ROTHSCHILD, WI (WSAU) -- A Badger 5 lottery ticket sold at the R Store on County Road XX in Rothschild is worth $167,000. It's the third time in two weeks that someone has won the jackpot in the Wisconsin-only lottery game, matching all five numbers for Monday's drawing: 8-11-15-21-23. The winner has until September 5...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The man accused of failing to provide food, water, and clean living conditions for multiple dogs under his care has entered a plea to more than 40 counts related to animal abuse and theft. Sean Dumais entered a not guilty plea to charges including felony counts of theft in a business setting and mi...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Stevens Point is looking at a proposal to build a new 63-unit townhouse building near the new City Hall site. "This is preliminary. The site has been vacant since we tore down the Edgewater Manor building with the intention of rebuilding that area," Mayor Mike Wiza told WAOW TV...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The man who put up a $5,000 reward for the death of Christian Schauer will serve prison time. Steven Crandall entered a no contest plea to one count of conspiracy to commit homicide on Tuesday and was found guilty by a judge. He was then sentenced to 22 years in the state prison system, including s...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Parks and Recreation Committee got its first look at a proposed recreation trail that would start in the former Northern Mobile Home Park in Schofield and end along Kent Street near the People's Sports Complex. Wausau and Marathon County Director of Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Jamie ...

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...

MADISON, WI (WSAU-WAOW) A $4.25 million multistate settlement has been reached with Menards, over allegations of deceptive marketing practices. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and Attorney General Josh Kaul announced the settlement, which resolves claims related to Menards' mercha...

By Steve Gorman March 4 (Reuters) - The following is a chronology of key developments in what authorities describe as the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC's "Today" show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie. She was last seen by family m...

By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is using a preventative treatment for a red rash on his neck, according to his physician, ​but the White House declined on Wednesday to ‌share further details about the conditio...

By David Morgan WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee will probe allegations of sexual misconduct and favoritism against Representative Tony Gonzales, a Texas Republican ​who has been engulfed by claims rela...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it is considering limits on U.S. telecom firms' use of foreign call ​centers and requiring foreign-based customer service workers to ‌be profici...

By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday defended the government's spending of $220 million on an advertising campaign for border security amid ​questions from lawmakers about the contracti...

March 4 (Reuters) - A Pakistani man accused of planning to kill President Donald Trump told jurors on Wednesday that he did not willingly work with Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary ​Guards Corps to devise the plot, media said. The Justice ‌Department...

By Ismail Shakil March 4 (Reuters) - The impact of the Iran conflict on energy markets will be temporary and a "small price" to pay for U.S. military goals, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News ​on Wednesday. U.S. and Israeli strikes on Ira...

LOS ANGELES, March 4 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday identified two more soldiers who were killed in the war against ​Iran. The two Army Reserve soldiers died on ‌Sunday in a drone attack on a U.S. military facility in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait that a...

BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it would build a "childbirth-friendly society" in the next five years, pledging to address concerns over employment, education, medical care, health and income, according to an official government rep...

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, March 5 (Reuters) - Nearly six months after a wave of unprecedented youth-led protests and the deaths of 77 people forced Nepal's then prime minister to quit, people began voting on Thursday in a general election that will ch...

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...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Tuesday's scoreboard: Boys Basketball Regionals Wausau Newman 75 Gresham 39 Wausau East 85 Antigo 60 Wisconsin Rapids 66 Chippewa Falls 60 Wrightstown 50 Northland Pines 40 Pacelli 58 Almond-Bancroft 37 Peshtigo 81 Tomahawk 43 Rice Lake 61 Lakeland 60 Rapids Assumption ...

MARYVALE, AZ (WSAU) -- The World Baseball Classic squad from Great Britain beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-3 on Tuesday at Maryvale. Brewers pitcher DL hall pitched for the Brits and allowed one run on one hit and two walks through three innings. Jared Koenig didn't fare so well as he gave up five runs to the Englishmen i...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The WIAA Boys Basketball Tournament begins tonight with first round games. Here is the schedule: Antigo at Wausau East Gresham at Wausau Newman Chippewa Falls at Wisconsin Rapids Wrightstown at Northland Pines Almond-Bancroft at Pacelli Tomahawk at Peshtigo Chequamegon at Edgar Gilman at Flambeau R...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- Milwaukee fans welcomed the return of Giannis Antetokounmpo on Monday night but then watched as the Boston Celtics dominated the Bucks in a 108-81 win at Fiserv Forum. Giannis was playing for the first time since straining a calf muscle on January 23rd. He played just under 26 minutes and scored...

Shay Ciezki tallied 22 points to help No. 13 seed Indiana rally from 20 points down to defeat 12th-seeded Nebraska 72-69 in the ​Big Ten women's basketball tournament opener Wednesday ‌in Indianapolis. The Hoosiers (18-13) trailed by 20 points before ...

The United States national team routed the Colorado Rockies 14-4 in its second double-digit win of the World Baseball Classic exhibitions on Wednesday in Scottsdale, Ariz. Team USA has outscored its opponents 29-5 in its two exhibitions and opens the ...

Clara Strack racked up 20 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks and Amelia Hassett drained six 3-pointers for her 18 points as No. 17 Kentucky kicked off the SEC women's basketball ​tournament with a 94-64 romp over Arkansas on Wednesday in ‌Greenville,...

Amarachi Kimpson drained the go-ahead 3-pointer 1:06 into overtime and Miami brushed off a blown double-digit lead to beat Stanford 83-76 in the opening round of the ACC women's basketball tournament on Wednesday ​in Duluth, Ga. Twelfth-seeded Miami (...

The flag football event organized by Tom Brady and Fanatics for Saudi Arabia for later this month ​in Riyadh is likely being moved ‌to the United States amid the ongoing war in the Middle East, Front Office Sports reported Wednesday. In light of attac...

BEIJING/HONG KONG, March 5 (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it would inject 300 billion yuan ($43.59 billion) into state-owned banks this year through a special treasury bond ​and deepen reforms of state-owned financial enterprises, to fend ‌off syst...

March 4 (Reuters) - Venezuela's state-owned ​mining ‌company has signed a ‌multimillion-dollar ​deal ⁠to sell ⁠as much as 1,000 kg ​of ⁠gold ⁠dore bars ​to ​commodities trader Trafigura ‌for U.S. markets, ⁠Axios reported on Wednesday, ⁠citing two ‌sour...

By Rocky Swift TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Asian shares rallied on Thursday with a decline in U.S. Treasuries pointing to a tentative recovery in risk appetite that has been hammered by the escalating war in the Middle East. South Korea's KOSPI gauge re...

By Katya Golubkova TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Thursday amid growing concern over the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz, as the U.S.-Iran war chokes off vital Middle East oil and ​gas flows while production facilities limit ou...

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, March 5 (Reuters) - The Australian and New Zealand dollars were back from the brink on Thursday as a sudden mood swing in global markets helped risk assets rally, offsetting an otherwise soft ​set of domestic economic data. Deal...

BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it would build a "childbirth-friendly society" in the next five years, pledging to address concerns over employment, education, medical care, health and income, according to an official government rep...

March 4 (Reuters) - Ozempic, Mounjaro and other GLP-1 drugs for diabetes can prevent the formation of new substance use disorders and alleviate existing addictions, according to findings from a large study of U.S. military veterans. The protective effe...

March 4 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson has launched a website to sell some of its drugs directly to U.S. ​patients who either don't have ‌insurance or pay for their drugs out of pocket. The website, called J&J Direct, lists three drugs: diabetes treatme...

March 4 (Reuters) - PepGen said on Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has placed a partial clinical hold on ​its mid‑stage trial of a rare ‌muscle disease drug, sending its shares plunging over 25% in extended trading. The drug, PGN‑E...

By Kamal Choudhury and Sneha S K March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top operations official, Barclay Butler, will retire from federal service, and 30-year agency veteran Melanie ​Keller is set to take his place next month, acc...

TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Space One said its Kairos rocket ​terminated its flight ‌after lift-off on Thursday, failing to achieve the country's first entirely commercial satellite launch ‌on ​its third ⁠attempt in a ⁠row. Kairos "terminated th...

March 4 (Reuters) - NASA plans to select United Launch Alliance to supply a critical component for future missions of its ​moon rocket, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, ‌citing people familiar with the matter. The move could replace planned Boeing...

(Clarifies timeframe in third bullet point) By Giselda Vagnoni ROME, March 4 (Reuters) - A marble bust that has stood for centuries in one of Rome's basilicas has been re-attributed to Michelangelo after nearly 200 years in obscurity, following a docum...

DAKAR, March 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. mining company backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates is in a tangle with Belgium's AfricaMuseum over who should digitise antique maps of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo in the museum's archive. ...

MADRID, March 4 (Reuters) - Aerospace engineering firm PLD Space said on Wednesday it had closed a 180 million euro ($209 million) equity ​funding round, which included Mitsubishi Electric, as ‌it seeks to boost its capacity to launch rockets into spac...

By Laurie Chen and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - China declared on Thursday that it was now the world leader in research and development for artificial intelligence as well as other key fields such as quantum technology, and vowed to ac...

By Heejin Kim and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, March 5 (Reuters) - South Korea's chip industry is concerned that a prolonged Iranian crisis will disrupt supplies of key materials from the Middle East and ​increase chip prices as a result of a spike in ‌energy co...

By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers led by Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren and Republican Tom Cotton on Wednesday raised national security concerns over Intel's testing of chipmaking tools made by...

By David Jeans and Mike Stone NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters) - Palantir is the latest company to face the painful task of unwinding from Anthropic in the wake of the AI lab's dispute with the Pentagon over safety guardrails, raising questions about a key ...

By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, March 4 (Reuters) - Amazon on Tuesday confirmed it laid off staff across its robotics unit, with at least 100 ​white-collar jobs affected, two people familiar with the ‌matter told Reuters. This comes after a January cu...

March 4 (Reuters) - Television host Gayle King has signed a new contract to remain at CBS News, a person familiar with ​the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, ending ‌months of speculation about her future at the network. "Rumors of my demise were inacc...

BERLIN, March 4 (Reuters) - Berlin Film Festival director Tricia Tuttle will remain in her role but has been given a set of new guidelines, a statement said on Wednesday, after tensions ​over Gaza overshadowed the event in February. Tuttle's future as ...

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - Oscar nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal's new film "The Bride!" began with a tattoo. "I went to a party and I saw this guy with the tattoo of the 'Bride of Frankenstein' on his entire forearm...and somethin...

By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, March 3 (Reuters) - American filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir is making waves in this year's Oscar documentary race, earning two nominations: "The Perfect ​Neighbor" for best documentary feature and "The Devil ‌...

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Wrexham co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney will swap the directors' box for a seat behind the microphone for the club's Championship clash against Swansea City next week. The 'Live ​from Wrexham with Rob & Ryan' even...