WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- A legal decision in Pewaukee has shelved the Wisconsin Rapids city-wide transportation utility for now. Mayor Matt Zacher says a lawsuit by a statewide manufacturing group successfully argued that the added user fee on the city's tax bill was against the rules, meaning they'll have to she...

HAMMEL, WI (WSAU) One person is dead and another is injured after a head-on collision in Hammel in Taylor County. The Wisconsin State Patrol says 83-year-old Edwin Emstrom of Medford was driving on Highway M at Knuth Road just after noon Monday when he veered into oncoming traffic. He struck an oncoming car driven by 3...

PINE LAKE, WI (WSAU) -- The Oneida County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of Monday's fatal crash in the Town of Pine Lake. Mark E Carlson of Woodbury, Minnesota was killed when his Honda CRV crashed head-on into a GMC Sierra on Highway 17 near Mud Lake Road. Investigators believe Carlson's vehicle drifted a...

MANITOWOC, WI (WSAU) -- Police in Manitowoc are asking for the public's help after a Veteran went missing this week. Police say Jason R. Neumann went missing on Monday. Officers found his vehicle in shallow water in Lake Michigan near the Village of Cleveland a day later. Neumann wasn't home, and there was no sign of h...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - While most people hear the word cannabis and think of marijuana, which is illegal in Wisconsin, professors at UW-Stevens Point say the plant can be used for much more than creating a recreational drug, including being able to clean up PFAS in the soil. Biology Professor Brian Barringer ...

MERRILL, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Lincoln County prosecutors have charged a Merrill woman with domestic battery for allegedly placing a firework under a toilet seat and injuring a man last Thursday. According to a news release from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, a deputy responded to an address on County Highway K just ...

PARK FALLS, WI (WSAU) -- A Price County man accused of killing an ex-girlfriend may have reached a plea deal with the state. Christopher Dyer is accused of one count of intentional homicide after Denise Schwarz was found shot to death back on April 13th. First responders found her body outside a home on Second Avenue i...

SHAWANO, WI (WSAU) -- A Shawano County student stuck on a math problem took a non-traditional means of getting it last week. He called 911. According to a Facebook post, the student said neither he nor his family was "very good at math," and called the emergency line for help. Deputy Mason was dispatched to h...

PINE LAKE, WI (WSAU-WAOW) -One person is dead and another is injured after a two-vehicle, head-on crash in Oneida County on Monday afternoon. Oneida County Sheriff's Office responded to a call of a two-vehicle crash at 1:10 PM Monday in the Town of Pine Lake on Highway 17 just south of the intersection of Mud Lake Road...

SHAWANO, WI (WSAU) -- A month-long trial for a Shawano County man accused of killing a woman in June of 2022 is scheduled to begin Monday. Michael Ingold is facing one count of homicide for allegedly strangling the victim, who later died. Investigators say the 60-year-old and the victim had multiple run-ins, including ...