Twin Cities Man Dies in Oneida County Crash
PINE LAKE, WI (WSAU) -- The Oneida County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of Monday's fatal crash in the Town of Pine Lake. Mark E Carlson of Woodbury, Minnesota was killed when his Honda CRV crashed head-on into a GMC Sierra on Highway 17 near Mud Lake Road. Investigators believe Carlson's vehicle drifted a...
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Military Veteran Gone Missing in Manitowoc
MANITOWOC, WI (WSAU) -- Police in Manitowoc are asking for the public's help after a Veteran went missing this week. Police say Jason R. Neumann went missing on Monday. Officers found his vehicle in shallow water in Lake Michigan near the Village of Cleveland a day later. Neumann wasn't home, and there was no sign of h...
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Exploding firecracker placed under toilet seat
MERRILL, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Lincoln County prosecutors have charged a Merrill woman with domestic battery for allegedly placing a firework under a toilet seat and injuring a man last Thursday. According to a news release from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, a deputy responded to an address on County Highway K just ...
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UW Stevens Point launches cannibus cultivation program
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - While most people hear the word cannabis and think of marijuana, which is illegal in Wisconsin, professors at UW-Stevens Point say the plant can be used for much more than creating a recreational drug, including being able to clean up PFAS in the soil. Biology Professor Brian Barringer ...
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Plea, Sentencing Hearing Scheduled for Price County Man Accused of Homicide
PARK FALLS, WI (WSAU) -- A Price County man accused of killing an ex-girlfriend may have reached a plea deal with the state. Christopher Dyer is accused of one count of intentional homicide after Denise Schwarz was found shot to death back on April 13th. First responders found her body outside a home on Second Avenue i...
Nov 19, 2024
Shawano County Boy Calls 911 For Homework Help
SHAWANO, WI (WSAU) -- A Shawano County student stuck on a math problem took a non-traditional means of getting help last week. He called 911. According to a Facebook post, the student said neither he nor his family was "very good at math," and called the emergency line for help. Deputy Mason was dispatched to...
Nov 19, 2024
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One Dead in Oneida County Head-on Crash
PINE LAKE, WI (WSAU-WAOW) -One person is dead and another is injured after a two-vehicle, head-on crash in Oneida County on Monday afternoon. Oneida County Sheriff's Office responded to a call of a two-vehicle crash at 1:10 PM Monday in the Town of Pine Lake on Highway 17 just south of the intersection of Mud Lake Road...
Nov 19, 2024
President-Elect Trump Nominates Former Wisconsin Congressman Sean Duffy To Be Transportation Secretary
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - A former Wisconsin congressman will be returning to Washington, D.C., to join President-Elect Trump's administration. According to a press release from the President-Elect's transition team, former Wisconsin 7th congressional district representative and Hayward native Sean Duffy will be replacing Se...
Nov 18, 2024
Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Eric Hovde Concedes Race To Democrat Incumbent Tammy Baldwin
MADISON, WI (WSAU) - Nearly two weeks after the very close general election to choose who represents Wisconsin for the next six years in the U.S. Senate, Republican Eric Hovde has conceded the race to Democrat Tammy Baldwin. Hovde, who conceded in a video he posted on X on Monday titled "Thank you for your suppor...
Nov 18, 2024
Update: Jesse Vang Pleads Not Guilty To Charges Related To Elijah Vue's Death During Monday Court Appearance
MANITOWOC, WI (WSAU) - On Monday, Elijah Vue's mother's boyfriend returned to court to enter a plea to charges related to the boy's death. Jesse Vang, 40, was arrested after the 3-year-old disappeared in the town of Two Rivers in February of this year and is being held on a $500,000 bond. He entered a plea of not guilt...
Nov 18, 2024