WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau Mayor Doug Diny recognized the city's Public Works Department for their efforts to clear streets and sidewalks following a two-day blizzard that brought nearly 31 inches of snow last week. Diny presented the department with a Mayoral citation for recognition of exemplary service, saying the ...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- More work will be done on Highway 29 west of Wausau this summer. Governor Evers has approved a $17.4 million contract for a resurfacing project from County Road D near Owen to Wisconsin 13 near Abbotsford. Work is expected to begin on March 30th. The project will include: Repairing the existing co...

MOSINEE, WI (WSAU) -- A crash closed southbound lanes of Interstate 39/US 51 near Mosinee this afternoon. According to a Wisconsin Department of Transportation incident report, the crash happened at about 12:45 PM near the intersection with State Highway 34. Both southbound lanes were closed to traffic for about two ho...

FRIENDSHIP, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - An Adams County man accused of firing at officers during a chase through Big Flats in 2024 pleaded no contest to attempted first-degree intentional homicide Tuesday and was found guilty by the court. Melvin Cornelious, 47, from Friendship had charges of first-degree recklessly endangering s...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man was sentenced to nine years in the state prison system after pleading no contest to child enticement and second-degree child sexual assault. Jason Olerich was sentenced on Tuesday, closing a case that's been in progress for nearly five years. His sentence includes four years in prison ...

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 DC (WSAU-WAOW) - The Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act, introduced by Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, has advanced out of the House Committee on Natural Resources with a narrow 20-17 vote. This legislation aims to designate the Apostle Islands as Wisconsin's first National Park. "The Apostl...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee County judge convicted of obstructing ICE agents last month, has resigned. In a letter to Governor Tony Evers, she wrote: "As you know, I am the subject of unprecedented federal legal proceedings, which are far from concluded but which present immense and complex ...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - Hannah Dugan's felony conviction on Thursday disqualifies her from serving as a Milwaukee County judge, unless it is overturned on appeal. Dugan was convicted of obstructing ICE agents who arrived at the Milwaukee County courthouse to arrest an illegal immigrant who was appearing in her courtroom...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) A federal jury in Milwaukee deliberated for six hours before finding judge Hannah Dugan of obstructing ICE agents. Dugan helped an illegal immigrant leave her courtroom through a private hallway to avoid arrest. She was aquitted on a misdemeanor concealment charge. The conviction is a felony, puni...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump has targeted U.S. cultural and historical institutions - from museums to monuments to national parks - to remove what he calls "anti-American" ideology. His declarations and exec...

SEOUL, March 25 (Reuters) - The livestream of ​Kpop ‌supergroup BTS's concert in Seoul on Saturday, ‌their ​first ⁠in more ⁠than three years, drew 18.4 million viewers ​worldwide, Netflix said ⁠on ⁠Wednesday. The broadcast ​from Seoul's ​historic Gwang...

By Jarrett Renshaw HOUSTON, March 24 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is expected to announce as soon as Wednesday that it will temporarily lift federal smog-cutting restrictions ​on summer-blend gasoline to curb rising energy prices ‌stemming from...

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Charlie Javice's bid to throw out her conviction for defrauding JPMorgan Chase into buying her ​education startup Frank for $175 million, after she said ‌two law cle...

By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) - Beef production is the leading driver of agriculture-linked deforestation, accounting for 40% of all forest clearing done to open space for food production, ​according to details of a study released on...

BEIJING, March 25 - The ​former ‌chairman of Aviation Industry Corporation ‌of ​China, ⁠Tan Ruisong, ⁠was sentenced to death with ​a two-year ⁠reprieve ⁠over corruption, ​state-run Xinhua ​news agency reported ‌on Wednesday. The former ⁠aerospace defen...

COPENHAGEN, March 25 (Reuters) - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is expected to hand in her coalition government's resignation on Wednesday after suffering a massive election defeat, but could still emerge as ​leader of a new cabinet in the ...

By Katya Golubkova and Irene Wang TOKYO, March 25 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi asked International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol for an additional coordinated release ​of oil stockpiles when they met on Wednesday, ‌as Tokyo seek...

BEIJING, March 25 (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday that Mexico's trade measures against it, including tariff increases, constitute trade and investment barriers and ​that it had the right to take countermeasures. The ‌import duty hikes affect more t...

LONDON, March 25 (Reuters) - British police said they arrested two men in connection with the suspected antisemitic ​arson attack on four Jewish ‌community ambulances in north London earlier this week. Police said on Wednesday the men, aged 47 and 45, ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Tuesday's scoreboard: Boys Basketball Roncalli 49 Wausau West 36 DC Everest 74 Chippewa Falls 54 Marshfield 74 Eau Claire Memorial 53 Eau Claire North 71 Wisconsin Rapids 62 Bonduel 79 Wausau East 49 Merrill 50 Antigo 49 Marathon 72 Stratford 20 Wausau Newman 62 Edgar...

LOS ANGELES, CA (WSAU) Kahwi Leonard had 28 points while playing only 25 minutes as the LA Clippers routed the Bucks, 129-96. At one point, LA led by 46. Former Buck Brook Lopez added 19. The Clippers have now won back-to-back games after snapping a four game losing streak, The Bucks are 1-and-2 on their current road ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, MD (WSAU) - The University of Wisconsin women's hockey team won its 9th national championship on Sunday afternoon. The Badgers defeated Ohio State, 3-2. The game winning goal came 7-minutes into the third period, when senior Claire Enright scored from close range. The Badgers had jumped out to a 2-0 le...

PHOENIX, AZ (WSAU) - The Bucks, playing without Giannis Antetokounmpo, rallied in the 4th quarter to beat the Suns, 108-105. The Bucks took the lead with 2:21 to play. Ryan Rollins, 26 points, hit a key shot with 23-seconds remaining, and added a free throw to secure the win. Kyle Kyzma, 20 points, left the game with t...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that Jacob Misiorowski will be the Opening Day starter. A former top prospect in Milwaukee's system, the Miz made his Major League debut in June 2025, going 5-3 with an ERA of 4.36 in 66 innings. He was named to the National League All-Star team after just fi...

Connor McDavid scored his 400th and 401st career goals, the first of which gave the Edmonton Oilers the lead for good in a 5-2 win against the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday in Salt Lake City. Eight seconds after Utah's Lawson Crouse tied the game 2-2 at 11:...

Nikola Jokic scored 23 points in his second consecutive triple-double, and his jumper with 11.5 seconds remaining broke a tie and pushed the Denver Nuggets to a 125-123 victory over the host Phoenix Suns on Tuesday. Jokic added ​17 rebounds and tied a...

March Madness delivered a first-week ratings surge, with the men's NCAA Tournament averaging 10.1 million viewers across ​CBS, TNT, TBS and truTV, ‌making it the most-watched tournament ever through the first two rounds, according to Nielsen Big Data. ...

The New Orleans Saints and veteran quarterback Zach Wilson agreed to a one-year deal ​on Tuesday, according to multiple ‌media reports. Wilson, 26, provides additional experience at the quarterback position for the Saints, who will be going into Tyler...

A first-round NCAA Tournament collapse marked the end for Hubert Davis as North Carolina's coach, as the school fired him Tuesday night. "We appreciate all that Hubert has done for Carolina ​as a player, assistant coach, head coach and community leade...

By Maria Martinez BERLIN, March 25 (Reuters) - German business morale fell in March, ​a survey showed on ‌Wednesday, as the Iran war made companies grow more pessimistic about the future. The Ifo ‌institute ​said its ⁠business climate index ⁠fell to 86...

March 25 (Reuters) - Footwear maker On Holding on Wednesday said ​its co-founders ‌David Allemann and Caspar Coppetti will take over as co-CEOs from ‌May ​1, ⁠replacing Martin Hoffmann. Hoffmann ⁠will leave the company after a five-year term as CEO. ​H...

BEIJING, March 25 (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday that Mexico's trade measures against it, including tariff increases, constitute trade and investment barriers and ​that it had the right to take countermeasures. The ‌import duty hikes affect more t...

FRANKFURT, March 25 (Reuters) - Even a "not-too-persistent" overshoot of the European Central Bank's inflation target from the current energy shock may warrant some moderate policy tightening, ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday. The ECB ...

March 25 (Reuters) - European shares rose 1% on Wednesday, with travel and financials stocks among the top gainers, on expectations for ​a de-escalation in the Middle East ‌conflict, although concerns about the war's economic impact kept gains in check...

March 24 (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical company Merck is nearing a roughly $6 billion all-cash deal ​to acquire biotech firm ‌Terns Pharma, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The potential acquisition ‌comes ​a...

March 24 (Reuters) - Spanish drugmaker Grifols said on Tuesday it has approved a U.S. initial public ​offering of its U.S. biopharma ‌business. Grifols, which makes drugs using blood plasma, plans to float a minority stake in the biopharma business. Th...

By Amina Niasse March 24 (Reuters) - CVS Health said on Tuesday it has reached a proposed settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission on insulin pricing. Pharmacy benefit managers, which set ​how drugs are covered by health insurance, have f...

March 24 (Reuters) - Revealing the limitations of cloning, researchers who repeatedly cloned mice for two decades have discovered that such serial duplication triggers grave genetic mutations that accumulate over the generations and ultimately become f...

By Siddhi Mahatole March 24 (Reuters) - Shares of ImmunityBio fell 26% on Tuesday after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter that said a television advertisement ​and podcast promoting the company's cancer therapy were ‌false o...

March 24 (Reuters) - Intuitive Machines said on Tuesday NASA has awarded the space startup ​a $180.4 million contract to ‌deliver seven science and technology payloads to the moon's south pole. As part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services ‌initi...

March 24 (Reuters) - Revealing the limitations of cloning, researchers who repeatedly cloned mice for two decades have discovered that such serial duplication triggers grave genetic mutations that accumulate over the generations and ultimately become f...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - NASA announced on Tuesday it has canceled plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use components from the project to build a $20 billion base on the moon's surface, while also pl...

MOSCOW, March 24 (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it had launched 16 low-orbit satellites as Moscow seeks to ​build a rival to Elon ‌Musk's Starlink network. Russia remains far behind Starlink, which since its first launch of operational satellites i...

MOSCOW, March 23 (Reuters) - An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft has a problem with an antenna so it ​will have to be manually ‌docked when it reaches the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's Roscosmos state space corporation said in a statemen...

BEIJING, March 25 (Reuters) - Shipments of foreign-branded mobile phones ​in China ‌for February, including Apple's iPhones, fell 7.7% from the ‌same ​month last ⁠year, Reuters ⁠calculations based on data released by a government-affiliated research fi...

March 25 (Reuters) - China has barred two co-founders of artificial intelligence startup Manus from leaving the country as regulators review whether Meta's $2 ​billion acquisition of the firm violated investment ‌rules, the Financial Times reported. Ma...

JAKARTA, March 25 - Videogame platform Roblox will introduce content and communications controls for players under 16 in Indonesia to comply ​with the country's social media block ‌for children, Matt Kaufman, Roblox's Chief Safety Officer, said in an e...

By Mrinmay Dey and Katie Paul March 24 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms is increasing compensation for top executives, including its first-ever offer of stock options, as it tries to fend off competition in the artificial ​intelligence race and incentivize l...

By Sam Tabahriti LONDON, March 25 (Reuters) - Openreach has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to use artificial intelligence ​to speed up fibre broadband construction ‌and cut emissions from one of Britain's largest commercial vehicle fleets, ...

SEOUL, March 25 (Reuters) - The livestream of ​Kpop ‌supergroup BTS's concert in Seoul on Saturday, ‌their ​first ⁠in more ⁠than three years, drew 18.4 million viewers ​worldwide, Netflix said ⁠on ⁠Wednesday. The broadcast ​from Seoul's ​historic Gwang...

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - From an array of guitars to stage-worn costumes, memorabilia from the world of heavy metal is on offer ​in Julien's Auctions upcoming "Music Icons" sale and ‌on display in London over coming weeks. Items belonging to Ace Fr...

ROME, March 24 (Reuters) - Gino Paoli, the singer‑songwriter who helped reshape Italian popular music in the 1960s with poetic, introspective ​songs such as "Il cielo in una ‌stanza" (The sky in a room) and "Sapore di sale" (The taste of salt) has died...

March 24 (Reuters) - A Shakira concert due ​to ‌take place in Doha on April 1 ‌has ​been ⁠postponed due ⁠to the "current regional situation," Visit Qatar said ​in a social ⁠media ⁠post on ​Tuesday. Abu Dhabi's ​Offlimits Music Festival, ‌which was due ...

By Angie Teo and Ann Wang TAIPEI, March 24 (Reuters) - Taiwan Mandopop star Jay Chou will release his first album in nearly four years this week, unveiling on Tuesday its ​lead single accompanied by a music video in which ‌he battles a vampire. Chou's ...