Nekoosa ended with a crash that injured six occupants in the vehicle. The incident began Sunday at 1:45 AM when officers attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle that ran a stop sign at a high rate of speed. The driver ignored the officers and continued from Nekoosa into the Tow...
12h ago
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Greenheck Expands To Knoxville, TN
SCHOFIELD, WI (WSAU) -- A Central Wisconsin HVAC company is adding a manufacturing and distribution campus in Knoxville, Tennessee. Greenheck Group announced the plans in a press release on Tuesday. Construction on the new campus is expected to be completed in stages, with the $300 million facility coming online during...
15h ago
Sports
Monday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Monday's scoreboard: Baseball Wausau East 12 Adams-Friendship 0 Rosholt 15 Tri-Cpunty 0 Pacelli 25 Wild Rose 1 Edgar 4 Prentice 2 Medford 14 Chequamegon 0 Antigo 7 Rhinelander 5 Merrill 8 Mosinee 6 Rib Lake 6 Marshfield Columbus 1 Stratford 19 Loyal 3 Pittsville ...
21h ago
Bucks-Pacers Game 2 Tonight
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Bucks will try and make it two in a row in their playoff series with the Indiana Pacers tonight at Fiserv Forum. The Bucks took game one on Sunday 109-94 with a stellar defensive effort and a monster game from Damian Lillard. The Bucks forced 13 turnovers and held the Pacers to jus...
22h ago
Pirates Beat Brewers
PITTSBURGH, PA (WSAU) -- A three run sixth inning led to a 4-2 win for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night. Jared Jones got 25 swinging strikes and seven K's for the Pirates. ONeill Cruz had 2 RBIs and Andrew McCutcheon had a home run. Rhys Hoskins had both Brewer RBIs including his fifth ...
22h ago
Milwaukee Brewers Set Date To Induct Former MVP Ryan Braun Into Walk Of Fame
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that one of their all-time great players will be inducted into the franchise Walk of Fame. According to a post on X, on Sunday, July 28th, when the Brewers host the Miami Marlins, former MVP and Rookie of the Year Ryan Braun will receive the honor, making him ...
11h ago
Packers Host South Carolina Receiver Xavier Legette For Official Visit
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers have hosted their second top wide receiver for this draft cycle. According to Justin Melo of The Draft Network, the Green Bay Packers hosted South Carolina wide receiver Xavier Legette for a top 30 visit ahead of this week's 2024 NFL draft. Legette who played in 53 games and...
17h ago
State News
Maxwell Anderson Pleads Not Guilty in Sade Robinson Case
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- In Milwaukee County Court on Monday, 33-year-old Maxwell Anderson pleads not guilty for the murder of Sade Robinson. Court Commissioner Barry Phillips granted Anderson's request to waive his preliminary hearing and proceed to trial. Monday's court appearance was Anderson's first since body p...
Apr 23, 2024
Evers on State's Trillion Trees Pledge
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- 100 million trees planted by 2030. That's the ambitious goal announced on Earth Day by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Governor Tony Evers. "The stuff that the trees do is right on right on target, they take heart carbon dioxide in and release oxygen to the air and seque...
Apr 23, 2024
Evers Discusses Security for WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Governor Tony Evers isn't ruling out stepped up security for Wisconsin's Elections Administrator. At an Earth Day event near Madison, Evers was asked about that, as Donald Trump has spread falsehoods about Meagan Wolfe "f it gets bad enough, certainly we must," said Evers. "I me...
Apr 23, 2024
VP Harris Announces new Federal Rules for Nursing Homes During Stop in La Crosse
LA CROSSE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- The Biden administration announces new minimum staffing levels for federally funded nursing homes. Vice President Kamala Harris in La Crosse on Monday said: "75% of those nursing homes are understaffed," said Vice President Kamala Harris. "That means that there may be no one ...
Apr 22, 2024
House Advances Aid Bills for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTAQ-WRN) -- On Capitol Hill, foreign aid bills for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan advance to likely House votes on Saturday. "Ukrainians are fighting for democracy, theirs and ours," said Massachusetts Democrat Jim McGovern. "And they have been set back as a result of Republican extremis...
Apr 19, 2024
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National News
Victims' families to urge US prosecute Boeing over fatal crashes
By Mike Spector and David Shepardson NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Families of the victims of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 will press U.S. Justice Department officials Wednesday to criminally prosecute the planemaker after a ...
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US seeks 36 months' jail for Binance founder Zhao
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, should serve 36 months in prison after pleading guilty to violating laws against money laundering, U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing on ...
54m ago
NASA chief asks nations to work together on climate change
By Stefanie Eschenbacher MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - NASA is hoping that nations will work together more closely in the future on topics such as climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions, the space agency's head, Bill Nelson, said on Tuesday. ...
5h ago
US Senate has enough votes to pass Ukraine, Israel aid bill, voting continues
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate backed a $95 billion foreign aid package on Tuesday providing security assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, with enough votes to send the measure to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into l...
5h ago
Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow the state's teachers to carry concealed handguns at school, as protesters yelled their opposition from the gallery. The bill was approved in a 68-28 vote in th...
8h ago
World News
Israeli media predict offensive in Gaza's Rafah soon
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is poised to send troops into Rafah, the Gazan city it sees as the last bastion of Hamas, Israeli media reported on Wednesday, saying preparations were under way to evacuate war-displaced Palestinian civilians who have ...
22m ago
Russian attack injures six people in Ukraine's Kharkiv, governor says
(Reuters) -Russian missiles damaged residential buildings and injured six people in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, early on Wednesday, Governor Oleh Synehubov said on Telegram. The attack damaged three residential buildings, two offices, three...
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Prabowo vows to fight for all Indonesians, calls for unity among political elites
By Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia president-elect Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday vowed to fight for all Indonesians and called for unity among political elites to take the country forward, as he seeks to strengthen his parliamentary cl...
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Taiwan happy with US aid package, China objects to arms sales
TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Wednesday she was happy the U.S. Congress had passed a sweeping foreign aid package which includes arms support for the island, as China urged Washington to stop selling weapons to Ta...
30m ago
Germany to resume cooperation with Palestinian UNRWA agency
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government plans to resume cooperation with the UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) in Gaza, the foreign and development ministries said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The decision follows an investigation by the fo...
30m ago
Business News
ECB's June rate cut not necessarily followed by others, Nagel says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation could still prove stubborn so a European Central Bank rate cut in June will not necessarily be followed by further policy easing, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday. The ECB has essentiall...
27m ago
Polestar may use US plant to sell cars to Europe as EU-China tension rises
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese-backed Swedish electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar Automotive is preparing to shift production of cars it plans to sell into Europe to its U.S. plant from China in view of rising geopolitical tension, its CEO said. Aske...
33m ago
Spain sees US-style economic boost from immigrant workers
By Belén Carreño MADRID (Reuters) - Achieving her career ambitions in Spain has proved remarkably easy for Sara Hernandez, a systems architect from Venezuela who found her skills were in hot demand when she arrived in Madrid. Spain may have Europe'...
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Exclusive-South Korea considers easing bond market reporting rules, sources say
By Seunggyu Lim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea is considering easing real-time reporting requirements for investors in the nation's $1.8 trillion bond market as it seeks inclusion into FTSE Russell's global bond index, three people familiar with the...
36m ago
Column-BoE tries to sail a mid-ocean policy :Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - Cut in June or not at all? The Bank of England is left parsing policy between a European Central Bank nailed on for cutting rates by mid-year and a U.S. Federal Reserve some feel may not be ready to ease at all in 2...
37m ago
Health News
EU opens investigation into Chinese medical device market
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union launched an investigation on Wednesday into Chinese public procurement of medical devices to determine if European suppliers have been granted fair access, the EU's official journal said on Wednesday. The inv...
2h ago
Roche Q1 sales down 6% on forex effect, loss of COVID revenue
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Roche said on Wednesday its first-quarter sales slipped 6% as the loss on COVID-19 related revenue was partly offset by further gains in eye drug Vabysmo. First-quarter sales slipped to 14.4 billion Swiss francs ($15.80 billi...
2h ago
US FDA says commercial milk safe despite bird flu virus presence
By Manas Mishra and Jasper Ward (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that it had found bird flu virus particles in some samples of pasteurized milk, but said commercial milk supply remains safe. The FDA said that because the...
8h ago
Italy passes contested plan to 'support motherhood' in abortion clinics
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Senate gave final approval on Tuesday to a contested government plan to allow groups who "support motherhood" into abortion clinics to try to deter women terminating pregnancies. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of ...
11h ago
US CDC warns of harmful reactions to fake Botox injections
(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday alerted clinicians about risks of counterfeit versions of AbbVie's Botox that were given to consumers for cosmetic purposes in multiple states. A total of 22 people from 11...
13h ago
Science News
Factbox-Shenzhou-18 caps over two decades of Chinese human spaceflight
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will send three astronauts into low-Earth orbit on Thursday in the country's 13th crewed mission to space, marking more than two decades of Chinese human spaceflight. Of the 13 crewed missions, half were visits to China's ...
5h ago
US, Russia set for a showdown at UN over nuclear weapons in space
By Michelle Nichols and Joey Roulette UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Russia are set to face off over nuclear weapons in space on Wednesday at the United Nations Security Council, which is due to vote on a U.S.-drafted r...
8h ago
Three Russians parachute from stratosphere to North Pole
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three Russians set a world record for parachuting from the Earth's stratosphere to the North Pole last week in a mission that also served as a test of a new prototype communications system for use in the Arctic, an organiser of t...
Apr 19, 2024
Fossils of colossal snake Vasuki unearthed in India mine
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossil vertebrae unearthed in a lignite mine are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever lived, a monster estimated at up to 49 feet (15 meters) in length - longer than a T. rex - that prowled the sw...
Apr 18, 2024
Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to a gigantic marine reptile dating to 202 million years ago that appears to have been among the largest animals ever on Eart...
Apr 17, 2024
Technology News
Filtronic's shares soar on partnering with Musk's SpaceX
(Reuters) - Filtronic's soared 42% on Wednesday after the British engineering group signed a strategic agreement with SpaceX for the Starlink constellation, giving the space venture controlled by billionaire Elon Musk equity warrants as part of the...
24m ago
Analysis-China's EV survival game creates peril - and power
BEIJING (Reuters) - By most measures, the last thing China needs is more electric cars crowding a market with more losers than winners, driving down prices at the expense of profit and taking the fight for market share beyond China. And that's just...
43m ago
US seeks 36 months' jail for Binance founder Zhao
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, should serve 36 months in prison after pleading guilty to violating laws against money laundering, U.S. prosecutors said in a court filing on ...
54m ago
China's Huawei launches new brand for intelligent driving
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese tech giant Huawei unveiled a new brand for intelligent driving on Wednesday. The new brand Qiankun intends to empower intelligence in the driving chassis, audio and driver's seat, and provide ultimate user experience, Ji...
3h ago
Tesla offers zero down payments on Model 3, Model Y in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tesla Inc has offered zero down payments on its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in China, a notice on its social media account showed. (Reporting by Liz Lee and Beijing newsroom; Editing by Tom Hogue)
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Entertainment News
John Lennon's lost 1960s acoustic guitar to go up for auction
By Lisa Keddie and Will Russell LONDON (Reuters) - A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain. The auction...
11h ago
Germany's RTL acquires Nickelodeon rights for children's TV network
BERLIN (Reuters) - Super RTL, a children's television network belonging to Bertelsmann's RTL Group, has struck a deal to acquire Nickelodeon series in Germany, the group said in a statement on Tuesday. Under the agreement, Super RTL will acquire a ...
16h ago
Brazilian DJ Alok infuses his dance music with indigenous songs
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Brazilian DJ and producer Alok is setting aside his traditional modern electronic dance music to focus on something even more traditional - indigenous songs from his country. His new album "The Future is Ancest...
19h ago
Silicon Valley and Hollywood worlds collide as David Ellison bids for Paramount
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - David Ellison, 41, would not be the first rich guy to arrive in Hollywood with a fat bank account and dreams of making movies, though the son of billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison boasts the rarest of attribute...
19h ago
Ryan Gosling's 'The Fall Guy' is a love letter to stunt performers
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - After serving "Kenergy" with "Barbie", actor Ryan Gosling turns the spotlight on the movie-makers whose job is to shine on screen while remaining invisible in "The Fall Guy". The film is inspired by the popular 1...
Apr 22, 2024