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U.S. Senate Candidate Eric Hovde Talks Regulations While Touring Athens Miltrim Farm
ATHENS, WI (WSAU) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde made a campaign stop in central Wisconsin on Monday afternoon to tour Athens Miltrim Farm. Hovde spent time with the business owners discussing the farms' history and the impacts of regulations, foreign trade, and how the cutback of 2% on whole milk produc...
1h ago
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...
13h ago
No announcement after botanical gardens board meeting
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The issues between the newly renamed Wausau Botanic Gardens and the Monk family continue. For the first time, members of the Monk family are speaking out. This comes after the gardens announced its new name, changed to Wausau Botanical Gardens, on Facebook. Since then, there's been pushback fro...
14h 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...
15h 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...
15h ago
Local News
U.S. Senate Candidate Eric Hovde Talks Regulations While Touring Athens Miltrim Farm
ATHENS, WI (WSAU) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde made a campaign stop in central Wisconsin on Monday afternoon to tour Athens Miltrim Farm. Hovde spent time with the business owners discussing the farms' history and the impacts of regulations, foreign trade, and how the cutback of 2% on whole milk produc...
1h ago
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...
13h ago
No announcement after botanical gardens board meeting
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The issues between the newly renamed Wausau Botanic Gardens and the Monk family continue. For the first time, members of the Monk family are speaking out. This comes after the gardens announced its new name, changed to Wausau Botanical Gardens, on Facebook. Since then, there's been pushback fro...
14h 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...
15h ago
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...
May 06, 2024
Sports
Monday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Monday's scoreboard: Medford 1 Waunakee 0 Wausau East 2 Abbotsford/Colby 0 Marathon 3 Neillsville/Granton 0 Merrill 3 Rhinelander 2 DC Everest-Wisconsin Rapids no score reported Amherst 13 Iola-Scandanavia 1 Pittsville 17 Pacelli 7 Rosholt 12 Wild Rose 3 Rib Lake 5 P...
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Royals Rally Over Brewers
KANSAS CITY, MO (WSAU) -- The Kansas City Royals scored three runs in the 7th inning and beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Monday night at Kaufman Stadium. Gary Sanchez hit a two-run homer in the 4th but that was all the offense the Brewers could muster on this night. Brewer starter Bryse Wilson held the Royals scorele...
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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...
20h ago
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...
May 06, 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...
12h ago
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...
12h ago
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...
12h ago
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
As climate shifts, a leafhopper bug plagues Argentina's corn fields
By Maximilian Heath and Matias Baglietto CORDOBA PROVINCE, Argentina (Reuters) - Global warming has brought Argentina's corn farmers a dangerous new enemy: a yellow insect just four millimeters (0.16 inch) long that thrives in hotter temperatures a...
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US soldier arrested in Russia on theft charges, RIA reports
(Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who was detained in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct was arrested by a Vladivostok court on theft charges, Russia's RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday. Citing the court's press office, RIA said that the sol...
1h ago
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...
9h ago
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...
10h ago
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...
10h ago
World News
Massive tree falls across busy road in Malaysian capital, killing one man, damaging cars
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A massive tree fell across one of Kuala Lumpur's busiest roads on Tuesday, killing a man, hurting two others, disrupting monorail services and damaging more than a dozen cars, officials said. Videos and photos on social med...
5m ago
Macron seeks to charm Xi into trade concessions in Pyrenees jaunt
TARBES, France (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Pyrenees mountains on Tuesday, for the second day of a trip during which Xi showed little sign of being ready to offer major concessions on tra...
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Cambodia's former PM urges Myanmar junta chief to allow video call with Suu Kyi
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's former Prime Minister Hun Sen asked Myanmar's ruling general on Tuesday to allow him to speak to detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on a video call, a request he said the junta chief would consider. Suu Kyi, ...
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US soldier arrested in Russia on theft charges, RIA reports
(Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who was detained in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct was arrested by a Vladivostok court on theft charges, Russia's RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday. Citing the court's press office, RIA said that the sol...
1h ago
Germany's Scholz: China must play bigger role in poorer nations' debt
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that he spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his trip to Beijing about China's role in helping poor countries with their debt burdens. "It is clear that China, as one of the...
1h ago
Business News
EV truck maker Nikola misses first-quarter revenue estimates
(Reuters) - Nikola missed Wall Street expectations for quarterly revenue on Tuesday, as the electric truck maker delivered fewer hydrogen fuel cell trucks amid an uncertain macroeconomic outlook and reduced spending by customers. The company report...
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Nissan CEO: committed to staying in China but strategy there must change
PARIS (Reuters) - Nissan is committed to staying in China but the company must change its strategy in the country, Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida told a business conference hosted by the Financial Times in Paris on Tuesday. Uchida added that Nissan was i...
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Tylenol maker Kenvue beats quarterly profit estimates, to cut 4% jobs
(Reuters) - Kenvue beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Tuesday, and said it would cut 4% of its global workforce amid the Tylenol and Band-Aid maker's efforts to expand its key brands. Since its spinoff from Johnson & Johnson in ...
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US seeks answers from Tesla in Autopilot recall probe
(Reuters) - U.S. auto safety investigators are seeking detailed answers and documents from Tesla in an investigation into the automaker's December recall of more than 2 million vehicles to install new Autopilot safeguards. The National Highway Traf...
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Disney posts surprise profit in streaming, raises earnings forecast
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney's streaming entertainment unit posted its first profit on Tuesday, two quarters ahead of schedule, and the media company raised its annual earnings per share outlook as it said turnaround efforts...
32m ago
Health News
Tylenol maker Kenvue beats quarterly profit estimates, to cut 4% jobs
(Reuters) - Kenvue beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Tuesday, and said it would cut 4% of its global workforce amid the Tylenol and Band-Aid maker's efforts to expand its key brands. Since its spinoff from Johnson & Johnson in ...
6m ago
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 ...
3h ago
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...
12h ago
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 ...
12h ago
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...
15h ago
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...
May 06, 2024
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
'Livestream' shopping thwarts some high-tech tools to stop fake merch
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) - Livestream shopping where buyers and sellers transact in real-time video is growing in the United States while technology to police counterfeit goods has so far not kept up, a situation that makes it easier ...
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Amazon launches online shopping service in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Amazon launched its online shopping service in South Africa on Tuesday, challenging a number of online retailers dominated by Naspers' Takealot.com. Africa's most advanced economy is usually seen as a good entry point for c...
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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...
3h ago
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...
3h ago
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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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...
10h ago
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...
14h ago
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...
18h ago
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...
May 06, 2024