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Kronenwetter Administrator to Resign
KRONENWETTER, WI (WSAU) -- Kronenwetter Administrator Leonard Ludi has submitted his resignation, effective later this month. In a statement to WSAU News, Village Board President Chris Voll said Ludi submitted a letter of resignation to the Village. His last day will be May 17th. "He mentioned to me that it was ti...
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Lo Sentenced to Life Without Parole
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man found guilty of killing Mai Rue Vang during an argument in 2021 will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. Umberto Lo was sentenced Monday afternoon, four months after he was found guilty at trial. Judge LaMont Jacobson gave him the mandatory life sent...
12h ago
US FAA opens new probe into Boeing 787 inspections
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday it has opened a new investigation into the Boeing 787 Dreamliner after the planemaker told the regulator last month it may not have completed required in...
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Report: NY Prosecutor In Trump "Hush Money" Trial Was Paid By DNC In 2018 For "Political Consulting"
NEW YORK, NY - (WSAU) - As former President Trump continues to be tried in the state of New York for paying former porn star Stormy Daniels "hush money" payments due to their alleged early 2000s affair possibly affecting his 2016 campaign, a new financial document shows one of the main prosecutors in the case...
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Packers 2024 Draft Class Completes First Week Of Minicamp; Jordan Morgan Will Get Chance To Win LT Job
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - It was a big week for the Green Bay Packers 2024 draft class, hoping to make a great first impression and land a starting job come September. When speaking to the media after practice on Friday, first-round pick Jordan Morgan said he wants to show coaches that he can take over the left tackle pos...
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Local News
Kronenwetter Administrator to Resign
KRONENWETTER, WI (WSAU) -- Kronenwetter Administrator Leonard Ludi has submitted his resignation, effective later this month. In a statement to WSAU News, Village Board President Chris Voll said Ludi submitted a letter of resignation to the Village. His last day will be May 17th. "He mentioned to me that it was ti...
11h ago
Lo Sentenced to Life Without Parole
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man found guilty of killing Mai Rue Vang during an argument in 2021 will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. Umberto Lo was sentenced Monday afternoon, four months after he was found guilty at trial. Judge LaMont Jacobson gave him the mandatory life sent...
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Mayors Monday: Wausau's Doug Diny
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau Mayor Doug Diny knows the clock is ticking on a groundbreaking for the Foundry on 3rd project at the former Wausau Center Mall site, but so far he's not worried about the developers missing that June 1st deadline. "We're very optimistic," said Diny. "We've been in touch with a...
23h ago
Forest County Humane Society Holds National Adoption Event
FOREST COUNTY, Wis. -- (WAOW-WSAU) If you're looking to add a four-legged friend to your family, then you're going to want to check this out. The Forest County Humane Society is participating in a national adoption event called "Empty the Shelters". The adoption of spayed or neutered pets, who are vaccinate...
May 05, 2024
Burglary at W.O.W. in Wausau
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - The Wausau Police Department is investigating a burglary that happened early Saturday morning. The robbery took place at the restaurant Wausau on the Water, popularly known as W.O.W, located in Wausau's River District. According to police, the suspect entered the building by breaking a window aroun...
May 05, 2024
Sports
Friday & Saturday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here are the scoreboards from Friday & Saturday: Friday Baseball Witt/Birn 8 Iola-Scandanavia 1 Witt/Birn 8 Crandon 1 Iola-Scandanavia 13 Merion 3 Merrill 4 Wausau East 2 Hudson 10 DC Everest 4 Stevens Point 11 La Crosse Central 0 Stevens Point 9 La Crosse Central 0 Medford...
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Cubs Take Series With 2 Weekend Wins
CHICAGO, ILL (WSAU) -- After the Brewers won on Friday, the Cubs answered with wins on Saturday and Sunday to take the three game series at Wrigley Field. On Saturday the Brewers fell behind before two late rallies got them to within one before the Cubs closed out a 6-5 victory. Blake Perkins had a two-run homer and Ol...
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Packers Decline Eric Stokes' Fifth Year Option Following Injury Filled 2023 Season
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers are allowing a former first-round pick to earn a new deal following the upcoming 2024 NFL season. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, the Green Bay Packers will not pick up cornerback Eric Stokes' fifth-year option. If Stokes' fifth-year option had been exercised by t...
May 03, 2024
Packers 2024 Draft Class Completes First Week Of Minicamp; Jordan Morgan Will Get Chance To Win LT Job
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - It was a big week for the Green Bay Packers 2024 draft class, hoping to make a great first impression and land a starting job come September. When speaking to the media after practice on Friday, first-round pick Jordan Morgan said he wants to show coaches that he can take over the left tackle pos...
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Three-Run Eighth Helps Brewers Sink Cubs
CHICAGO, IL (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers continued their comeback ways by erasing a 1-0 deficit with a three-run eighth to complete a 3-1 win over the Cubs on Friday afternoon at Wrigley. William Contreras, Willy Adames, and Jake Bauers each singled to bring home a run in the inning. Brice Turang finished 2-4 with t...
May 04, 2024
State News
Evers Again Requests Joint Finance Committee Special session
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Governor Tony Evers is again calling a special meeting of the legislature's Joint Finance Committee, to approve funding to address hospital closures and PFAS contamination. The Democratic governor can call a special meeting of the Republican controlled budget panel but he can't force the commi...
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Non-Protesting UW Students Issue Requests
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Non-protesting UW Madison students meet with campus officials. The Daily Cardinal first reported that students on the Madison campus met with Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and other members of the administration on Monday. In the meeting, students shared personal experiences of intimidation, har...
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Rothman Response to UW Encampments
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Pro-Palestinian protesters say their UW campus encampments will remain until their demands are met. Among those demands, getting police off campus. On WISN's "UpFront" on Sunday, UW System President Jay Rothman was dismissive of that. "Getting cops off of campus? No, I mean, tha...
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President Biden Coming to Racine
RACINE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - President Joe Biden will be in Wisconsin this week. The president will be in Racine on Wednesday to deliver remarks on his Investing in America agenda and participate in a campaign event. The details of where and what time are yet to be announced. Afterwards President Biden will go to Chicago f...
May 03, 2024
Mount Horeb Classes Resume Monday; Student Shooter Named
MOUNT HOREB, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Classes in the Mount Horeb School District are expected to resume on Monday. On Wednesday, police shot and killed a 14-year-old student outside the middle school in the Dane County community. No one else was physically injured but counseling is being made available to students and staff. T...
May 03, 2024
National News
Bank of America investment banker dies
By Saeed Azhar and Milana Vinn NEW YORK (Reuters) - An investment banker at Bank of America has died, the bank said on Monday. The person died of natural causes, according to an email from the New York Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, who conf...
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China's climate envoy to visit Washington this week, the State Department says
(Reuters) - The United States will host China's Special Envoy for Climate Change Liu Zhenmin in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday, the State Department said. The Biden administration had previously said that U.S. climate change diplomat John Pod...
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Zendaya in blue, sparkling J Lo arrive at garden-themed Met Gala
By Ben Kellerman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zendaya posed wearing a blue gown adorned with clusters of grapes on the green and white carpeted entrance to the lavish annual Met Gala on Monday, which this year has a garden theme. Stars were told to dress i...
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US must support critical mineral projects in risky nations, White House adviser says
(Reuters) - The United States and its allies must encourage mining projects in countries where Western corporations are reticent to do business to guarantee a reliable and sustainable global supply of the critical minerals needed to combat climate ...
9h ago
US soldier detained in Russia, US official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier has been detained in Russia during recent private travel there, a U.S. official told Reuters on Monday. The soldier's arrest was first reported by NBC News, which said Russian authorities accused the service me...
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World News
Poland says it finds bugging devices in room where government was due to meet
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish special services have found and dismantled bugging devices in a room where the council of ministers was due to meet on Tuesday, the special services coordinator's spokesman said. Poland, a hub for Western military supplies...
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EBRD warns Georgia 'foreign agents' law could hit economy, investor confidence
LONDON (Reuters) - Tensions around Georgia's controversial draft "foreign agents" law could hit the country's economy and investor confidence, the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) warned on Tuesday. The draft...
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Israel says it has taken control of Gaza side of Rafah Crossing amid truce talks
By James Mackenzie and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had taken operational control of the Palestinian side of Gaza's southern Rafah Crossing, which borders Egypt and has been pivotal for the d...
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South Korea LGBTQ event finds home in streets after permit struggle
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - The Seoul Queer Culture Festival will take place in the capital's streets this year, organisers of South Korea's annual LGBTQ gathering said on Tuesday, after the city government denied their requests to hold events ...
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Japan tells US that Biden's 'xenophobia' comment is regrettable
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has described as "regrettable" U.S. President Joe Biden's comment that "xenophobia" is stifling the Asian nation's economic growth, the top government spokesperson said on Tuesday. Last week Biden said "x...
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Business News
BHP insists Anglo American's South African assets must go in any takeover, sources say
By Melanie Burton, Scott Murdoch and Lewis Jackson MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - BHP's plan to divest the South African assets of its target Anglo American are key to the strategy behind the proposed takeover and is expected to be a part of any revi...
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Saudi Aramco maintains $31 billion dividend despite lower Q1 net income
By Hadeel Al Sayegh DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabian state-owned oil giant Aramco expects to pay $31 billion in dividends to the Saudi government and its shareholders despite reporting lower earnings for the first quarter on Tuesday, hit by lower oil pri...
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UK house prices inch higher in April, Halifax says
LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices edged higher in April, rising 0.1% from March and up 1.1% from a year earlier, figures from mortgage lender Halifax showed on Tuesday, a slight acceleration from March's 0.4% annual growth as interest rates stay h...
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Toyota to get an earnings lift from hybrids as EV hype cools
By Daniel Leussink (Reuters) - Toyota Motor is expected to get a big lift from demand for hybrids when it reports annual earnings on Wednesday, illustrating how the world's top-selling automaker is poised to benefit as hype around battery electric ...
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German exports rise more than expected in March
By Rachel More (Reuters) - German exports rebounded in March by 0.9% on the previous month, increasing more than forecast, the federal statistics office reported on Tuesday. Analysts' polled by Reuters had expected exports to increase by 0.4%. The...
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Health News
Fresenius Medical beats earnings expectations, keeps outlook; shares sink
By Bartosz Dabrowski (Reuters) - Fresenius Medical Care beat first-quarter operating earnings expectations on Tuesday amid higher pricing and cost-cut savings, but the German company still maintained its profit outlook for 2024, sending its shares ...
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US Social Security, Medicare finances get slight boost from stronger economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trust funds supporting Social Security and Medicare benefits for U.S. seniors are showing some improvement due to stronger-than-forecast economic growth, productivity and immigration that is boosting revenue collections, acco...
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US CDC asks states to make worker protective gear available to combat bird flu
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it had met with state health officials and asked them to facilitate distribution of protective gear for farm workers to avoid infection against H5N1 bird flu. The ...
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US FDA panel to discuss first psychedelic-assisted PTSD treatment next month
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's panel of independent advisers will on June 4 deliberate whether they should recommend approval for the first MDMA-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, Lykos Therapeutics said on Mo...
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Vertex tops Q1 profit estimates on robust demand for cystic fibrosis treatments
(Reuters) - Vertex Pharmaceuticals beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Monday, driven by robust uptake for its cystic fibrosis treatments. Cystic fibrosis (CF) - an inherited disorder that causes severe damage to the lungs, diges...
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Science News
Timeline: Boeing's new Starliner set for first crewed flight to space station
(Reuters) - Two years after its initial unmanned journey to the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing's new Starliner astronaut capsule is set for its first crewed test flight on Monday night, following numerous delays. Boeing's Crew Space Tran...
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Boeing's new Starliner capsule set for first crewed flight to space station
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Boeing Co's new Starliner astronaut capsule was poised for a Monday night launch of its long-delayed inaugural crewed test flight to the International Space Station, two years af...
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German company launches candle wax-powered rocket on test flight into space
BERLIN (Reuters) - German company HyImpulse successfully launched on Friday a candle wax-powered rocket capable of carrying commercial satellites on a test suborbital flight into space for the first time. "We're signalling Germany's prowess as a sp...
May 03, 2024
Factbox-China's missions to the moon - past, present and future
By Albee Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday launched a mission to collect samples from the moon's "hidden" side, a first in space exploration history, and marked a new phase in China's 20-year-old Chang'e lunar programme, named ...
May 03, 2024
Scientists discover possible hammerhead shark nursery in Ecuador's Galapagos
QUITO (Reuters) - A team of researchers has discovered a potential breeding ground for smooth hammerhead sharks off an island in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago, in what would be a "very rare" sighting, the national park said in a statement on Thur...
May 02, 2024
Technology News
Online retailer Zalando returns to growth thanks to premium brands
By Linda Pasquini and Helen Reid (Reuters) -Online fashion marketplace Zalando returned to growth in the first quarter after three consecutive declines in gross merchandise volume, as bets on more premium brands and its business servicing other retaile...
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Nigeria sets dangerous precedent by detaining Binance execs, CEO says
By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) - The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Binance on Tuesday accused Nigeria of setting a dangerous precedent after its executives were invited to the African country and then detained as part of a crackdown on cryp...
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UK military personnel's data accessed in hack, BBC reports
(Reuters) - Some personal information in a payroll system used by Britain's defence department has been accessed in a data breach, the BBC reported on Monday. The system was managed by an external contractor and no operational Ministry of Defence d...
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Exclusive - Microsoft hit with Spanish startups' complaint about cloud practices
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft was hit with a Spanish startup group's complaint about its cloud practices to the Spanish antitrust regulator on Tuesday, the latest grievance over its fast-growing cloud computing services and which f...
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Nintendo expects to sell 13.5 million Switch units this year
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Nintendo said on Tuesday it expects to sell 13.5 million Switch consoles in the financial year ending March 2025. The Kyoto-based gaming company last year sold 15.7 million units of the hybrid home-portable device, w...
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Entertainment News
Zendaya in blue, sparkling J Lo arrive at garden-themed Met Gala
By Ben Kellerman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zendaya posed wearing a blue gown adorned with clusters of grapes on the green and white carpeted entrance to the lavish annual Met Gala on Monday, which this year has a garden theme. Stars were told to dress i...
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Israel's Eurovision contestant Eden Golan hopes to 'unite by music'
By Ilze Filks and Tom Little MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Eden Golan, Israel's contender in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, hopes to unite people through her music when she performs this week in Malmo, Sweden, she said in an interview. The 68th vers...
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Exclusive-Disney and Comcast seek advisor to resolve Hulu valuation, sources say
By Anirban Sen and Dawn Chmielewski NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walt Disney and Comcast are seeking to hire a financial adviser to resolve a dispute over how to value the 33% stake in streaming platform Hulu that the former will acquire from the latter, a...
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A Minute With: producer Mike Gunton on working with naturalist David Attenborough
(Reuters) - Veteran British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough turns 98 on May 8, but according to his longtime collaborator Mike Gunton, he has no plans to retire. Gunton, who is Creative Director of the Natural History Unit at the BBC,...
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Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes Taiwan - EMSC
(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Taiwan, on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 25 km (15.53 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru, Editing by Louise...
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