STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- A Portage County woman will serve prison time for child neglect after her daughter went missing last fall, leading to a brief AMBER Alert. Chelsie Lehmann will serve two years in prison with credit for 212 days already served in jail. That will be followed by 3.5 years of extended supervisio...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Kronenwetter woman facing multiple counts of animal abuse will not have a plea and sentencing hearing today as previously scheduled. Heather Zynda was due in court today to enter a plea for a handful of counts, including felony mistreatment of animals- causing death and misdemeanor counts of inte...

BIG FALLS, WI (WSAU) The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for the Little Wolf River in Waupaca County. The operator of the Big Falls Dam says failure is imminent, and that waters will go around the embankment. Life-threatening flash flooding is expected downstream. People in low-lying areas do...

GILMAN, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - There were multiple tornado warnings on Monday night, including in Taylor County. One WAOW-TV viewer captured video of a tornado near Gilman. There were also reports of quarter-sized hail in and near Marshfield. The largest hail reported in the area was in southern Clark county, 2.00" diam...

WESTON, WI (WSAU) -- What was once one of the largest Tax Increment Finance Districts in Wisconsin is officially slated for closure. Trustees in Weston voted unanimously to close TIF #1 on Monday, five years ahead of schedule. Village Administrator Jami Gebert says that after looking at the final numbers for the 2026 b...

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...

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...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as Wednesday on the latest Democratic-led effort to rein in President Donald Trump's war powers, and party leaders promised on Tuesday to keep bringing up such reso...

By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, April 14 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday named East Harlem as the first site for a city-run grocery store, choosing a neighborhood where the median household income is below half ​the Manhattan ave...

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - Partisan legislation to fund Donald Trump's immigration enforcement activities through the end of his presidency in January 2029 could begin moving through the U.S. Senate by the end of this month, acco...

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called upon Republican lawmakers to work together to ​extend a law that allows ‌American spy agencies to surveil foreigners abroad using data drawn from U.S. digital infrastructure...

By Alan Baldwin LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - A Pop-Up Hotel famed for catering for celebrities and rock stars at the Glastonbury Festival is making its British Grand Prix offering 'fully immersive' by adding a trackside swimming pool and palm trees to ...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as Wednesday on the latest Democratic-led effort to rein in President Donald Trump's war powers, and party leaders promised on Tuesday to keep bringing up such reso...

By Michael Holden and Suzanne Plunkett LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - King Charles will have tea and a private meeting with President Donald Trump during his U.S. state visit later this month, as the British government hopes his "soft power" can heal a ...

By Clement Bonnerot, Robbie Corey-Boulet and Giulia Paravicini DAKAR, April 14 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo is set to receive more than 30 deportees from the United States this week, four sources told Reuters, the latest example of Washingt...

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The Lebanese ​government made ‌it clear during U.S.-brokered talks ‌with ​Israel ⁠that they no ⁠longer want to be "occupied" by Hezbollah ​and that ⁠there ⁠were conversations ​about long-term ​vision for clearly delinea...

By Nora Buli OSLO, April 14 (Reuters) - Norway and Ukraine will strengthen their bilateral defence cooperation, including by producing Ukrainian drones ​in the Nordic country, the Norwegian ‌government said on Tuesday. Under the agreement, Norway will ...

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...

MADISON (WSAU-WAOW) Wisconsin Athletic Director Chris McIntosh is stepping down to take a job with the Big Ten conference. The Wisconsin State Journal and the Sports Business Journal report that McIntosh will become the deputy commissioner for strategy at the Big Ten. McIntosh had been in his role as athletic director...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Brewers have squandered their good start this season with a 5-game losing streak. Keibert Ruiz singled home two runs in the 8th to lead the Washington Nationals to an 8-6 win Sunday. It's the Nats first swee of the Brewers since 2011. Gary Sanchez had put the Brewers ahead with a 3-run home r...

LAS VEGAS (WSAU) - The Wisconsin hockey team fell short of a national championship, losing to Denver in the Frozen Four finals, 2-1. Wisconsin scored first at 12:36 of the first period on a Vasiulky Zelenoiv goal. Their 1-0 lead held up until 7:31 of the 3rd period. Denver scored the go-ahead goal with 5:52 left in the...

MILWAUKEE , WI (WSAU) The Brewers managed only two hits in a 3-1 loss to the Washington Nationals. The Brewers have lost 4 straight. Nats pitcher Foster Griffin didn't allow a hit through 5-innings. The Brewers only run came on a William Contreras home run in the 9th inning. The Brewers had the winning runs on base in...

Former Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore was sentenced to 18 months of probation with no jail time on Tuesday after allegedly trespassing on the home of a staff member with whom he had an affair. Moore ​was also fined more than $1,000 and ordered not...

No. 9 seed Arthur Fils saved two match points and overcame fellow Frenchman Terence Atmane 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in the Round of 32 at the Barcelona Open ​on Tuesday. Fils, looking for his first win since he ‌picked up two ATP 500 titles in 2024, lost a 4...

Philadelphia will host its first UFC event in 15 years when UFC 330 is held at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Aug. ​15, UFC president and CEO Dana White ‌and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Tuesday. It will be UFC's first trip to Philadelphia since ...

The Los Angeles Angels recalled left-hander Sam Aldegheri from Triple-A Salt Lake and optioned ​left-hander Mitch Farris in ‌advance of Tuesday's road game against the New York Yankees. The Angels do not have a starting pitcher listed for ‌games ​at N...

Fans are about to see a lot more of the PGA Tour's star players. The Masters kicked off a stretch of two major championships and three signature events in a six-week stretch that culminates with the PGA Championship May 14-17. The RBC Heritage is play...

By Jonathan Stempel April 14 (Reuters) - A new antitrust lawsuit on Tuesday accuses Google of shutting out rival Android app stores by monopolizing app distribution and billing, ​violating U.S. antitrust law. Aptoide, a Portuguese company that ‌special...

April 14 (Reuters) - OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled GPT-5.4-Cyber, a variant of its latest flagship model fine-tuned specifically for ​defensive cybersecurity work, following rival Anthropic's ‌announcement of frontier AI model Mythos. Mythos, announced on...

April 14 (Reuters) - Meta and Broadcom on Tuesday announced a multi-year ​partnership under which ‌the chip designer will provide technology supporting Meta's custom AI accelerators, as the social ‌media ​giant rapidly ⁠expands its data ⁠centers. Broad...

BERLIN, April 14 (Reuters) - Volkswagen is expected to take a hit to first-quarter earnings from the ​decision to end production ‌of its ID.4 electric SUV at the German carmaker's Tennessee plant, analysts said on Tuesday after a call with management. ...

SEOUL, April 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's import prices rose in March at the sharpest pace in more ​than three years on a ‌surge in oil prices sparked by the Middle East conflict, central bank data showed on Wednesday. The Bank of Korea's import price ...

SAO PAULO, April 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian healthcare firm Oncoclinicas said on Tuesday it would continue to evaluate potential financial and corporate transactions after confirming ​the end of talks with Porto Seguro and ‌Fleury. Both Porto Seguro and ...

April 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria are stepping up efforts to broaden access ​to Gilead's HIV prevention drug, with a ‌goal of reaching 3 million people by 2028. Initial deliveries of the drug, len...

By Sahil Pandey and Puyaan Singh April 14 (Reuters) - Amazon's cloud unit on Tuesday launched Amazon Bio Discovery, an artificial intelligence application designed to speed early-stage drug discovery by allowing scientists to ​run complex computationa...

By Sriparna Roy April 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked Eli Lilly for more data on liver injury linked to its newly approved obesity pill, according to a letter posted on the ​health regulator's website. The weight-loss pil...

By Michael Erman and Mrinalika Roy April 14 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson beat first-quarter earnings expectations on Tuesday and raised its full-year forecast, as strong demand for cancer drug Darzalex and psoriasis treatment Tremfya more than offset ...

By Akash Sriram April 14 (Reuters) - Amazon's $11.6 billion deal to buy Globalstar bolsters its space ambitions with satellites and wireless airwaves, but will not fix the crippling shortage of rocket launches needed to build out a network capable of r...

By Joey Roulette COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 14 (Reuters) - After the safe return of four astronauts from a historic flyby of the moon last week, NASA is shifting focus to its next challenge: putting competing lunar landers from Elon Musk's Space...

April 14 (Reuters) - Amazon.com said on Tuesday it would buy satellite company ​Globalstar in an $11.57 ‌billion deal, as it looks to take on bigger rival SpaceX's Starlink. Satellite internet is ‌taking ​off as cheaper ⁠launches, better technology ⁠an...

By Deborah Mary Sophia and Akash Sriram April 14 (Reuters) - Amazon.com said on Tuesday it will acquire Globalstar in an $11.57 billion deal, bolstering its fledgling satellite business as it tries to catch up with Elon Musk's Starlink. Tech companies ...

April 11 (Reuters) - A new Russian launch vehicle, Soyuz-5, is undergoing its final tests and is "absolutely ready" for use ​in space projects, Russia's top space ‌official said on Saturday. Dmitry Bakanov, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, w...

April 14 (Reuters) - OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled GPT-5.4-Cyber, a variant of its latest flagship model fine-tuned specifically for ​defensive cybersecurity work, following rival Anthropic's ‌announcement of frontier AI model Mythos. Mythos, announced on...

April 14 (Reuters) - Meta and Broadcom on Tuesday announced a multi-year ​partnership under which ‌the chip designer will provide technology supporting Meta's custom AI accelerators, as the social ‌media ​giant rapidly ⁠expands its data ⁠centers. Broad...

By Suzanne McGee April 14 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs' asset management division plans to launch its first cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund in the coming months, according to a Tuesday filing with the ​U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The bank...

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The largest U.S. civil rights group on Tuesday sued xAI and a subsidiary, claiming they illegally operated more than two dozen gas turbines in Mississippi ​to power its Colossus 2 data center, posing a ‌health risk to l...

By Manya Saini, Saeed Azhar and Tatiana Bautzer April 14 (Reuters) - Wall Street executives said they were stress‑testing or monitoring private credit portfolios as the asset class comes under scrutiny, but said they were comfortable with their exposur...

By Lisa Richwine LAS VEGAS, April 14 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance's proposed purchase of Warner Bros Discovery will consolidate too much power in one company and cause harm to consumers and the industry, the head of ​a cinema trade group said on Tues...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 14 (Reuters) - Taylor Swift leads this year's American Music Awards with eight nominations, including artist of the year, song of the year ​for "The Fate of Ophelia" and album of the year ‌for "The Life of a Show...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 14 (Reuters) - While the first season of the TV series "Beef" sprang from a road-rage incident experienced by show creator Lee Sung Jin, the second season was inspired by something more intimate - a heated ​debat...

By Akanksha Khushi and Lisa Richwine April 13 (Reuters) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation unveiled its list of inductees for 2026 on Monday, ​including 1990s Britpop icons Oasis and American ‌hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, and adding Phil C...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 13 (Reuters) - Britney Spears voluntarily checked into rehab on Sunday following her March arrest on suspicion of driving under the ​influence, a representative for Spears confirmed to Reuters ‌on Monday. The Cal...