WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Marathon County has issued a request for proposals for the redevelopment of the UWSP Wausau campus. Officials are looking to transfer ownership of seven buildings by the end of the year, with the goal of redeveloping the campus in a way that will "serve the community in meaningful ways," ...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- An 11-member search committee has selected three finalists for the Chancellor's position at UW-Stevens Point. The list includes two external candidates and the current Interim Chancellor, Pratima Gandhi, who has also served as the school's Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration. The ...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Senator Patrick Testin is one of 16 Republicans who have signed on to a proposed state tax rebate. The proposal would give direct payments of $500 to individual filers and $1,000 to married couples that file a joint return. Testin says the proposal would return some of the state's multi-billion do...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- North Central Health Care is introducing a new team dedicated to protecting seniors and other vulnerable adults from financial scams. The Financial Abuse Specialist Team, or FA$T, is based on a concept that's been successful in other areas. "It is a community outreach program [bringing togethe...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Four of Marathon County's six snowmobile trail zones will close on Friday. According to a news release from the County's Parks, Recreation, and Forestry department, zones two and five will remain open; the rest will close on the following schedule: Zone 1 - Closing Friday, February 13th at 6 AM. Z...

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...

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration faced harsh criticism ​from senators over ‌a litany of failures before the January 2025 collission of a American Airlines ‌regional ​jet and ⁠Army helicopter that ⁠killed 67 people. Sen...

By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Wall Street's top regulator is working to restore some of its workforce following last year's deep cuts at the behest of the White House, the agency's chief told Congress ​on Thursday. "We have gaps in...

By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon from reducing Senator Mark Kelly's retired military rank and pension ​pay because he urged troops to reject unlawful ‌orders. The preliminary ruling by U.S. Distr...

By Jody Godoy Feb 12 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's head of the Justice Department's antitrust division said Thursday she is stepping down less than a year after being appointed by President Donald Trump. Gail ​Slater was confirmed in March to ...

By Michael S. Derby Feb 12 (Reuters) - Americans are shouldering almost all of President Donald Trump's import tax surge, a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Thursday. The bank said 90% of the tariffs imposed by the president on ...

CALGARY, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Separatists in Alberta are ramping up a petition campaign aimed at triggering an independence vote in the western province that has long complained its economy is being held back by the rest of Canada. Volunteer canvassers a...

By Maria Martinez BERLIN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Germany will deliver five additional ​PAC-3 missile interceptors to ‌Ukraine if other countries donate a total of 30, German Defence Minister Boris ‌Pistorius ​said on Thursday. PAC-3, ⁠or Patriot ⁠Advanced...

CAPE TOWN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that ​he would deploy the army ‌to help the police fight organised crime, saying it would be one of the main areas the ‌country's ​coalition government would ⁠focus ...

LISBON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament on Thursday approved a bill, on its first reading, requiring explicit parental consent for children aged 13 to 16 to access social ​media, in one of the first concrete legislative ‌moves in Europe to imp...

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Six more Russian and Ukrainian children are being reunited with ​their families, Washington and ‌Moscow said on Thursday, crediting efforts by U.S. first lady Melania Trump. One child would return to Russia ‌and ​f...

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...

ORLANDO, FLA (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Bucks beat the Orlando Magic 116-108 on Wednesday night at Kia Center in Florida. It was the second game at Orlando this week. The Magic made 20 3-pointers in the game while the Bucks were 24-24 from the free throw line. It was the first win for the Bucks against a team with a winni...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Tuesday's scoreboard: Boys Basketball DC Everest 62 Stevens Point 49 Rhinelander 74 Tomahawk 35 Iola-Scandanavia 65 Wausau West 61 Hortonville 84 Wisconsin Rapids 42 Lakeland 56 Northland Pines 55 Marathon 77 Witt/Birn 49 Marshfield 75 Chippewa Falls 37 Medford 52 Mer...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill (WSAU) -- The Wisconsin mens basketball team pulled off an upset as they knocked off #8 Illinois 92-90 in overtime on Tuesday night. The Badgers took an early lead of 18-10 but Illinois led at halftime 44-38. The Badgers went on a 8-0 run to begin the second half but the Illini went on a run of their own...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Monday's scoreboard & today's schedule: Boys Basketball Witt/Birn 51 Edgar 49 Northland Lutheran 60 Tomahawk 39 Pacelli 49 Tri-County 46 Neillsville 57 Stratford 47 Berlin 60 Adams-Friendship 50 Wonewoc Center 79 Pittsville 35 Athens 65 Nekoosa 43 Spencer 66 Chequ...

By Amy Tennery MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Tournament favourites Canada marked their territory with a 5-0 win over Czech Republic to open their men's Olympic ice hockey campaign on ​Thursday, as goalie Jordan Binnington turned away all 26 ‌shots he faced...

By Lori Ewing MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - When Ilia Malinin launched himself into a backflip at the Milano Cortina Olympics, it detonated through the crowd like a firecracker and even brought tennis great Novak Djokovic to his feet with his hands on his ...

Infielder Sebastian Walcott, the top prospect in the Texas Rangers' organization, will ​undergo elbow surgery to ‌repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament. Chris Young, Texas' president of baseball operations, told reporters on Thursday ‌that ​Walcott,...

By Trevor Stynes and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Canada played their last two group games without injured captain Marie-Philip Poulin and uncertainty surrounds the ​return of the five-times Olympian heading into the ‌quarter-finals of ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced a one-year, $10 million extension with veteran ​third baseman Max ‌Muncy on Thursday. The deal includes a $7 million salary for the 2027 season and ‌a $10 ​million club option ⁠for 2028 that ⁠includes a $3 million buy...

BRUSSELS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are ​investigating Alphabet ‌unit Google over the sale of search ‌advertisements ​in Europe, ⁠a letter ⁠to advertisers seen by Reuters showed. The European Commission ​said it has indications ⁠of ⁠po...

By Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Palo Alto Networks opted not to tie China to a global cyberespionage campaign the firm exposed last week over concerns that the cybersecurity company or its clients could face retaliation f...

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Google ​is ‌being investigated ‌by ​the ⁠European ⁠Union over concerns ​it ⁠is ⁠illegally rigging ​the ​cost of advertising ‌on ⁠its search engine, ⁠Bloomberg ‌News ⁠reported ​on ‌Thursday. (Reporting by ​Juby ⁠Babu in Mexico ​City)...

By Javi West Larrañaga Feb 12 (Reuters) - The outlook for European corporate health has improved, the latest LSEG I/B/E/S forecasts showed on Thursday, ​as European blue-chip indices hit highs on ‌the back of a better-than-anticipated earnings season s...

By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Wall Street's top regulator is working to restore some of its workforce following last year's deep cuts at the behest of the White House, the agency's chief told Congress ​on Thursday. "We have gaps in...

Feb 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it has approved labeling changes to six ​menopause hormone therapies to remove references ‌to risks of cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and probable dementia. The FDA had i...

By Emma Rumney LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A potential U.S. move to block imports of some disposable vapes could cut the booming market for unregulated e-cigarettes by as much as ​a third, British American Tobacco's CEO told Reuters on ‌Thursday, though...

By Jatindra Dash BHUBANESWAR, India, Feb 12 (Reuters) - An Indian health worker who contracted the deadly Nipah virus ​in December has died, a senior ‌health official from the eastern state of West Bengal said on Thursday. The woman - a nurse - was one...

By Sahil Pandey Feb 12 (Reuters) - Zoetis on Thursday forecast 2026 adjusted profit and revenue above Wall Street estimates, but shares dropped 5% after executives cautioned that ​its companion-animal business in the U.S. remains under pressure ‌and c...

Feb 12 (Reuters) - BridgeBio Pharma said its experimental therapy boosted growth rates in children with a rare genetic disorder that causes dwarfism, sending the company's shares 7% higher on ​Thursday. The company said it plans to seek regulatory appr...

Feb 11 (Reuters) - Rocket maker ​Orbex ‌will enter administration after ‌takeover ​talks ⁠with European ⁠space start-up The Exploration ​Company failed, ⁠The ⁠Financial ​Times reported ​on Wednesday. Reuters could ‌not immediately verify ⁠the report. ...

Feb 11 (Reuters) - Eutelsat has secured about ​1 ‌billion euros ($1.2 billion) in export credit financing ‌to ​fund ⁠the procurement ⁠of low Earth orbit satellites for its ​OneWeb constellation, it ⁠said ⁠on Wednesday. The ​financing, backed ​by a Fren...

By Will Dunham Feb 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in Canada's province of Nova Scotia the skull of a creature dating to about 307 million years ago that is one of the oldest-known plant-eating land vertebrates, representing a pivotal juncture...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - A fresh examination of radar data for Venus obtained by NASA's Magellan spacecraft in the 1990s indicates the presence of a large underground cavity created by a lava flow, the first subsurface feature ever ...

Feb 9 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX has shifted its focus to building a "self‑growing city" on the moon, which could be achieved in less than 10 years. SpaceX still intends to start on Musk's long-held ambition of a city on Mars with...

BRUSSELS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are ​investigating Alphabet ‌unit Google over the sale of search ‌advertisements ​in Europe, ⁠a letter ⁠to advertisers seen by Reuters showed. The European Commission ​said it has indications ⁠of ⁠po...

By Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Palo Alto Networks opted not to tie China to a global cyberespionage campaign the firm exposed last week over concerns that the cybersecurity company or its clients could face retaliation f...

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Google ​is ‌being investigated ‌by ​the ⁠European ⁠Union over concerns ​it ⁠is ⁠illegally rigging ​the ​cost of advertising ‌on ⁠its search engine, ⁠Bloomberg ‌News ⁠reported ​on ‌Thursday. (Reporting by ​Juby ⁠Babu in Mexico ​City)...

LISBON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament on Thursday approved a bill, on its first reading, requiring explicit parental consent for children aged 13 to 16 to access social ​media, in one of the first concrete legislative ‌moves in Europe to imp...

AMSTERDAM, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Odido, the former business of T-Mobile in the Netherlands, said on Thursday that personal ​information from more than six ‌million accounts had been exposed in a hack, one of the largest such incidents in the country. "Odi...

By Hanna Rantala BERLIN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Michelle Yeoh has won some of the acting industry's top honours over her four-decade career, including an Oscar and a Golden ​Globe, and on Thursday night she will add ‌another: the Berlin Film Festival's Hon...

By Hanna Rantala and Miranda Murray BERLIN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Director and actor Shahrbanoo Sadat says premiering her romantic comedy "No Good Men" in Berlin, where it will open this year's film festival, is a chance to redress ​the overwhelmingly gri...

By Miranda Murray BERLIN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - German director Wim Wenders said on Thursday filmmakers must stay out of politics and focus on changing how people think, at the start of the Berlin Film Festival. Considered more politically minded than its...

By Brad Brooks AURORA, Colorado, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, which celebrated Latino culture in Spanish, offered an uplifting moment of cultural pride for many Hispanic residents in Aurora, Colorado, ...

MILAN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Universal Music Group and rights‑tech platform ClicknClear have signed a global licensing deal enabling athletes to license music from UMG for use in choreographed sports, the companies said in a joint statement on Thursday. T...