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Brewers continue to dominate Reds
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -Garrett Mitchell's RBI triple in the 7th inning put the Brewers ahead for good in a 4-2 win over the Reds. The Brewers have won all 6 of their games against Cincinnati this season. The Brewers are now 53-31 this season. 22-games above .500 is their high-water mark so far ths year. They're 5 1/2 ga...
11h ago
Soccer-US keep World Cup dream alive with gutsy win over Bosnia
By Martin Petty SANTA CLARA, California, July 1 (Reuters) - Ten-man United States moved into the last 16 at the World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Bosnia on Wednesday, ending a 24-year wait for a knockout-stage win to keep alive hopes of an American dr...
12h ago
Reports: Celtics trade Jaylen Brown to 76ers for Paul George, 4 picks
The Boston Celtics have agreed to a blockbuster trade which sends All-NBA forward Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for former All-NBA veteran forward Paul George and four draft picks, according to multiple media reports on Wednesday...
15h ago

Plover Man Pleads Not Guilty to Stealing Women's Underwear
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- The man accused of stealing underwear from multiple women in the Stevens Point area made a court appearance on Wednesday John Stalker entered a not guilty plea to felony burglary during the hearing. Officials say he broke into the woman's home and emptied her underwear drawer, leaving all of...
17h ago

Study: Foreign Influence Found To Be Heavily Impacting U.S. & Wisconsin Data Center Views
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - A new study on U.S. and statewide AI Data Center regulations has uncovered how foreign governments and companies are influencing voters and local lawmakers to reject AI Data Center construction in the United States, including in Wisconsin. According to the Bitcoin Policy Institute, a non-profit, non...
18h ago
Local News

Plover Man Pleads Not Guilty to Stealing Women's Underwear
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- The man accused of stealing underwear from multiple women in the Stevens Point area made a court appearance on Wednesday John Stalker entered a not guilty plea to felony burglary during the hearing. Officials say he broke into the woman's home and emptied her underwear drawer, leaving all of...
17h ago

Wednesday's Concert on the Square Remains On
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- There is no change for tonight's Wausau Events Concert on the Squire featuring 80s cover band Rising Phoenix. Organizers say they have been "closely monitoring" the forecast and, at this time, believe there will be a two-hour window of favorable weather for the concert. "As always, t...
21h ago

Former Riverside Fire Chief Given Withheld Sentence for Misdmeanor Sexual Assault
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Former Riverside Fire District Chief Robert Bowen has been sentenced for a pair of misdemeanor sexual assault charges, stemming from accusations that he made inappropriate sexual contact with a child. Court records show Bowen will serve two years of probation. The sentence includes 60 days in jail ...
23h ago

Police Find Missing Portage County Man After Tubing On Plover River
PLOVER, WI (WSAU) - The Portage County Sheriff's Office has released information regarding a successful search for a man who briefly went missing on the Plover River. According to a press release, a 48-year-old female caller contacted the Portage County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday morning to report that her 63-year-old...
Jun 30, 2026

Marathon County Health Officials Urge Caution During Heat Warning
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - Marathon County health officials are advising citizens to stay cool and take precautions to stay healthy during the excessive heat forecast to hit north-central Wisconsin over the next 48 hours. According to a press release from Public Health Educator Morgan Romenesko, with the National Weather Serv...
Jun 29, 2026
Sports

Brewers continue to dominate Reds
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -Garrett Mitchell's RBI triple in the 7th inning put the Brewers ahead for good in a 4-2 win over the Reds. The Brewers have won all 6 of their games against Cincinnati this season. The Brewers are now 53-31 this season. 22-games above .500 is their high-water mark so far ths year. They're 5 1/2 ga...
11h ago

Report: Shawn Eichorst Has Been Offered & Accepted The UW-Madison AD Position
MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The University of Wisconsin officially has a new Athletic Director. According to On3's Pete Nakos, Wisconsin and the now-former University of Texas Deputy Athletic Director and Chief Operating Officer, Shawn Eichorst, have reached an agreement to make him the Badgers' new Athletic Director, followi...
22h ago

Brewers' Top Prospects Jesus Made & Luis Pena Selected To Play In All-Star Futures Game
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers' top two prospects have been chosen to compete in the 2026 All-Star Futures Game in Philadelphia. According to a press release from the league, Jesus Made (19) and Luis Pena (19) will represent the National League with other elite prospects such as Nationals shortstop Eli Wi...
22h ago

Brewers roll past Reds
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The Milwaukee Brewers rolled past the Cincinnati Reds, 7-2, on Tuesday night. Jake Bauers was 3-for-4 with a home run. Jackson Churio added a home run of his own. Bauer had singles in the 2nd and 4th inning before leading of the 5th with a 425-foot blast to center field. Churio's home run c...
Jul 01, 2026

Bucks & Ousmane Dieng Agree To New Three-Year Deal Worth $17.5 Million
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Bucks and forward Ousmane Dieng have reportedly agreed to a new deal. According to ESPN's Shams Charania, the Bucks and Dieng are in agreement on a three-year, $17.5 million deal that keeps him in Milwaukee through the 2029-2030 NBA season. This deal comes less than 24 hours after t...
Jun 30, 2026
State News

Study: Foreign Influence Found To Be Heavily Impacting U.S. & Wisconsin Data Center Views
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - A new study on U.S. and statewide AI Data Center regulations has uncovered how foreign governments and companies are influencing voters and local lawmakers to reject AI Data Center construction in the United States, including in Wisconsin. According to the Bitcoin Policy Institute, a non-profit, non...
18h ago

President Trump & Rep. Tom Tiffany Agree To Deal To Provide Wisconsin With $22.6 Million In Disaster Relief
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - A deal reached between Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany and President Trump will deliver millions of dollars in federal disaster help to Wisconsin. According to a Truth Social post, Trump announced on Tuesday that Wisconsin will get $22.6 million in federal disaster relief to aid communities in recovering...
22h ago

ICE Announces 39 Arrests Made Throughout Wisconsin Over Weekend
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has provided new data involving dozens of recent arrests of illegal immigrants with criminal records in Wisconsin. According to a press release from the agency, ICE conducted targeted operations throughout the state, resulting in 39 ...
Jun 30, 2026

Food banks get 2-million eggs in price-fixing settlement
MADISON, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The U.S. Department of Justice and a coalition of states including Wisconsin are part of a settlement with some of the nation's largest egg producers for allegedly colluding to raise prices. The coalition secured more than 50 million eggs for consumers nationwide and $3.3 million from the egg ...
Jun 30, 2026
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Trial set for father of Abundant Life school shooter
MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The father of the Abundant Life Christian School shooter will go on trial next year. Jeffrey Rupnow was the owner of the guns that his daughter Natalie Rupnow used in the shooting in 2024. He is charged with two counts of selling a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 and one count of contributing...
Jun 28, 2026
National News
US appeals court prevents firing of 19 intelligence officers assigned to DEI programs
By Nate Raymond July 2 (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration could not proceed with firing 19 intelligence officers who had been assigned to positions related to diversity, equit...
19m ago
Security guard rescued from rubble a week after Venezuela quakes
By Alberto Fajardo CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela, July 2 (Reuters) - Search and rescue teams from El Salvador and Chile on Thursday rescued a 44-year-old security guard trapped in the ruins of the mall where he worked in the Venezuelan state of La Guaira, mo...
25m ago
Heat wave caused some 480 excess deaths in Netherlands, health authorities say
AMSTERDAM, July 2 (Reuters) - Last week's unprecedented heat wave led to around 480 excess deaths in the Netherlands, Dutch health authorities said on Thursday. • Excess deaths in the week from June 22 to 28 were mainly among people aged 80 years...
42m ago
Barcelona introduces heat-monitoring bracelets for its outdoor workers
(Clarifies the worker died after her shift, not during, in paragraph 6, corrects gender of speaker in paragraph 9) By Horaci Garcia BARCELONA, July 2 (Reuters) - With Spain already sweltering under successive heatwaves that caused more than 1,000 exce...
1h ago
US job growth slows in June; unemployment rate falls to 4.2% amid decline in labor force
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in June and payroll gains for the prior two months were revised lower, pointing to a cooling labor market and prompting financial markets to dial back expectatio...
2h ago
World News
French government to face no-confidence vote over heatwave handling
PARIS, July 2 (Reuters) - French Green party lawmakers on Thursday filed a no-confidence motion against the government over its handling of a severe heatwave in late June, as the country braces for a third possible bout of extreme temperatures next w...
15m ago
Analysis-Excommunications show a Pope Leo unafraid of making firm decisions
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, July 2 (Reuters) - Pope Leo said during his inaugural Mass last year that he would seek to unify the Catholic Church after years of fraught divisions and vowed he would not rule like an "autocrat" over its 1.4 billion me...
29m ago
ICC confirms Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger move to leave court
DAKAR, July 2 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have initiated a year-long process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the court said in a statement. • The military-led West African countries announced in September thei...
32m ago
At least 18 killed in northwest Nigeria clashes, police say
ABUJA, July 2 (Reuters) - At least 18 people have died in clashes between rival communities in Nigeria's northwestern Niger state in recent days, police said, though locals said the death toll was much higher and hundreds had fled. The violence sta...
58m ago
Northern Nigeria hunger reaches worst levels in nearly a decade, WFP says
LAGOS, July 2 (Reuters) - More than 17 million people across nine conflict-hit states in northern Nigeria face severe hunger, the U.N. food agency said on Thursday, warning that violence and funding cuts are driving food insecurity to its worst level...
1h ago
Business News
Colombia president-elect seeks public debt refinancing
BOGOTA, July 2 (Reuters) - Colombia's President-elect Abelardo De La Espriella said on Thursday he has instructed incoming Finance Minister Miguel Gomez to travel to Washington to meet international banks and multilateral lenders as part of an effort...
28m ago
Factbox-Hedge funds reap June gains by piling into short bets but lose on oil, sources say
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Hedge funds trading stocks finished June with double-digit returns for the year so far, helped by their ability to successfully navigate already crowded trades, according to a Goldman Sachs client note seen...
31m ago
Bank of England's Mann says she is ready to raise rates if inflation outlook darkens
By David Milliken LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Bank of England policymaker Catherine Mann said on Thursday that she would be ready to vote for a rate rise if higher inflation expectations in the wake of the U.S.-Iran war make it less likely that inflati...
36m ago
US factory orders fall in May, weighed down by weak demand for commercial aircraft
WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - New orders for U.S. factory goods fell in May amid a decline in bookings for commercial aircraft, but demand elsewhere remained strong, partly driven by investment in artificial intelligence. Factory orders dropped 1.3%...
45m ago
Analysis-Merz's reforms have potential - eventually - to boost German growth
By Maria Martinez BERLIN, July 2 (Reuters) - A late-night deal agreed by Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ruling coalition on a long-awaited package of reforms has the potential to give Germany's anaemic economy a shot in the arm if implemented fully and qu...
1h ago
Health News
Northern Nigeria hunger reaches worst levels in nearly a decade, WFP says
LAGOS, July 2 (Reuters) - More than 17 million people across nine conflict-hit states in northern Nigeria face severe hunger, the U.N. food agency said on Thursday, warning that violence and funding cuts are driving food insecurity to its worst level...
1h ago
WHO declares hantavirus outbreak linked to cruise ship over
July 2 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Thursday declared the hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship over after the last identified contact of an exposed person completed quarantine and tested negative for the virus. The outbr...
1h ago
Malaria fears grow in Congo's Ebola outbreak hotspots
By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge LONDON/NAIROBI, July 2 (Reuters) - Malaria and other diseases may be as deadly as the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, health officials have warned, as the outbreak strains the healthcare system and s...
1h ago
US to give Tanzania $1.3 billion under five-year health pact
DAR ES SALAAM, July 2 (Reuters) - The United States has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tanzania to invest more than $1.3 billion in its health sector over the next five years, the latest in a series of deals that have caused controversy in...
3h ago
AstraZeneca signs CSPC China deal for experimental kidney disease drugs
July 2 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has entered into a deal worth up to $1.77 billion with CSPC Pharmaceutical Group to discover and develop experimental medicines with the potential to treat kidney diseases, the Chinese drugmaker said on Thursday. CSPC's...
4h ago
Science News
Unclear if French musketeer d'Artagnan's bones were found, research shows
By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM, July 2 (Reuters) - A skeleton found beneath a Maastricht church this year could not be conclusively identified as that of famed French musketeer Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, city authorities said on Thursday, w...
2h ago
India's Skyroot Aerospace readies country's first private orbital rocket launch
July 2 (Reuters) - Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace said on Thursday it was preparing for the launch of its Vikram-1 rocket, the first attempt by an Indian private company to place a satellite in orbit. Founded by former Indian Space Research O...
6h ago
Astrobotic, Firefly, Intuitive Machines win more NASA moon lander missions
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - NASA on Tuesday awarded $590 million worth of contracts to Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace and Intuitive Machines for more uncrewed lunar lander missions in late 2028 as the agency seeks to ramp up commer...
Jun 30, 2026
Anthropic unveils 'Claude Science' for scientific research
June 30 (Reuters) - Anthropic on Tuesday launched Claude Science, an AI research workbench, designed to help scientists streamline research, analyze data and manage complex computing workflows. The workbench offers scientists a user interface specifi...
Jun 30, 2026
Rakuten satellite project to receive up to $912 million in Japan govt grant
TOKYO, June 30 (Reuters) - The Japanese government will grant up to 148 billion yen ($912 million) to Rakuten Group to help it build a satellite communications network, industry group Communications and Information Network Association of Japan said...
Jun 30, 2026
Technology News
Tesla posts record second-quarter deliveries as Europe sales rebound
By Akash Sriram July 2 (Reuters) - Tesla blew past Wall Street estimates for second-quarter deliveries on Thursday, posting a record for the period as recovering demand in Europe outweighed persistent weakness in North America. The strong figures sugge...
2h ago
Italy's Intesa shifts core IT banking systems to Google's cloud technology
MILAN, July 2 (Reuters) - Italy's biggest bank Intesa Sanpaolo on Thursday said it had completed the cloud migration of its core IT systems, joining a handful of European banks that have managed to move away from legacy technology. • Replacing existi...
2h ago
Microsoft launches firm to help companies adopt AI with $2.5 billion
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Thursday it is creating a new company that will help customers select AI technologies that work for their businesses and generate returns on their investment. Microsoft Frontier Com...
2h ago
Germany seeks powers for spies to hack and disrupt attackers
By Markus Wacket BERLIN, July 2 (Reuters) - Germany plans to give its spy agencies powers to hack, disrupt and deceive foreign attackers in a major overhaul of post-war intelligence limits, aiming to harden its response to growing cyber and hybrid thr...
3h ago
UK's Currys warns memory chip shortage will push up prices
By James Davey LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Higher prices for smartphones, laptops and other electronics are inevitable later this year due to a global memory chip shortage, the boss of Currys, Britain's biggest consumer electricals retailer, warned on ...
5h ago
Entertainment News
Former UK pop star Gary Glitter charged with non-recent sexual offences
LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - British prosecutors on Thursday charged former UK pop star Paul Gadd, better known by his stage name Gary Glitter, with unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl aged under 13 and three counts of indecent assault on a girl ag...
1h ago
'Lethal Weapon' actor Danny Glover reveals Alzheimer's diagnosis
July 2 (Reuters) - "Lethal Weapon" star Danny Glover has said he has been living with Alzheimer's disease for several years. In an interview that aired on Wednesday's edition of The Today Show, the 79-year-old San Francisco-born actor and activist s...
2h ago
Tennis-Princess Kate watches British hopefuls Fery and Swan on Wimbledon visit
LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Kate, Britain's Princess of Wales, mingled with the crowds at Wimbledon on Thursday and lent her support to the British hopefuls playing in the warm London sunshine. Dressed in a blue trouser suit, the 44-year-old wife of h...
3h ago
Analysis-Britain's Paramount-Warner review may be aimed at commitments, not a veto
By Paul Sandle LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Britain's threat to intervene in the $110 billion Paramount-Warner deal could be less about blocking the transaction than extracting commitments on UK news, children's TV and investment, with the cost of any de...
4h ago
Sony to end discs for new PlayStation releases as gaming shifts online
By Anzar Mehraj July 1 (Reuters) - Sony said on Wednesday it will stop producing physical discs for all new games released on PlayStation consoles from January 2028, marking a full shift to digital distribution as consumer purchases continue to move ...
Jul 01, 2026


