WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Residents in Wausau could find themselves debating a shift to a City Manager or Administrator form of government in the new year. Mayor Doug Diny hosted a forum on the issue, with UW Oshkosh Professor of Municipal Administration Michael Ford and Jay Shambeau of Innovative Public Advisors. Diny says...

TIGERTON, WI (WSAU-WAOW) The Tigerton Village Board has decided to move forward with a moratorium, putting a temporary stop on any more AI data center projects for about another year. The decision comes after a public hearing Tuesday night where residents had the opportunity to speak directly to village leaders. Many ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Marathon County Health Department has confirmed a measles case in a resident. According to a news release, the unidentified person was exposed to the disease while traveling outside Wisconsin. The individual is self-isolating, and officials say there is no evidence of public exposure. Additiona...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) -- The single-engine airplane that crashed into Lake Wausau on Saturday was removed from the water on Monday afternoon. Video shared by WAOW TV shows the plane on a flatbed truck, being carried down Grand Avenue after a towing company pulled it out of the lake. Multiple agencies were involved, in...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau School Board has officially scheduled the annual budget meeting for Monday, September 28th. District leaders approved the schedule on Monday, along with current budget projections. Numbers show the district's mill rate dropping by four cents, meaning a $200,000 home could see an $8 savin...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - Josh Jacobs, the star starting running back of the Green Bay Packers, appeared in Brown County court on Thursday morning to plead no contest to misdemeanor battery and property damage charges stemming from a May domestic altercation with his now-ex-girlfriend. According to ESPN's Rob Demovsky, th...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany is explaining why his campaign declined to participate in this cycle's Wisconsin Broadcasters Association debate. In an interview with "The Dan O'Donnell Show" on Tuesday, Tiffany said, "I think one debate will be sufficient to cover the ...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association gubernatorial debate will no longer take place after one of the candidates failed to accept the invitation. According to a press release from the WBA, "Two invitations were sent, and both had to be accepted to have a debate. That did not happen." The...

FOND du LAC, WI (WSAU) Additional charges have been filed against Benjamin Larson after several human skulls and bones were found inside his home. He was initially charged last month with felony stalking. Investigators said he repeatedly changed his story about the human remains that were discovered. It's now believed...

LAKE, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A man was arrested after making terroristic threats and reporting suicidal and homicidal thoughts at a business in the Township of Lake on Sept. 4. The Price County Dispatch Center received the call from the man, prompting a response from the Price County Sheriff's Office, Park Falls Police Depar...

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Sept 16 (Reuters) - European Union countries on Wednesday backed proposals to give more free emissions permits to heavy industries over ​the next few years to help struggling ‌companies to stay economically competitive. • EU co...

NEW DELHI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Nepali authorities said on Wednesday that only about 7% of the bodies recovered after the devastating flood have ​been identified, underscoring the scale of the ‌work involved in helping thousands of families find out the...

Sept 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote as soon as Wednesday on bipartisan legislation that seeks to rein in electricity bill increases tied ​to the expansion of data centers that support artificial ‌intelligence. The ...

GABORONE, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Mining chemicals importer Kemcore has been granted environmental clearance for a manufacturing plant in Botswana, paving the way for it to ​secure financing to build a facility to supply ‌copper and cobalt mines in the Dem...

By Andrew Hay Sept 16 (Reuters) - The family of conservative U.S. political activist Charlie Kirk plans to sue a Utah university over his fatal shooting there, ​alleging inadequate security contributed to his death, according ‌to a notice of claim sent...

LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - British police said ​on ‌Wednesday that they had charged a 21-year-old ‌man ​with ⁠racially and religiously ⁠aggravated criminal damage against Muslim organisations ​and venues in ⁠London. Illia Bilyk ⁠was charged ​with five...

By Julia Payne BRUSSELS, Sept 16 (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday she wanted to open the door for Canada to become the European Union's first "associate member". Earlier this week, Canada's Prime Minister...

MOSCOW, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Russia believes there is still time to prevent an arms race in space by drawing up a legally-binding international treaty to outlaw ​the deployment of offensive weapons there and called on ‌the United States and other nation...

VATICAN CITY, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Pope Leo said on Wednesday that recent conflicts in the Middle East had tested relations between ​Jews and Christians, adding that differing ‌views of the ongoing violence had strained dialogue but not broken it. In a ...

By James Mackenzie ROSTOCK, Germany, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Germany's struggling Chancellor Friedrich Merz will be relying on the popular centre-left state premier in the eastern region of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to keep out the far right in an elec...

PITTSBURGH, PA (WSAU) The Milwaukee Brewers won the NL Central Division for a 4th straight season on Tuesday. They beat the Pirates, 5-1 and the Cubs lost to the Braves, 6-3. Jacob Misiorowski worked five innings of shutout ball, striking out 7 for his 15th win of the season. His earned run average dropped to 1.89, th...

ROSEMONT, IL (WSAU) -- The Big Ten Conference and its media partners have announced the football game selections for Week 4 of the season, September 26th. Wisconsin and Penn State are set for a 4:00 PM kickoff in State College, PA. The game will stream exclusively on Peacock. It's the first Big Ten game of the season f...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - Pro Football Focus has published its Week 1 grade for the Packers' loss to the Vikings on Sunday. According to the rankings, Green Bay's top-graded player was wide receiver Christian Watson, who received an 87.3 after collecting six of eight targets for 147 yards and two touchdowns and creating 7...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WSAU) The Packers collapsed in the second half, allowing 29-unanswered points, in a 39-22 loss to the Vikings. Minnesota rallied around back-up quarterback Carson Wentz, who exited the game with an injury in the 1st quarter. The Packers twice led by two scores. Momentum shifted when the Packers opted ...

MILWAUKE, WI (WSAU) The Milwaukee Brewers were one win away from a perfect homestand. They fell to the Reds on Sunday afternoon, 4-3. Eugenio Suarez hit a 3-run homer, and Tyler Stevenson brought home the game-winning run with an 8th-inning sacrifice fly. The Brewers built an early 2-0 lead on Joey Ortiz's 9th home ru...

By Field Level Media Sep 16 (Field Level Media) - Jacob Misiorowski tossed five scoreless innings, Joey Ortiz collected three hits and two RBIs, the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the host Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Tuesday for the start of what proved to b...

By Field Level Media Sep 16 (Field Level Media) - Ronald Acuna Jr., Ozzie Albies and Drake Baldwin each hit a two-run homer as the visiting Atlanta Braves earned a 6-3 victory over ​the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday. Martin Perez (9-9) allowed three runs (tw...

By Field Level Media Sep 16 (Field Level Media) - Sloane Stephens advanced to the quarterfinals of the Guadalajara Open by eking out a ​7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) win over fifth-seeded Janice ‌Tjen of Indonesia on Tuesday in Mexico. After a first set that featur...

By Field Level Media Sep 16 (Field Level Media) - Five days before their preseason opener, the Anaheim Ducks signed their leading goal-scorer and point-scorer from last season, forward Cutter ​Gauthier, to a six-year deal on Tuesday. While the club did...

By Field Level Media Sep 16 (Field Level Media) - Seeking to bolster a banged-up receiving corps, the Los Angeles Chargers signed ​Marquez Valdes-Scantling to their practice squad, ‌ESPN reported on Tuesday. The move comes in the wake of three Chargers...

SAO PAULO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Economic activity in Brazil fell by a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in July from the previous ​month, a central bank index showed ‌on Wednesday, compared with expectations for a 0.1% contraction in a Reuters poll of economists...

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales rebounded more than expected in August as households stepped up purchases of motor vehicles and stocked up for the new school ​year, reinforcing the economy's resilience even as consumers grow ‌more anx...

By Simon Jessop LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Google has agreed its biggest carbon-removal deal yet, backing a project in Brazil run by developer Terradot that aims to both cut methane emissions from rice farming and capture carbon dioxide from the atmos...

Sept 16 (Reuters) - A majority of younger U.S. healthcare workers plan to explore new jobs within the next year, even as many want long-term stability with ​a single employer, a survey released on Wednesday ‌found. The findings highlight a retention ch...

Sept 16 (Reuters) - Canada's Dollarama raised annual comparable sales growth forecast on Wednesday, as budget-conscious shoppers increasingly opted for its discount everyday products while contending with higher cost ​of living. As consumers look for w...

By Richa Naidu LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Consumer health company Haleon has achieved growing sales of products to counter side-effects of weight-loss drugs in the United ​States, the company said, capitalising on the rising ‌popularity of GLP-1 medic...

By Kunal Das and Siddhi Mahatole Sept 16 (Reuters) - Drug developer Sling Therapeutics said on Wednesday it had raised $123 million to advance a late-stage trial ​of its experimental oral drug to treat thyroid ‌eye disease. The disease causes inflammat...

By Nancy Lapid Sept 15 (Reuters) - Hello Health Rounds readers! Today we highlight a potentially game-changing experimental contrast agent for MRI exams that may enable detection of lung cancer when tumors are small and more treatment options are avail...

By Kane Wu HONG KONG, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Chinese social media and internet company ByteDance has completed a $290 million fundraising ​for its AI drugmaking unit ‌after spinning it off from the group, two people with knowledge of the matter said on We...

By Richa Naidu and Arriana McLymore LONDON/NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - More than 20 banned skin-bleaching products containing mercury are available for purchase on third-party marketplaces run by Amazon, Temu and TikTok Shop in several countries, des...

Sept 15 (Reuters) - SpaceX said on Tuesday it was preparing to launch its next Starship flight test ​as soon as September 22, ‌a mission expected to send the vehicle into orbit for the first time and deploy Starlink V3 satellites. Starship's 14th test ...

By Will Dunham Sept 15 (Reuters) - Augustus, ancient Rome's first emperor, placed a gilded monument called the Milliarium Aureum, or Golden Milestone, in the Roman Forum in 20 BC to mark the symbolic starting point for all roads in the sprawling empire...

LUSAKA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - African wild dogs can travel more than 4,000 km (2,500 miles) across the continent to find mates, according to new research that suggests the endangered species' surviving populations are more ​interconnected than previously...

Sept 15 (Reuters) - Spanish paleontologists say they have found the first evidence that Diplodocus, the iconic long-necked ​dinosaur, once roamed Europe, according ‌to research published on Tuesday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Researchers...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - SpaceX's new Starfall business of returning products and other payloads from Earth's orbit has signed a mission deal with integrator Space Cargo as the unit's first customer, the company's Chief Executiv...

Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. internet forums 4chan and Kiwi Farms' lawsuit against Britain's media regulator Ofcom has been dismissed by a court in Washington DC, which said it did not have ​jurisdiction to rule on the matter. The owners of the forums ‌cla...

By Raphael Satter and Deepa Seetharaman WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Rogue AI agents from OpenAI hijacked Hugging Face user accounts and probed the site itself for vulnerabilities as early as May, nearly two months before the July breach of the ope...

By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Using mobile phones to scan a QR code for payments has become near ubiquitous behaviour in India over the last decade, thanks to a widely used homegrown network, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). But af...

By Nathan Vifflin and Emanuele Berro Sept 16 (Reuters) - Independent phone and laptop makers are redesigning products, testing incoming chips for fakes and passing on costs as a memory shortage they expect to last through 2027 squeezes ​the lower end ...

Sept 16 (Reuters) - Shares of Paytm, One ​Mobikwik, Yes ‌Bank advanced on Wednesday after India's payments ‌authority ​introduced ⁠a 0.4% fee ⁠on select person-to-merchant transactions above 2,000 rupees (about $20) ​from October 15. Paytm, One ⁠Mobikw...

By Bhargav Acharya and Meriam Telhig TORONTO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A Palestinian drama filmed entirely in Gaza aims to show the world the everyday struggles of Palestinians, filmmaker Hosam Abu Dan said. "Thirteen in ​Gaza," which premiered at the Toron...

By Francesca Halliwell LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Daisy Edgar-Jones said the latest film adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel celebrates sisterhood and self-discovery, rather than simply defining its two protagonists by "sense" and "sensibility"....

By Kanishka Singh Sept 15 (Reuters) - Pop star Ed Sheeran said on Tuesday dropping American rapper Macklemore from his U.S. concert tour was not Sheeran's decision but that of the tour's promoter, even as Sheeran distinguished ​his political approach f...

PARIS, Sept 15 (Reuters) - U.S. reality TV star Kim Kardashian was awarded a symbolic €1 ($1.15) in damages on Tuesday from the thieves who tied ​her up at gunpoint in a ‌Paris hotel in 2016 and stole her jewels, including her $4 million engagement rin...

By Steve Gorman and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Prosecutors said on Tuesday they have ruled out seeking the death penalty in the murder case against Nick Reiner, accused of fatally stabbing his parents, Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner...