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Stewart Avenue Construction Project Detour Begins Thursday
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A new phase will begin on Thursday in one of Wausau's major summer street projects. Stewart Avenue will be closed for eastbound traffic between 48th and 68th Avenues, though westbound traffic will be maintained. This traffic pattern is expected to last through late July. It's part of a complete rec...
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Brewers Fall To Royals 6-4 As Pitching Struggles Continue
KANSAS CITY, MO (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on Wednesday, despite the return of former MVP Christian Yelich. Yelich has been on the IL since early April and wasn't able to find his groove on Wednesday, going 0-5 with a strikeout against the Royals, but first baseman Gary Sanchez he...
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Ehrisman Trial to Proceed
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- A Wisconsin Rapids man accused of trying to kill a relative will go to trial after being found not competent late last year. Tommy Ehrisman was in court on Wednesday where both his representatives and the state agreed that the case is ready to move to trial. He's accused of trying to smot...
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Wausau Botanic Gardens To Keep Monk's History Front And Center After Community Calls To Reverse Name Change
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Botanic Gardens has hinted at another name change after their most recent rebrand was met with significant community pushback, including sharp criticism from the family of Robert Monk. According to a press release, the organization acknowledged Monk's dedication and still plans to ensure...
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Wausau Economic Development Committee Approves RFI for South Riverfront Land
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Economic Development Committee has approved issuing a request for interest (RFI) for land in the Riverlife area near First and Fulton Streets. Economic Development Manager Randy Fifrick says this isn't a traditional request for proposals, or RFP, that the city has often used to fill vaca...
May 08, 2024
Local News
Stewart Avenue Construction Project Detour Begins Thursday
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A new phase will begin on Thursday in one of Wausau's major summer street projects. Stewart Avenue will be closed for eastbound traffic between 48th and 68th Avenues, though westbound traffic will be maintained. This traffic pattern is expected to last through late July. It's part of a complete rec...
3h ago
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Ehrisman Trial to Proceed
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- A Wisconsin Rapids man accused of trying to kill a relative will go to trial after being found not competent late last year. Tommy Ehrisman was in court on Wednesday where both his representatives and the state agreed that the case is ready to move to trial. He's accused of trying to smot...
9h ago
Wausau Botanic Gardens To Keep Monk's History Front And Center After Community Calls To Reverse Name Change
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Botanic Gardens has hinted at another name change after their most recent rebrand was met with significant community pushback, including sharp criticism from the family of Robert Monk. According to a press release, the organization acknowledged Monk's dedication and still plans to ensure...
10h ago
Wausau Economic Development Committee Approves RFI for South Riverfront Land
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Economic Development Committee has approved issuing a request for interest (RFI) for land in the Riverlife area near First and Fulton Streets. Economic Development Manager Randy Fifrick says this isn't a traditional request for proposals, or RFP, that the city has often used to fill vaca...
May 08, 2024
Grand Rapids police chief retiring
GRAND RAPIDS, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Police Chief Melvin Pedersen has more than 40 years of service. A decade of that time has been spent with the Grand Rapids Police Department. He's now retiring. A lot has changed since the 1970s when Pedersen first started his career in Law Enforcement with styles, music and culture chan...
May 07, 2024
Sports
Packers Coaches Rave About Rookie Running Back Marshawn Lloyd; Want Him On The Field As Much As Possible
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - As the Green Bay Packers prepare for OTAs later this month, rookie 3rd round-pick running back Marshawn Lloyd has caught the eye of the team's coaching staff who believe he can do a lot in the Packers' young offense. "I would like to get him out there as much as possible," offensive coo...
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Adames Blast Lifts Brewers Over Royals
KANSAS CITY, MO (WSAU) -- Willy Adames smashed a three-run homer in the 9th inning lifting the Milwaukee Brewers over the Kansas City Royals 6-5 Tuesday night at Kaufman Stadium. William Contreras doubled and with two outs Gary Sanchez walked to set up the Adames heroics. Rhys Hoskins and Joey Ortiz also had homers in ...
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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
Brewers Fall To Royals 6-4 As Pitching Struggles Continue
KANSAS CITY, MO (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Kansas City Royals 6-4 on Wednesday, despite the return of former MVP Christian Yelich. Yelich has been on the IL since early April and wasn't able to find his groove on Wednesday, going 0-5 with a strikeout against the Royals, but first baseman Gary Sanchez he...
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Brewers Reinstate Christian Yelich From 10 Day IL; Send Tyler Black Back Down To Triple-A
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers will have one of their star hitters back in the lineup on Wednesday as Christian Yelich (back) has been taken off the 10-day IL. According to a post on X from the team, top prospect Tyler Black will be sent back down to Triple-A Nashville to make room for Yelich on the major...
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State News
Study Ranks Wisconsin Worst in Nation for Black Residents
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A new study again ranks Wisconsin worst in the nation for its Black residents. The study from 24/7 Wall St. analyzed data from the U.S. Census Bureau and other sources. According to the study, the median household income for Black individuals in Wisconsin of just over $38,000 is only 51% of th...
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Biden Rips Trump, Touts Microsoft Project in Racine Visit
RACINE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- President Joe Biden touts Microsoft's $3.3 billion investment to build an AI data center on the Pleasant Prairie campus of the failed Foxconn project. And as expected, Biden's remarks over the noon hour in Racine on Wednesday included digs at his predecessor. "He and his administration pro...
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Madison City Council Deadlocks on Resolution in Support of UW Protest Encampment
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A resolution of support for UW protesters fails to pass in Madison Tuesday night. On an 8 - 8 vote, Madison's city council deadlocked on a resolution that called on UW Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin to allow the encampment on Library Mall to continue. So it failed. The UW's stance has bee...
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Rothman says UW System will Cooperate with DEI Audit
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- An audit of diversity, equity and inclusion practices at state agencies and the UW System will proceed. UW System President Jay Rothman on Tuesday told the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee that he's not clear on what exactly will be audited. "So I'm struggling with what the standards...
May 07, 2024
Biden in Racine Wednesday, Harris to Milwaukee Next Week
RACINE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- President Joe Biden returns to Wisconsin Wednesday. Biden is scheduled to deliver remarks at Gateway Technical College in Sturtevant at noon. He's expected to highlight the scaled up Microsoft data center development in Mount Pleasant, and perhaps contrast that with the underperforming Foxconn ...
May 07, 2024
National News
More Chinese jump through hoops, crawl under nets to foster ties with pets
By Nicoco Chan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Dog trail races that allow people and their dogs to navigate off-road obstacle courses in tandem are growing popular in China, as the pace of pet ownership and active lifestyle pursuits picks up. "Originally, I w...
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US FAA delaying start of new air traffic control rest requirements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it is delaying requiring air traffic controllers to get 10 hours off between shifts and 12 hours off before a midnight shift. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said on Apri...
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House quickly defeats Greene's effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson
By David Morgan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday quickly defeated an effort by firebrand Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove fellow Republican Speaker Mike Johnson from his leadership role. D...
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Summer power prices seen surging for Texas, falling in California
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Extreme heat and rising electricity demand are expected to drive up power prices in Texas this summer, while the rest of the U.S. power markets are broadly pricing lower, according to analysts and data this week. WHY IT'S IMPOR...
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Man who murdered, stabbed homeless New Yorkers gets 25 years to life in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man who murdered a homeless person and wounded two others as they slept outdoors on park benches in a stabbing spree over several nights in July 2022 was sentenced to between 25 years and life in prison on Wednesday,...
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World News
US sends warship through Taiwan Strait ahead of presidential inauguration
TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -A U.S. warship sailed through the narrow Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, less than two weeks before Taiwan's new president takes office, prompting an angry denunciation from Beijing. China claims sovereignty over democratically go...
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Former Fiji PM Bainimarama sentenced to year in jail, media report
(Reuters) - Fiji's former long-serving prime minister Frank Bainimarama was on Thursday sentenced to a year in prison for perverting the course of justice, local media reported. Bainimarama was initially spared jail in the case during sentencing la...
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UK refuses to sign global vaccine treaty, The Telegraph reports
(Reuters) - Britain is refusing to sign the World Health Organization's pandemic accord because the country says it would have to give away a fifth of its vaccines, the Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Britain will only agree to a legally binding g...
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Biden says US will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday publicly warned Israel for the first time that the U.S. would stop supplying it weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah, a city in southern Gaza. "I made it clear that if they go into Ra...
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Germany's Scholz says weakening EU would be self-destructive
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday denounced calls to weaken the role of the European Union as self-destructive and irresponsible, speaking ahead of EU parliamentary elections in June. In a video message posted on the g...
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Business News
Oil rises on U.S. crude storage draw, Fed rate cut hopes
By Laila Kearney (Reuters) - Oil prices rose in early trade on Thursday as shrinking U.S. crude inventories signalled tighter supply, and amid rising hopes that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates by the end of the year. Brent crude future...
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BOJ board turned hawkish in April, many saw need for more rate hikes-summary
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan board members turned overwhelmingly hawkish at their April policy meeting with many calling for the need to raise interest rates steadily to forestall risks of an inflation overshoot, a summary of opinions...
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Bank of England likely to move closer to first rate cut since 2020
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England is likely to take another step towards its first interest rate cut in four years on Thursday as inflation falls, but will probably be cautious about signalling that a move is imminent. The...
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Disney, Warner Bros to offer streaming bundle of Disney+, Hulu and Max
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney and Warner Bros Discovery will offer a bundle of the Disney+, Hulu and Max streaming services in the United States starting this summer, the companies said in a statement on Wednesday. Customers will be able to sign u...
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US could ban Chinese connected vehicles or impose restrictions, US commerce secretary says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Wednesday the Biden administration could take an "extreme action" and ban Chinese connected vehicles or opt to impose restrictions but must first review extensive public comments....
3h ago
Health News
UK refuses to sign global vaccine treaty, The Telegraph reports
(Reuters) - Britain is refusing to sign the World Health Organization's pandemic accord because the country says it would have to give away a fifth of its vaccines, the Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Britain will only agree to a legally binding g...
2h ago
Ascension warns of suspected cyberattack; clinical operations disrupted
(Reuters) - Hospital operator Ascension reported disruptions to its clinical operations on Wednesday due to a suspected cybersecurity incident and advised business partners to temporarily disconnect from its systems. Earlier this year, UnitedHealth...
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US FDA recommends healthcare providers switch from Getinge's heart devices
(Reuters) - The U.S Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday recommended healthcare facilities transition away from using Getinge's heart devices as they continued to have safety and quality concerns. (Reporting by Sriparna Roy in Bengaluru; Edit...
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Google DeepMind unveils next generation of drug discovery AI model
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) - Google Deepmind has unveiled the third major version of its "AlphaFold" artificial intelligence model, designed to help scientists design drugs and target disease more effectively. In 2020, the company made a si...
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Teva Pharm Q1 profit misses estimates, revenue risea
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries reported a smaller than expected rise in first-quarter profit citing higher impairments of tangible assets, while sales of copycat medicines and its branded drugs to treat migrai...
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Science News
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere - a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life. Well, they finally seem to have located one...
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SpaceX's unit Starlink secures Indonesia operating permit
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The satellite unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, has secured a permit to operate in Indonesia, its communications minister told Reuters on Wednesday. Starlink had obtained a permit to operate as an internet service provider f...
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Russia starts developing nuclear power unit for joint lunar station with China, RIA says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has started developing a nuclear power plant for its planned joint lunar station with China, the RIA news agency cited Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, as saying on Wednesday. In March, Borisov sa...
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First crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner capsule targeted for May 17
(Reuters) - The target launch date for the long-awaited first crewed test flight of Boeing Co's new Starliner Space capsule has been pushed back another week to no earlier than Friday, May 17, in order to replace a faulty pressure valve on its boos...
May 08, 2024
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...
May 07, 2024
Technology News
Disney, Warner Bros to offer streaming bundle of Disney+, Hulu and Max
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney and Warner Bros Discovery will offer a bundle of the Disney+, Hulu and Max streaming services in the United States starting this summer, the companies said in a statement on Wednesday. Customers will be able to sign u...
2h ago
Bumble beats first-quarter revenue estimates, shares surge
(Reuters) -Bumble beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Wednesday, a sign that its push for attracting payers at its dating apps is paying off. Shares of the Austin, Texas-based company, which offers dating apps such as Bumble, Badoo,...
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US confronts China over Volt Typhoon cyber espionage
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. officials confronted the Chinese government in Beijing last month about a sweeping cyber espionage campaign through which Chinese hackers have broken in to dozens of American critical infrastructure o...
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Instacart forecasts upbeat current-quarter, taps Uber veteran as CFO
By Granth Vanaik (Reuters) -Instacart forecast its second-quarter gross transaction value (GTV) and core profit above estimates on Wednesday, helped by a surge in grocery orders as well as higher fees for the advertisements it showcases on its grocery ...
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Arm's quarterly revenue forecast beats Street; annual rev guidance misses
By Max A. Cherney and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Chip designer Arm Holdings gave a fiscal first-quarter revenue forecast on Wednesday that beat Wall Street's expectations, but its full-year forecast was below expectations. Shares of Arm fell about 4% in...
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Entertainment News
Olympics-French rapper Jul lights Paris 2024 cauldron in Marseille
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Marseille-born French rapper Jul lit the Paris 2024 Olympic cauldron as the flame reached French soil on Wednesday. The Olympic flame relay will set off from Marseille on Thursday and make its way to Paris for the July...
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Warner Bros Discovery plans new cost cuts, hike in Max price, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery is looking at additional opportunities for cost-cutting and raising prices for its Max streaming platform, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The cost-cutting plans could i...
8h ago
Russia's last Eurovision singer, now 'cancelled', still seeks to spread hope
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - The last singer to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest before it was banned, now herself ostracised at home, hopes that a new track released on the eve of this year's final will give others ...
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Isabelle Huppert to head Venice Film Festival jury
ROME (Reuters) - Isabelle Hubbert will head the main competition jury at this year's Venice Film Festival, organisers said on Wednesday. Hubbert won the best actress award in Venice in 1988 for her performance in "Story of Women" and in 1995 for "L...
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SXSW festival to launch European edition in London next year
LONDON (Reuters) - South by Southwest, the music, technology and film festival (SXSW) held annually in Austin, Texas is coming to London next year in a new European edition. The inaugural SXSW London will take place in June 2025 in the English capi...
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