ROTHSCHILD, WI (WSAU) -- The Greater Wausau Children's Museum has announced it will close due to financial stress. In a Facebook post, officials said, "Despite serving more than 2,000 visitors each month and having strong community support, the financial realities of maintaining operations in our current facility ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Officials with the Red Cross are emphasizing the need for additional blood donations as the summer months hit. The organization is seeing a decline in scheduled blood donations, which account for the vast majority of all donations. Additionally, we have already entered one of the worst times for se...

LAC DU FLAMBEAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) A boat was found spinning in circles without anyone on board on Whitefish Lake on the Lac du Flambeau Reservation on Thursday. A 911 call came in around 8:21pm and to report the unoccupied motor boat traveling in continuous circles on the water. The caller told dispatchers he had seen ...

RINGLE, WI (WSAU) - Two local businesses will hold a benefit for those devastated by the storm that ripped across central Wisconsin in April. According to a post on Facebook, the Hillside Pub and Hatley Hangout will host a family-friendly community event on Sunday, May 31st, from noon to 6 p.m. to benefit families deva...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man has pleaded guilty to a 6th OWI. Timothy Mischock entered the plea on Thursday, more than two years after he was arrested on the charge. A judge then ordered a presentence investigation and scheduled sentencing for August 7th. Mischock was pulled over on New Year's Eve in 2024 after an...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) A bill that would have spent-down about two-thirds of the state surplus on a combination of tax rebates and school funding failed in the state senate, 15-18 last night. The compromise proposal between Governor Tony Evers and GOP leaders in the legislature is dead. Several candidates for governor wer...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- A deal has been reached to disburse Wisconsin's budget surplus, including a plan to boost Special Education payments to school districts and provide direct payments to those who filed a Wisconsin tax return in 2024. According to a news release from the Governor, the deal includes education funding...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Governor Tony Evers has signed Assembly Bill 601, opening the door for sports betting apps to operate in Wisconsin. The bill allows users to place wagers on games through mobile apps, as long as the bet runs through servers operated on tribal land. Evers says this brings an opportunity for increas...

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...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge in Florida said she will review a deal between the Justice Department and President Donald Trump to settle his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, intensifying scruti...

WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will headline an event commemorating the nation's 250th anniversary on the National Mall next month after several musical performers scheduled to appear in the celebration canceled, citing ​con...

By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - Senate Republicans face a stark choice when they return from recess next week: back President Donald Trump's controversial $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund to benefit his political allies or defy a c...

ROME, May 30 (Reuters) - Italy has banned two concerts involving U.S. rappers Kanye West and Travis Scott due to take place in July in the northern city of Reggio Emilia, authorities ​said on Saturday. The local prefect, Salvatore Angieri, ordered the ...

May 30 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Friday opened an unfair trade practices investigation into Vietnam's intellectual property protection policies and enforcement that may lead to new tariffs or other trade measures. Vietnam was identified a...

By Raphael Satter May 30 - The U.S. military says it fired a missile into the engine room of ​a vessel trying to get through ‌the U.S. blockade of Iran on Friday. Here are some details: • In a statement on Saturday, U.S. Central Command said it fired a...

By Andrew Hay May 30 (Reuters) - Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit over alleged human rights abuses at the United States' largest immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, where three people have died in the nine months since it ​opened. T...

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 30 (Reuters) - Health authorities ​in Brazil's ‌Sao Paulo state are investigating a suspected case of ‌Ebola ​reported ⁠on Saturday in ⁠the state capital, officials said. A man from the ​Democratic Republic of Congo ⁠presented with ...

May 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. plans to accelerate the withdrawal of troops from bases in Europe ​and will present its proposals ‌to NATO allies next month, German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported on Saturday, citing an unidentified Pentagon source. Was...

MOSCOW, May 30 (Reuters) - Russia's state nuclear energy company Rosatom said on Saturday a Ukrainian drone had struck the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear ​plant, Europe's largest, causing no damage to ‌key equipment, but the Kyiv military deni...

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) -- Wausau made it four wins in five to start the 2026 season with an impressive 10-0 win over Wisconsin Rapids at Athletic Park. It's the first time the Woodchucks have scored ten runs this season, and it's the first time Wausau's pitching staff has thrown a shutout this season. Dawson Harman (South C...

HOUSTON, TX (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers scored four unanswered runs on a home run, groundout, and sacrifice fly to turn a 4-1 deficit into a 5-4 win on Friday. The comeback started with a two-run homer from Jackson Chourio in the 5th. Jake Bauers would ground out in the 8th, scoring Chourio. Brice Turang completed ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-Woodchucks) The Wausau Woodchucks won their home opener Thursday night against Green Bay, 9-5. They've won 3 of their first 4 games this season. A reported crowd of 1,354 attended the game at Athletic Park. The Woodchuck's bullpen perserved the win. Brady Wright worked 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relie...

ASHWAUBENON, WI (WSAU-Woodchucks) The Woodchucks were 9-1 road winners over Green Bat on Wednesday. Wausau pitcher Carter White worked 5 innings, struck out 8 and allowed just one hit. Ryan Chase hit the first home run of the season for the Woodchucks. He went 2-for-5 with 3 RBIs. The Woodchucks play their home openin...

May 30 (Reuters) - Spain's Los Gallos took the overnight lead at the New York Sail Grand Prix on Saturday after winning two of the three races under an adjusted format as strong winds ​disrupted the opening day on the Hudson River. The high winds preve...

Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders earned a record $17.7 million in group licensing income, ​according to an annual ‌report filed by the NFL Players Association. Sanders shattered the previous single-season record, which was held by Tom ‌Bra...

By Philip O'Connor STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, May 30 (Reuters) - Finland came back from a goal down to win 4-2 over top seeds Canada and book their ​spot in the final of the IIHF ‌Ice Hockey World Championship where they will face host nation Switzerland, who ...

Texas Rangers outfielder Wyatt Langford is set to begin ​a rehab assignment ‌with Triple-A Round Rock on Saturday. The 24-year-old landed on the injured list ‌in ​late April ⁠with a forearm ⁠flexor strain. Since then, the Rangers have recorded an unde...

Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving gave an update on his recovery from ​a torn ACL ‌via Twitch, saying he is now close to full strength. "I am definitely close to being ‌over ​at 100% in ⁠terms on my ⁠ACL recovery," Irving said. "It's been a while no...

LISBON, May 30 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank must act on inflation sooner ​rather than later, ECB ‌Governing Council member Alvaro Santos Pereira told Portugal's Antena 1 broadcaster on Saturday. "Our concern right now is ‌inflation; ​we need t...

May 30 (Reuters) - AI chip firm Nvidia and Microsoft are expected next week to debut the first Windows PCs that use ​Nvidia's chips as the main processor, ‌Axios reported on Saturday, citing sources. Nvidia-powered computers are expected both from Micr...

By Balazs Koranyi DUBROVNIK, Croatia, May 30 (Reuters) - Central bank independence is again coming under pressure as policymakers push through unpopular measures to curb surging prices, prompting political interference that could erode trust and deepen...

By Akash Sriram NEW YORK, May 30 (Reuters) - Blue Origin faces a months-long setback after the explosion of a rocket damaged its launch pad, company and industry sources said, scrambling schedules for Amazon satellite launches and bolstering SpaceX's d...

By Sheila Dang and Kemol King HOUSTON/GEORGETOWN, May 30 (Reuters) - Guyana was already the world's fastest growing economy before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran drove up oil prices. Now, the tiny Caribbean nation of nearly 1 million people will reap an ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 30 (Reuters) - Health authorities ​in Brazil's ‌Sao Paulo state are investigating a suspected case of ‌Ebola ​reported ⁠on Saturday in ⁠the state capital, officials said. A man from the ​Democratic Republic of Congo ⁠presented with ...

May 30 (Reuters) - Mineralys Therapeutics' experimental drug significantly reduced blood pressure in patients with chronic kidney disease, according to new data presented at a major European medical ​conference on Saturday. Chronic kidney disease affec...

By Christy Santhosh May 30 (Reuters) - Incyte's Monjuvi as part of a multi-drug regimen that includes a chemotherapy standard of care for an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma reduced the risk of disease progression, relapse or death by 25% ​compa...

BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 30 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation chief travelled on Saturday to the Congolese province hardest hit by an Ebola outbreak, urging residents to seek treatment and practice safe burials as officials scra...

May 30 (Reuters) - Zambia has investigated and cleared two suspected cases of Ebola as it steps up screening and surveillance ​for the deadly viral disease following an ‌outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. Congolese authorities said ...

By Akash Sriram NEW YORK, May 30 (Reuters) - Blue Origin faces a months-long setback after the explosion of a rocket damaged its launch pad, company and industry sources said, scrambling schedules for Amazon satellite launches and bolstering SpaceX's d...

May 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Space Force said on Friday it has awarded Elon Musk's IPO-bound SpaceX a $4.16 billion deal for a satellite program ​designed to track and target airborne threats. The ‌Space-Based Advanced Moving Target Indicator (SB-AMTI) ...

BEIJING, May 29 (Reuters) - China's Shenzhou-21 ​crew of ‌three astronauts returned to Earth ‌on ​Friday ⁠after nearly seven ⁠months in space and were in ​good health, ⁠state ⁠media reported. The ​mission launched ​on October 31, when ‌the spacecraft l...

By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES, May 29 (Reuters) - The mummy of a child from the Inca period, discovered frozen in 1905 on a mountain in northwestern ​Argentina, has been returned to an indigenous community ‌after spending 119 years in a Buenos Aires mus...

By Will Dunham May 29 (Reuters) - Tyrannosaurus rex possessed a preposterously massive skull - 5 feet long (1.5 meters) and built to enable bone-crunching bite force - but presented preposterously puny arms. And many other meat-eating dinosaurs shared ...

PARIS, May 30 (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Group will invest €45 billion over the next five years in a push to build up artificial intelligence ​infrastructure in France, the company announced on ‌Saturday. SoftBank said the investment, described as th...

May 30 (Reuters) - AI chip firm Nvidia and Microsoft are expected next week to debut the first Windows PCs that use ​Nvidia's chips as the main processor, ‌Axios reported on Saturday, citing sources. Nvidia-powered computers are expected both from Micr...

By Akash Sriram NEW YORK, May 30 (Reuters) - Blue Origin faces a months-long setback after the explosion of a rocket damaged its launch pad, company and industry sources said, scrambling schedules for Amazon satellite launches and bolstering SpaceX's d...

May 30 (Reuters) - China's central bank is making a broad push to increase the use of digital yuan at home and abroad, several industry sources said, setting Beijing on a different - and potentially competing - path from the United States in shaping th...

May 29 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms plans to start testing an AI pendant in the next year, as it ​charts a roadmap for wearable devices ‌in an effort to reverse losses in its hardware division, The Information reported on Friday, citing a memo. • Meta de...

ROME, May 30 (Reuters) - Italy has banned two concerts involving U.S. rappers Kanye West and Travis Scott due to take place in July in the northern city of Reggio Emilia, authorities ​said on Saturday. The local prefect, Salvatore Angieri, ordered the ...

BERLIN, May 29 (Reuters) - The German government on Friday said it ​would stick with ‌plans to impose minimum media production spending quotas in Germany on streaming services, ‌rejecting ​criticism by ⁠top U.S. trade ⁠representative Jamieson Greer. • ...

AMSTERDAM, May 29 (Reuters) - U.S. rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, is set to hold ​concerts in the Netherlands next month, after its migration ‌minister said there were no le...

May 28 (Reuters) - CBS News named journalist Nick Bilton as executive producer of news magazine "60 Minutes" on Thursday, marking the first time the longrunning show has tapped a leader from outside traditional television news. The appointment of Bilto...

May 28 (Reuters) - CNN on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Perplexity in New York federal court, alleging the AI search engine provider is unlawfully distributing its copyrighted content, marking the latest legal tussle between ​the AI firm and a news ...