STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- The latest artistic light along the Wisconsin River in Stevens Point is much more than a fun piece of public art. Mayor Mike Wiza and other local leaders gathered to dedicate "Tiny Dancer" on Tuesday, a piece dedicated to the memory of 20-year-old Hannah Goman, who was killed in a ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The city of Wausau is honoring Sarah Ruffi on what would have been her 58th birthday. Hundreds of community members are leaving messages of condolences and sharing how she impacted them. That includes city leaders in Wauau, who said: "While she may be gone, her legacy as a lawyer, podcast ...

KRONENWETTER, WI (WSAU) -- Kronenwetter Administrator James Davel has been cleared of any wrongdoing in connection with an employee complaint. Village leaders announced the results of a third-party investigation Tuesday morning, saying the situation involved a "workplace allegation." The Village Board hired a...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A new chapter is beginning for The Waterside Building, between the Dudley Tower and the Marathon County Public Library. The space mostly empty for about 3 years but Wausau Mayor Dough Diny says he's excited to see the building come back to life. "I'm looking forward to it. In fact I see so...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- The man accused of stealing a Wisconsin Rapids ambulance and taking it on a 40-minute trip to Pittsville is competent for trial. Benjamin Feltz was in court on Monday, where both sides went over a competency evaluation, agreeing that the 37-year-old can aid in his defense. The Judge then ...

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 31 (Reuters) - A three-judge panel in Wisconsin on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit from Democratic voters that had challenged the ​state's congressional map. The panel said in its ruling ‌that only the Wisconsin Supreme ...

By Nate Raymond March 31 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday declined to approve a Trump administration-crafted settlement that would have allowed churches and other houses of worship to endorse political candidates to their congregations without ri...

By Kalea Hall and David Shepardson NEW YORK, March 31 (Reuters) - Republican Senator Bernie Moreno said on Tuesday he will introduce legislation next month to toughen a U.S. government ban on Chinese automakers from entering ​the American market, and e...

March 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is temporarily pausing plans ​to use large warehouses ‌to detain immigrants, a Trump administration official and a second source familiar with the matter said, ‌as ​its new secretary, ⁠Markw...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will likely go personally to the Supreme Court on ​Wednesday for a case regarding birthright citizenship. "I ‌think so," Trump said when asked if he will ...

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/CAIRO, April 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States could end its military attacks on Iran within two to three weeks and that Tehran did not have to make a deal as a prerequisite for the conflict winding d...

April 1(Reuters) - A Russian An-26 military transport plane crashed into a cliff in Crimea, ​killing 29 people on ‌board, Russian news agencies reported the country's defence ministry as saying early on Wednesday. TASS news agency, quoting the ‌ministr...

BEIRUT, April 1 (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed and 24 wounded in two Israeli strikes in the Beirut ​area, the Lebanese health ministry said on ‌Wednesday, in attacks that hit vehicles in Beirut's southern outskirts and in an area just so...

By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is revoking the U.S. citizenship of a California couple who emigrated from China and pleaded guilty to stealing trade secrets. A federal judge in San Diego, ​C...

WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday told reporters the government will have ​to "force ourselves" on Los ‌Angeles when the World Cup happens, saying he did not want any crime or problems. "We're gonna have to do ‌som...

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...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Brewers have lost for the first time this season, falling 3-2 to the Tampa Bay Rays. Nick Fortes doubled in the winning run in the 9th off Trevor Meginn to bring in the winning run. The Brewers had a baserunner in the bottom of the 9th, but failed to get a game-tying hit. William Contrares ga...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Bucks, eliminated from playoff contention earlier this weekend, lost to the LA Clippers, 127-113, on Sunday. Bennedict Mathurin scored 28 points, John Collins 22 and Kawhi Leonard 20.. Gary Trent Jr. had a season-high 36 points for the Bucks, who had only 8 players available. The Bu...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Brewers rallied from 5-runs down to sweep the White Sox 9-7 on Sunday. Milwaukee scored 6 runs in the 8th, capped off by a Christian Yelich three-run homer. It was the first pinch-hit home run of Yelich's career. The Brewers trailed 7-2 after 3 innings. Chicago's Munetaka Murakami homered to ...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) The Brewers have opened their season with back-to-back wins over the White Sox. They beat Chicago 6-1 on Saturday night. Garrett Mitchell had two hits, 2 RBI, and 2 stolen bases in the win. Christian Yelich and Brice Turang had three hits each. Garrett Mitchell hit two singles, drove in two runs a...

By Field Level Media Tommy Fleetwood had, without a doubt, the best year of his golf career in 2025. He made 18 cuts in 19 starts on the PGA Tour, finishing in the top 25 almost every time. He came tantalizingly close to victory at the ​Travelers Champ...

By Field Level Media For the third consecutive time, four-time World Cup winners Italy will be on the outside looking in during World Cup competition. In World Cup European playoff action ​on Tuesday, Bosnia-Herzegovina defeated Italy in penalty kicks ...

March 31 (Reuters) - Tiger Woods ​said ‌on Tuesday he was stepping ‌away ​for ⁠a "period of ⁠time" to seek treatment and ​focus on ⁠his ⁠health after ​earlier pleading ​not guilty to ‌DUI charges following ⁠his involvement in a ⁠rollover crash ‌in ⁠Flo...

By Field Level Media No. 5 seed Sebastian Baez of Argentina kicked off his stay at the Tiriac Open with a breezy 6-3, 6-1 win over Lithuania's Vilius Gaubas in Round of ​32 action Tuesday in Bucharest, Romania. A finalist in this event ‌a year ago, Bae...

By Field Level Media Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Cody Ponce has been diagnosed with a sprained right ACL and will miss significant time, manager John Schneider said ​on Tuesday. Ponce, 31, made his first big-league appearance since ‌2021 on Monday n...

By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE, April 1 (Reuters) - Stocks and bonds rallied and the dollar wallowed at the start of the Asian trading session on Wednesday on hopes of a de-escalation in the Iran conflict, while significantly better-than-expected ec...

March 31 (Reuters) - Sequoia Capital has named former senior steward Doug Leone as chairman, partners at the storied Silicon Valley venture ​capital firm said in X posts ‌on Tuesday. (Reporting by Fabiola Arámburo in Mexico City, Angela Christy in Beng...

By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO, April 1 (Reuters) - The dollar was largely steady on Wednesday, with gains from safe-haven demand fading, as U.S. President Donald Trump said the war with Iran could wind down within weeks, though conflicting signals on the c...

SEOUL, April 1 (Reuters) - South Korea's factory activity expanded at the strongest pace in more ​than four years in March, ‌led by semiconductor demand and new product launches, even as the Middle East war dragged on overseas orders, ‌a ​private-secto...

By Colleen Howe BEIJING, April 1 (Reuters) - Oil prices ticked up in early Wednesday trade, with Brent front-month futures extending a record March rally as Middle East volatility kept markets jittery, despite reports that the U.S. and Iran may ​be edg...

April 1 (Reuters) - UK's drug cost-effectiveness watchdog has recommended Novo Nordisk's Wegovy to reduce the risk of serious heart problems or strokes in obese or overweight adults, becoming the ​first GLP-1 drug to be endorsed for this use. With ‌the...

By Christy Santhosh March 31 (Reuters) - Activist investor Pineal Capital Management has urged sweeping changes at Teladoc Health, calling for cost cuts and a potential breakup of the telehealth ​provider to unlock shareholder value. In an open letter ...

March 31 (Reuters) - The American Heart Association's new nutrition guidance, released on Tuesday, emphasized a dietary pattern rich in vegetables, fruits and whole grains, prioritizing plant-based protein ​over meat. It also suggested limiting the use...

By Puyaan Singh March 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it has identified cases of liver injury in patients taking Amgen's drug for a ​group of rare autoimmune diseases and urged healthcare ‌providers to discontinue t...

March 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is moving toward allowing compounding pharmacies to produce more ​than a dozen injectable peptides that ‌were banned because of potentially significant safety risks, the New York Times reported...

By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, March 31 (Reuters) - Amazon's Leo satellite internet unit signed a deal with Delta Air Lines to provide in-flight Wi-Fi on 500 of the airline's planes starting in 2028, inking its second major partnership in the skies a...

By Gianluca Lo Nostro PARIS, March 31 (Reuters) - Eutelsat, Europe's main rival to Elon Musk's satellite internet provider Starlink, is in talks with India's space agency about future satellite launches as it seeks to diversify beyond SpaceX and Europe...

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, March 31 (Reuters) - Chinese satellite maker GalaxySpace has begun the so-called tutoring process for a potential initial public offering, state media ​reported on Tuesday, the latest private space firm ‌to take steps towar...

March 30 (Reuters) - SpaceX's Starlink said one of its satellites had an anomaly on-orbit on Sunday, leading to a loss of ​communications with the spacecraft at roughly ‌560 km (347.97 miles) above Earth, though the event does not pose a risk to key mi...

By Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, March 30 (Reuters) - NASA is preparing to launch the first crew of astronauts toward the moon in over 53 years with its second Artemis mission, a critical test flight in humanity's broader lunar goals as the U....

By Aditya Soni and Akash Sriram April 1 (Reuters) - In early 1976 in California, Steve Wozniak had just completed the design of a computer circuit board he intended to share with fellow hobbyists at a prominent local club. His friend Steve Jobs also sa...

March 31 (Reuters) - Microsoft, Chevron and investment fund Engine No. 1 have entered into an exclusivity agreement for power generation and ​supply, the three companies said on ‌Tuesday. Technology companies, including Microsoft, are rushing to secure...

SYDNEY, April 1 (Reuters) - Anthropic said on Wednesday it would sign an agreement to share its economic index data with ​the Australian government to help track ‌artificial intelligence adoption across the economy, and its impact on workers and jobs. ...

March 31 (Reuters) - AT&T has reached a deal to invest about $1 billion to improve ​the Commerce Department's FirstNet ‌and deliver $1 billion in cost savings for the program via reduced rates, a U.S government agency said on ‌Tuesday. The ​telecommuni...

March 31 (Reuters) - Social media platform X was back up ​after a brief ‌outage that impacted thousands of users in the U.S. on Tuesday, ‌according ​to Downdetector.com. There ⁠were 562 reports ⁠of issues with Elon Musk-owned X as of 5:03 p.m. ​ET, dow...

By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, March 31 (Reuters) - Icelandic-Chinese jazz singer-songwriter Laufey says her mission is simple: get young people to fall in love with jazz. "It's literally all I care ​about as an artist - having people...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, March 31 (Reuters) - American actor Jon Hamm said Season 2 of the Apple TV+ dark comedy "Your Friends and Neighbors" will focus on the consequences ​facing his character after beginning a life of ‌crime in Season 1. "S...

PARIS, March 30 (Reuters) - Canadian singer Celine Dion announced on Monday, her birthday, that she will return to the stage this fall with 10 concerts scheduled in Paris, ​spread out over September and October. The much‑anticipated announcement follow...

By Blake Brittain March 30 (Reuters) - Pop megastar Taylor Swift was sued by a Las Vegas performer on Monday who said Swift's latest hit album "The Life of a ​Showgirl" violates her trademark rights. Maren Wade said in the ‌complaint that marketing for...

LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - British actor and comedian Russell Brand's trial on seven charges of rape and sexual assault relating to ​six women will take place in ‌October, a London judge said on Monday. Brand, once one of Britain's most high-profile ...