MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU) -- The first Hub City Concert in Marshfield is moving indoors. Dig Deep will now perform at the Chestnut Center for the Arts, located across the street from the Wenzel Family Plaza at 208 S Chesnut Ave. The concert will still begin at 7:00 PM as scheduled. According to a news release from the city...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- The woman accused of swindling up to $120,000 from the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Marshfield may have a plea deal with the state. Iilee Pederson is accused of making unauthorized cash withdrawals from the charity over two years, then presenting the board with redacted bank stateme...

TOWN OF LAONA, WI (WSAU) -- Unidentified human remains have been found in the Forest County Town of Laona. Investigators found the remains at a home on East Silver Lake Road. No further information is being released at this time, though officers say there is no danger to the public. The Forest County Sheriff's Office i...

LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Here are the main issues between the United States and Iran as they seek a deal to end their war, which is now in its fourth month: HORMUZ AND GULF BLOCKADE Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, normally the conduit for aro...

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate handed President Donald Trump a victory early Friday morning, passing a bill that would provide the Department of Homeland Security ​with an additional $70 billion for immigration enforcement and sending it to the House of Representatives for final consideration. The Sen...

MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU) -- The first Hub City Concert in Marshfield is moving indoors. Dig Deep will now perform at the Chestnut Center for the Arts, located across the street from the Wenzel Family Plaza at 208 S Chesnut Ave. The concert will still begin at 7:00 PM as scheduled. According to a news release from the city...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- The woman accused of swindling up to $120,000 from the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Marshfield may have a plea deal with the state. Iilee Pederson is accused of making unauthorized cash withdrawals from the charity over two years, then presenting the board with redacted bank stateme...

TOWN OF LAONA, WI (WSAU) -- Unidentified human remains have been found in the Forest County Town of Laona. Investigators found the remains at a home on East Silver Lake Road. No further information is being released at this time, though officers say there is no danger to the public. The Forest County Sheriff's Office i...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- An alert letter carrier helped save a Wausau family after their garage went up in smoke on Wednesday. Fire crews were called to the home on Ross Avenue at about 3:30 PM to find that the fire had already spread from the garage into the home, and that heat and fire damage had extended to a pair of ne...

MOSINEE, WI (WSAU) -- Remember the "Six-Seven" craze from last winter? The Mosinee Brewing Company is bringing back the phrase that means everything and nothing at the same time in their latest brew to support the Mosinee Parent Teacher Organization. "6-7 American IPA" will launch on June 7th (6/7) ...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) The Brewers fell behind early and never recovered in a 12-9 loss to the Giants. The teams split their 4-game series in Milwaukee. Casey Schmitt homered on the first pitch of the game. Eric Haase added a grand slam. Jung Hoo Lee had 4-hits. Jackson Chourio had two home runs in defeat. Brewers rooki...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - As many continue to question whether Giannis Antetokounmpo will remain with the Bucks when the 2026 season begins this fall, a new report is adding some extra weight behind the thought that he ends up elsewhere. According to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints, Antetokounmpo's time in Milwaukee "ap...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers and one of their top receivers have agreed to a new long-term deal. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Packers and Christian Watson agreed to a four-year, $110.5 million deal, with $31 million paid at signing. This deal makes Watson the highest-paid receiver in franchise...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Brewers had a runner on third base with 1-out in the 9th, but could not score. They were shut out by the Giants, 1-0. Logan Webb had no-hit the Brewers into the 7th innings. He struck out four and allowed only one hit, improving to 3-4 this season. Victor Bericoto scored the only run of the g...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The Wisconsin Badgers' 2027 recruiting class got a big boost on Wednesday when top ten 2027 safety Makhi Williams announced his commitment to Wisconsin over top schools such as LSU and Nebraska. Williams, a 6'2 160-pounder from Ruskin, Florida, is ranked 107th overall by 247 Sports and 10th ranked ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Friday called ​on U.S. banks to ‌detect and report identity theft, payroll fraud and other illicit activities tied to people not authorized to work ‌in ​the United States, following ...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. economy posted a third straight month of strong job gains in May, confirming the labor market was gaining traction after stumbling last year and giving the Federal Reserve more room to keep inte...

By Nolan D. McCaskill and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - Seven Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday joined Democrats to block debate on reauthorization of an expiring foreign surveillance law. Section ​702 of the Foreign Intelligence ...

By Shariq Khan and Arathy Somasekhar NEW YORK/HOUSTON, June 5 (Reuters) - At the prairie town that calls itself the pipeline crossroads of the world, some 400 oil storage tanks sprawled across Cushing, Oklahoma, are nearly empty, drained by refiners wo...

June 5 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Friday will hold a sale of oil and gas leases on 689,000 acres (278,828 hectares) in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a remote and pristine habitat for species including polar bear, caribou and mi...

DAKAR, June 5 (Reuters) - Nine out of 15 migrants deported from the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo in April have ​returned to their home countries, Congo's government, ‌a migrant and her lawyer said on Friday. • The 15 migrants arriv...

HELSINKI, June 5 (Reuters) - Finnish police investigating last year's damage to two subsea telecommunication cables in ​the Baltic Sea said on ‌Friday that four people are suspected of a crime, and that prosecutors will decide on any charges. Finland s...

LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Here are the main issues between the United States and Iran as they seek a deal to end their war, which is now in its fourth month: HORMUZ AND GULF BLOCKADE Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, normally the conduit for aro...

BEIJING, June 5 (Reuters) - China's military said on Friday it dispatched naval and air assets to track and monitor ​Dutch frigate HNLMS De Ruyter ‌transiting the Taiwan Strait and handled the situation "effectively." Beijing last week said the same fr...

June 5 (Reuters) - Norway rejects a U.S. assessment that the Nordic country has failed to prevent forced ​labour, its foreign minister told ‌Reuters, adding that the allegation was unfounded and should not be used by President Donald Trump to justify n...

TORONTO, June 5 (Reuters) - Canadian economic activity expanded at a faster ​pace in May ‌and inflation pressures heated up, Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data showed on Friday. The ‌seasonally ​adjusted index ⁠rose to 58.2 ⁠from 57.7 in April, ...

LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Stresses in private credit are spilling into adjacent private equity markets. Swiss asset manager Partners Group capped redemptions this week, signalling the volatility in private ​credit, which typically issues the loans tha...

By Siddarth S and Rashika Singh June 5(Reuters) - The 2026 FIFA World Cup will inject billions of dollars into host economies, driven by a massive consumption surge that will benefit sectors as varied as tourism to retail and athletic wear, according t...

(Corrects day of the week to Friday from ​Thursday in ‌paragraph 1) June 5 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq dropped ‌at ​market open ⁠on Friday ⁠as chip stocks eased after a sharp rally, while a ​strong jobs report reinforced ⁠expectations of ⁠ti...

June 5 (Reuters) - Western Asset Management Co, a unit of ​Franklin Resources, will ‌pay a $100 million civil penalty to resolve U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ‌charges ​related to ⁠former co-chief investment ⁠officer Kenneth Leech's alleged c...

NAIROBI, June 5 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization chief announced a $518 million six-month joint plan to fight Ebola on Friday, calling for money and political commitment to ​halt the spread of the outbreak that is ‌already the fourth biggest o...

By Michael Erman June 5 (Reuters) - Most of the 13 U.S. treatment centers in a government-funded hospital network for severe infectious diseases are ready to handle patients, including those with Ebola if needed, representatives from the hospitals said...

June 4 (Reuters) - The FDA has launched a safety study of the abortion pill, also called mifepristone, a step that could pave the way for the Trump administration ​to restrict how it is distributed and used, the ‌Wall Street Journal reported on Thursda...

June 4 (Reuters) - The Pan American Health Organization said on Thursday it is stepping up efforts to help countries across the Americas ​to strengthen their preparedness for Ebola, although ‌the risk of the disease remains low in the region. The agenc...

LONDON, June 4 (Reuters) - Denmark's Lundbeck said on Thursday its experimental drug bocunebart cut monthly migraine days in a mid-stage study, supporting further ​development of a new type of treatment ‌for migraine, one of the world's most common neu...

June 5 (Reuters) - Space startup Apex has more than doubled its valuation to $2.3 billion in under a year ​after raising over $200 million in a ‌new funding round, the firm said on Friday, underscoring growing investor interest in the sector. The fundr...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station were ordered by NASA to shelter ​in their spacecraft and prepare ‌for potential evacuation on Friday as a Russian crew attempts to fix a worsening leak of...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - After five decades of trying, astronomers have finally discovered the wind emanating from the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, though it turns out it is more of a gentle breeze...

By Ed White WINNIPEG, Manitoba, June 4 (Reuters) - When billions of fans tune in to the 2026 World Cup, they will be witnessing the culmination of a global grass-growing mission that has scientists, farmers and turf specialists sweating as much as the ...

By Will Dunham June 4 (Reuters) - The cave lion was one of the biggest cats to ever live, prowling a huge swathe of territory from Western Europe across Siberia and into North America and hunting large prey - and perhaps even people - before going exti...

June 5 (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley is projecting that SpaceX's revenue could reach $3.4 trillion in 2040, the Wall Street Journal ​reported on Friday, citing people familiar ‌with the matter. The Wall Street giant is anticipating that revenue from Space...

June 5 (Reuters) - Sika sees growth opportunities in China's renovation market and infrastructure construction in the U.S., the Swiss construction chemicals manufacturer's CEO Thomas ​Hasler said in an interview with ‌Finanz und Wirtschaft published on...

By Courtney Rozen and Karen Freifeld June 5 (Reuters) - A months-long dispute between Trump administration officials and AI firm Anthropic is showing signs of easing across parts of the U.S. government as the company prepares to go public, according to...

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, June 5 (Reuters) - The CEO of top European tech firm ASML on ​Friday welcomed most proposals ‌made by the EU Commission this week to improve Europe's tech sovereignty but cautioned against plans for its ‌involvement ​in stee...

By Jody Godoy and Nathan Frandino June 5 (Reuters) - California Attorney General Rob Bonta will soon decide whether to sue to block Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros, he told Reuters in an interview, adding that in general he views an...

By Jody Godoy and Nathan Frandino June 5 (Reuters) - California Attorney General Rob Bonta will soon decide whether to sue to block Paramount's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros, he told Reuters in an interview, adding that in general he views an...

June 5 (Reuters) - Colombian singer Shakira will perform the official World ​Cup song "Dai ‌Dai" at the opening ceremony in Mexico, FIFA said on Friday. Here are ‌some ​details: • Shakira ⁠will be joined ⁠by Burna Boy on Thursday at Estadio Azteca in M...

PALERMO, Italy June 4 (Reuters) - Newlywed Britons Dua Lipa and Callum Turner arrived ​in the Sicilian capital ‌Palermo on Thursday to prepare for what are expected to be three days of celebrations over ‌the ​weekend to mark ⁠their marriage. Pop singer...

June 4 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance and the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Thursday announced a six-year deal, under which UFC's numbered event main cards in ​Canada will be streamed exclusively on Paramount+ starting ‌next year. The deal is the l...

LONDON, June 4 (Reuters) - The chief executive of ITV ​said that ‌the British broadcaster was still "very much actively engaged" in a ‌deal ​to sell ⁠its media and ⁠entertainment division to Comcast's Sky. "We are very much actively ​engaged in discuss...