WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- An Antigo man was sentenced to three years in prison for charges related to fleeing an officer and recklessly endangering safety. Cody Mayotte was found guilty of leading police on a high-speed chase that started in Kronenwetter and went up Business 51, ending in a crash along Grand Avenue in Wausa...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau Mayor Doug Diny has released a statement after the city's Ethics Board voted to investigate a complaint filed against him by a group of citizens regarding his handling of a locked, unsecured municipal dropbox that the City Clerk hand intended to use as a ballot dropbox for the 2024 President...

MADISON, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A Wausau man will spend eight years in prison after pleading guilty to federal drug charges. In a release, the U.S. Department of Justice says Bee Her, 45, was sentenced on Wednesday for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Her pleaded guilty to the charge in November 2024. Twice ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Ethics Board has voted to investigate a complaint filed against Mayor Doug Diny regarding his handling of a locked, unsecured drop box placed outside City Hall. Wednesday's vote indicated a "determination of sufficiency" for evidence presented in the complaint and does not serv...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A man suspected of starting multiple fires in the Weston and Rothschild area last August has pled not guilty because of mental disease or defect. Kenneth Taylor made the plea on Wednesday to three felony counts of arson and one count of arson of property other than a building. Investigators say the...

(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Before spring arrives, Wisconsinites are encouraged to prepare now for flood season. Flooding is one of the most common and devastating natural disasters in Wisconsin. To encourage everyone in the state to be prepared, Gov. Tony Evers has declared Feb. 24 -28 as Flood Safety Awareness Week in Wisconsin. ...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Only students designated female at birth will be allowed to compete in girls sports, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control decided Wednesday. The decision comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order this month aimed at barring transgender f...

MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Later this week, Governor Tony Evers will unveil where he wants your tax dollars to go in the state's next two year budget. We already have a rough idea of what Governor Tony Evers will be talking about when he unveils his biennial budget proposal. A key talking point will be centered around ...

(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Political advertisements may be making a sooner-than-expected return to your TV screens as Democrats look to ramp up support and resources for local candidates heading into next year's midterm election. The Democratic party's branch that focuses on state races, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committ...

MERRILL, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - One of the teens charged in connection with the death of a counselor at the state youth prison will remain in adult court, a judge ruled. Javarius Hurd, 16, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide and two counts of battery prisoners for the June 24 incident at Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake ...

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday let stand an order blocking President Donald Trump from curtailing automatic birthright citizenship nationwide as part of the Republican's hardline crackdown on immigration and illegal border...

By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet on Thursday with chief executives from major drugmakers, a White House official confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday, as the industry tries to win government support for drug prici...

By Andrea Shalal and Nandita Bose MIAMI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he has put billionaire Elon Musk in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency, appearing to contradict the White House over who run...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order banning the use of federal funds for illegal migrants, a source said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Writing by Jasper Ward; Editing by)

MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is going to work with Republicans in Congress to significantly reduce taxes for individuals and companies. "We're going to dramatically cut taxes for families and for workers and fo...

By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia and Papua New Guinea said on Thursday they would begin talks on a full defence treaty between the two countries. Australia and Papua New Guinea already have a defence cooperation agreement, but the talks...

By Erin Banco and Andrea Shalal NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration may seek to strike a simplified minerals deal with Ukraine to get a pact in place quickly and later negotiate detailed terms, such as how much of Ukraine's vas...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met on Wednesday with Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto to discuss shared economic and national security priorities, the Treasury said in a statement. "Secretary Bessent emphasiz...

By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel braced on Thursday for the return of the bodies of infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their Oct. 7, 2023 attack and among the most poten...

(Reuters) - Three Palestinians were killed on Wednesday by Israeli forces in the al-Faraa camp near Tubas in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian state news agency WAFA reported. Security forces told WAFA the three people were killed after the I...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Bucks will be without forward Bobby Portis for the next 25 games after the league determined on Thursday that he violated the NBA's anti-drug program. According to a statement released by Portis' agent Mark Bartelstein, the failed test was a result of "an honest mistake" d...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - As the Milwaukee Brewers continue to go through spring training workouts and prepare to face the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday, the pitching staff is getting used to a new face who they hope can help stabilize their rotation in 2025. According to Brewers ace Freddy Peralta, who spoke with Brewers b...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is today's high school schedule: Boys Hockey Regionals Medford at Mosinee Antigo at Northland Pines Rhinelander at Tomahawk Superior at Wausau West DC Everest at New Richmond Pacelli at Monona Grove Chippewa Falls at Stevens Point Girls Hockey Regionals Northland Pines at Wisc Valley Union Med...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The Wisconsin Badgers and head coach Luke Fickell have agreed to a new seven-year extension to keep him in Madison through the 2032 season. According to a press release from the UW Athletic Board, the recommended extensions for Luke Fickell, women's volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield, women's soccer ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board announced on Wednesday morning that the organization will comply with an executive order signed by President Trump earlier this month designating women's sports leagues for biological females only. According to a statement from the WIAA, the o...

Paige Bueckers scored 23 points with nine rebounds and No. 5 UConn extended its winning streak to four games with a 91-49 victory on the road against Seton Hall on Wednesday at South Orange, N.J. Aubrey Griffin and Kaitlyn Chen each contributed 15 poi...

NASCAR penalized driver Chase Briscoe and Joe Gibbs Racing on Wednesday for modifying a spoiler on the No. 19 Toyota at the Daytona 500 last weekend. Briscoe, who won the pole for the season-opening race and placed fourth behind winner William Byron, ...

Just hours before the Charlotte Hornets visited the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night, Mark Williams remained miffed. The Charlotte center was dealt to the Lakers prior to the trade deadline before Los Angeles rescinded the deal 48 hours later, ap...

San Antonio All-Star center Victor Wembanyama is listed as doubtful because of illness for the Spurs' game Thursday against the Phoenix Suns in Austin, Texas. Wembanyama, 21, is averaging 24.3 points, 11.0 rebounds, 1.1 steals and a league-high 3.8 bl...

Wisconsin announced Wednesday that head coach Luke Fickell was given a one-year contract extension through 2032. Financial terms were not disclosed by the school. Fickell's previous deal kept him with the program through 2031. He made $7.7 million thi...

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yen firmed and the U.S. dollar held steady on Thursday as investors pondered what U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff agenda would mean for the global economy and how it could affect the interest rate ou...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Suzuki Motor will target an operating profit margin of at least 10% and a return on equity of 15% or more for the first half of the next decade, the Japanese automaker said on Thursday. The company will target sales revenue of 8 t...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China left benchmark lending rates unchanged at the monthly fixing on Thursday, showing authorities are going slow with monetary stimulus as they prioritise financial and currency stability. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT A weakening yuan ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian miner Vale reported on Wednesday a $694 million loss in the fourth quarter, compared to a $2.4 billion profit a year earlier, and far below the $1.95 billion profit expected by analysts in a LSEG poll. Vale, one of t...

By Curtis Williams (Reuters) - U.S. federal regulators on Wednesday gave Venture Global LNG permission to increase the export capacity of its Plaquemines, Louisiana, LNG plant. Regulators in a statement said they had approved the plant increasing p...

By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet on Thursday with chief executives from major drugmakers, a White House official confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday, as the industry tries to win government support for drug prici...

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance updating its official definitions of terms such as sex, female, and male on Wednesday following President Donald Trump's executive orders li...

(Reuters) - German medical packaging maker Gerresheimer has garnered interest from US medical solutions company Phillips-Medisize and buyout firm Bain Capital for parts or all of Gerresheimer, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing sources. P...

(Reuters) - UnitedHealth's insurance unit is offering employees in its benefits operations unit the option to accept buyouts if they quit by March 3, CNBC reported on Wednesday. Those who do not accept the offer will either continue in their curren...

(Reuters) - German engineering company Siemens announced late on Wednesday it launched a sale of a 2% stake in healthcare subsidiary Siemens Healthineers. The stake corresponds to 22 million ordinary shares in Healthineers and will be offered only ...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA is losing four key senior officials close to its flagship moon program, according to people familiar with the changes, adding more uncertainty over the agency's space exploration trajectory as Elon Musk and P...

By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) - Google has developed an AI tool to act as a virtual collaborator for biomedical scientists, the U.S. blue chip said on Wednesday. The new tool, tested by scientists at Stanford University in the U.S. and Imperial Coll...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system, revealing three layers like a wedding cake on a ferociously hot gas planet t...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Ant Group, the Alibaba-linked fintech giant, is venturing into the humanoid robot industry, joining a growing list of major Chinese tech companies exploring this emerging field. The company has opened positions related to humano...

PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - President Donald Trump suggested on Monday he will not let billionaire Elon Musk take part in any space-related government decisions, when the president was asked about Musk's potential conflicts of interest during t...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Wednesday that he was talking to China about TikTok as the United States seeks to broker a sale of the popular app. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal and Costas Pitas)

(Reuters) - Ansys beat analysts' estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday, indicating strength in demand for its artificial intelligence-based tools and engineering software solutions, sending its shares up 2% after the bell. Si...

(Reuters) - Grab Holdings forecast its annual revenue below analysts' estimate on Wednesday, as it grapples with intense competition in food delivery and ride-hailing businesses, sending its U.S.-listed shares down more than 8% after the bell. The ...

(Reuters) - Amazon said it would stop support for its unified communications service, Chime, next year and will not accept new customers beginning Wednesday. Amazon employees have long used Chime, which lets users meet, chat and place business call...

By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) - Google has developed an AI tool to act as a virtual collaborator for biomedical scientists, the U.S. blue chip said on Wednesday. The new tool, tested by scientists at Stanford University in the U.S. and Imperial Coll...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Director and screenwriter Ameer Fakher Eldin, whose family is from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, said on Wednesday his Berlin Film Festival competition entry "Yunan" came from his personal experiences with exile and longing...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Radu Jude returned to the Berlin Film Festival on Wednesday with "Kontinental '25," a comedy drama about a bailiff's misplaced moral crisis that marks the Romanian director's bid for a second Golden Bear after winning the top pri...

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - Television series "Reacher", based on the best-selling Jack Reacher books, returns for season three this week with the titular character going undercover. The show, one of Prime Video's most popular rele...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday found rapper A$AP Rocky not guilty of two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic weapon in a 2021 altercation with another hip-hop artist in Hollywood. Rocky, the romantic partner of sin...

LONDON (Reuters) - Rick Buckler, the drummer of English rock band The Jam, has died aged 69, his former bandmate Paul Weller said in a Facebook post on Tuesday. The Jam, formed in 1972, had a string of top 40 singles in the UK between 1977 and 1982...