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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...
1h 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...
16h ago
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...
17h ago
Wausau Fire Department, DCI to Conduct Live Burn Exercise
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Fire Department and Wisconsin Department of Justice- Division of Criminal Investigation will conduct live fire training on a home near Bridge Street this week. According to a news release from the city they'll conduct firefighting and investigative training on a home located at 1514 Nort...
20h ago
Tucker Pleads Not Guilty for Attempted Homicide
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man accused of attempted homicide and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon has pled not guilty to the charges in Marathon County court. Todd Tucker is said to have pointed a firearm at a woman who was trying to sell some items to another woman. Investigators say the woman had facil...
May 04, 2024
Local News
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...
1h 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...
16h ago
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...
17h ago
Wausau Fire Department, DCI to Conduct Live Burn Exercise
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Fire Department and Wisconsin Department of Justice- Division of Criminal Investigation will conduct live fire training on a home near Bridge Street this week. According to a news release from the city they'll conduct firefighting and investigative training on a home located at 1514 Nort...
20h ago
Tucker Pleads Not Guilty for Attempted Homicide
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man accused of attempted homicide and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon has pled not guilty to the charges in Marathon County court. Todd Tucker is said to have pointed a firearm at a woman who was trying to sell some items to another woman. Investigators say the woman had facil...
May 04, 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...
1h ago
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
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
Three-Star Athlete Luke Emmerich Announces Commitment To Badgers
MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The Wisconsin Badgers landed a key 2025 recruit from Minnesota in athlete Luke Emmerich, beating out over a dozen schools that had also offered him. According to 247Sports's Allen Trieu, Emmerich has been climbing up in the Class of 2025 with 13 offers since April 20th and is expected to move aroun...
May 03, 2024
State News
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
Police and Protesters Clash at UW Madison
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A chaotic confrontation between protesters and police at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wednesday morning. After repeated warnings that the tents were there illegally, UW Madison police and other law enforcement agencies, including the State Patrol, moved onto the Library Mall and forcibl...
May 01, 2024
Mt Horeb School Shooting Under Investigation
MT HOREB, WI (WTAQ-WRN) - The investigation is underway into Wednesday morning's school shooter incident in Dane County. Mount Horeb Police used deadly force when they responded to a report of a person with a weapon outside the middle school. "The subject in this case never gained entry to the school building duri...
May 01, 2024
Trump Promises Mass Deportations at Waukesha Rally
WAUKESHA, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- On a break from his porn star hush money trial in New York, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a rally in Waukesha on Wednesday. Trump promises to get tough on the southern border, and said America will "have the largest deportation in the history of our country." &...
May 01, 2024
National News
Italy split on possible solar plant curbs that may jeopardise green goals
By Giuseppe Fonte and Francesca Landini ROME (Reuters) - Italy's rightwing coalition is split over a possible ban on the installation of solar panels on agricultural land, according to draft decrees and government officials, a move that could jeopa...
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Democrat Hakeem Jeffries steps up as House Republicans roast Johnson
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Democratic minority leader in a Republican-controlled House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries' influence is normally limited. This week, he may be the most powerful person in Congress. That is becaus...
1h ago
VP Harris announces more than $100 million to support auto workers
(Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday announced more than $100 million in funding and resources to support American auto workers and small auto suppliers. Historic contracts secured by the United Auto Workers with the Big Three De...
1h ago
ABC News President Kim Godwin steps down, memo says
(Reuters) - Kim Godwin decided to step down from her position as president of Disney-owned ABC News, the executive said in an internal memo seen by Reuters on Sunday night. No successor has been named for the position. "I have decided to retire fro...
9h ago
Trump accuses Biden of running 'Gestapo administration'
By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accused Democratic rival President Joe Biden of running a "Gestapo administration" in a private address to donors in which he also attacked prosecutors involved i...
16h ago
World News
EU ends rule-of-law proceedings against Poland
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union Commission no longer believes there is a risk to the rule of law in Poland, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday, adding that the EU would therefore end rule-of-law proceedings against ...
17m ago
Four teenagers investigated over attack on German MEP
By Sarah Marsh and Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) - Four teenagers are being investigated over an attack on a German Member of the European Parliament that left him needing surgery, police said on Monday, as Berlin debated how to tackle a rise in a...
37m ago
German ministers to hold special meeting after spate of attacks on politicians
BERLIN (Reuters) - The interior ministers of Germany's 16 states will hold an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday to discuss ways to counter a spate of attacks on politicians that represents a "new dimension of violence", a federal interior ministry s...
1h ago
Marseille garbage collectors strike ahead of Olympic torch arrival
PARIS (Reuters) - Marseille's public administration asked the local state authority on Sunday to requisition striking garbage collection workers, compelling enough of them back to work to maintain a service, two days before the Olympic torch is exp...
1h ago
Reaction to Israel's Rafah evacuation call
(Reuters) - Israel has urged Palestinians to evacuate parts of the Gazan city of Rafah in apparent preparation for an assault on Hamas units that foreign powers fear could take a big civilian toll. Here is some comment: HAMAS OFFICIAL SAMI ABU ZUHU...
2h ago
Business News
Denny's faces proxy vote over pig gestation crate pledge
By Waylon Cunningham (Reuters) - An upcoming shareholder vote at Denny's Corp could pressure the company to set targets for reducing its use of pork from suppliers that keep pregnant pigs in tight confinement, called gestation crates. The Humane So...
38m ago
Warren Buffett's fans plot their own course for when he leaves
By Jonathan Stempel and Koh Gui Qing OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Warren Buffett, the 93-year-old billionaire chief of Berkshire Hathaway, mulled his future in telling shareholders on Saturday that if he were lucky, he would have another six or seve...
1h ago
Explainer-What is at stake for sovereign debt bill as New York legislature reconvenes
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State lawmakers return from a two-week break on Monday with a month left to decide the fate of a controversial bill that aims to streamline sovereign debt restructurings, with hundreds of billions of ...
1h ago
Morning Bid: Relief (mostly) everywhere
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Dhara Ranasinghe. The relief across world markets as signs of a softening in the U.S. jobs markets strengthens the case for Federal Reserve rate cuts to start later this year remains palpable. Not...
1h ago
French carmakers target fourfold jump in EV sales by 2027
PARIS (Reuters) - France's car industry will aim to ramp up electric car sales fourfold by 2027 under a strategy agreement to be signed with the government on Monday, just as the president of China embarks on a state visit in the country. French Pr...
2h ago
Health News
BioNTech says 90% of 2024 revenues will accrue at end of year
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's BioNTech, whose COVID-19 vaccine in partnership with Pfizer was widely used during the pandemic, said on Monday that almost all of its expected 2024 revenues would come in at the end of the year. BioNTech said in a s...
20m ago
Canada toughens import requirements on US breeding cattle over bird flu concerns
(Reuters) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has toughened import requirements on U.S. breeding cattle over the H5N1 bird flu virus, the agency said in a statement on Friday. The first confirmed case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (...
May 04, 2024
At least 42 die from measles outbreak in northeast Nigeria
By Percy Dabang YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 42 deaths have been recorded from a measles outbreak in just over a week in Nigeria's northeastern state of Adamawa, the state's health commissioner said on Friday. Measles is a highly contagious, ...
May 03, 2024
US health officials warn dairy workers are at risk from bird flu
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. health officials on Friday warned that dairy workers remain at risk from the H5N1 bird flu virus that is infecting dairy herds, and urged them to wear protective gear to avoid infection. The U.S. CDC ur...
May 03, 2024
Drugmaker Amneal agrees to $270 million U.S. opioid settlement
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Amneal Pharmaceuticals said on Friday it had reached a deal valued at more than $270 million to resolve claims it helped fuel the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic, becoming the latest drug company to settle lawsuits over the ...
May 03, 2024
Science News
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
Orangutan's use of medicinal plant to treat wound intrigues scientists
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected rainforest area in I...
May 02, 2024
Scientists explore how to improve crop yields - on Mars
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining, a reliable source of home-grown food will be a must. It simply would be too costly and risky to rely upon rocket deliveries to meet the food needs of colon...
May 01, 2024
Technology News
SAP extends CEO Klein's contract until 2028
BERLIN (Reuters) - SAP has prolonged CEO Christian Klein's contract for a further three years, extending it to the end of 2028, the German software company announced on Monday. In addition, Klein was named chairman of the executive board after prev...
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Olympics-Paris 2024 gearing up to face unprecedented cybersecurity threat
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Paris 2024 is getting ready to face an unprecedented challenge in terms of cybersecurity, with organisers expecting a huge pressure on the Games this summer. Organised crime, activists and states will be the main ...
1h ago
Foxconn reiterates Q2 revenue to grow, posts record April sales
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker and the biggest assembler of Apple's iPhone, reiterated on Sunday it expected a rise in second-quarter revenue, and reported record sales for the month of April.Fox...
May 05, 2024
Atos creditors reach deal to rescue debt-laden group, La Tribune says
PARIS (Reuters) - Creditors have reached an agreement that could rescue tech firm Atos, which secures communications for the French army and is set to manage cybersecurity for this summer's Paris Olympic Games, La Tribune newspaper reported on Satu...
May 04, 2024
Russian suspected cybercrime kingpin pleads guilty in US, TASS reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Alexander Vinnik, a Russian suspected cybercrime kingpin who was arrested in Greece in 2017, convicted of money laundering in France three years later and is now awaiting trial in California, has pleaded partially guilty, TASS ne...
May 04, 2024
Entertainment News
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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Thousands of Madonna fans gather on Copacabana beach for free concert
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Thousands gathered on Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana beach on Saturday ahead of a free open-air concert by pop star Madonna that was expected to attract some 1.5 million people. The Brazilian show marks the end of Mad...
May 04, 2024
Europapa or Baby Lasagna? Contestants to look out for at Eurovision 2024
By Isabelle Yr Carlsson COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Eurovision Song Contest, a music kitsch-fest watched by some 200 million people, kicks off in Malmö, Sweden on Sunday with its "turquoise carpet" gala, in what fans say is a wide-open year with hal...
May 04, 2024
Biden to honor Olympian Katie Ledecky, actor Michelle Yeoh with Medal of Freedom
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A winner of seven Olympic gold medals, a leader of the Mississippi civil rights struggle and a pioneer of television's tabloid talk show genre are part of this year's class of Presidential Medal of Freedom...
May 03, 2024
Universal Music Group first-quarter core earnings beat forecast
(Reuters) - Universal Music Group on Thursday posted first-quarter adjusted core profit that beat expectations, helped by the success of its star Taylor Swift. The world's biggest music label posted adjusted core earnings (EBITDA) of 591 million eu...
May 02, 2024