WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The four outgoing Wausau City Council members were honored on Tuesday following their last full meeting. Mayor Doug Diny presented plaques honoring the service of Aaron Griner, Chad Henke, Becky McElhaney, and Lisa Rasmussen, starting with Griner, who served just a few months after being appointed ...

BIG FALLS, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Excessive flooding is the scene in Waupaca County, as well as Waushara and Shawano. In Big Falls, the dam is holding, thanks to the effort of over 75 people working to fortify the structure with sandbags. "We've created embankments around the edges of the dam, to stop that from cresting...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- A Portage County woman will serve prison time for child neglect after her daughter went missing last fall, leading to a brief AMBER Alert. Chelsie Lehmann will serve two years in prison with credit for 212 days already served in jail. That will be followed by 3.5 years of extended supervisio...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Kronenwetter woman facing multiple counts of animal abuse will not have a plea and sentencing hearing today as previously scheduled. Heather Zynda was due in court today to enter a plea for a handful of counts, including felony mistreatment of animals- causing death and misdemeanor counts of inte...

BIG FALLS, WI (WSAU) The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for the Little Wolf River in Waupaca County. The operator of the Big Falls Dam says failure is imminent, and that waters will go around the embankment. Life-threatening flash flooding is expected downstream. People in low-lying areas do...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Governor Tony Evers has signed Assembly Bill 601, opening the door for sports betting apps to operate in Wisconsin. The bill allows users to place wagers on games through mobile apps, as long as the bet runs through servers operated on tribal land. Evers says this brings an opportunity for increas...

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...

By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK, April 14 (Reuters) - Remote working and the need to save money are leading to an increase in coffee consumption at home in ​the United States, in a reversal of a ‌pre-pandemic trend of increasing consumption at cafes, acco...

(Refiles to add media packaging code, with no changes to text) WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - Maine lawmakers have passed a bill that could make it the first U.S. state to ​put a moratorium on new data centers as opposition ‌to the electricity-hungry...

By Jarrett Renshaw and Trevor Hunnicutt April 14 (Reuters) - Erika Kirk, widow of slain activist Charlie Kirk, withdrew on Tuesday from ​a Turning Point USA event featuring U.S. ‌Vice President JD Vance due to threats on her life, the vice president sa...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will vote as soon as Wednesday on the latest Democratic-led effort to rein in President Donald Trump's war powers, and party leaders promised on Tuesday to keep bringing up such reso...

By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, April 14 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday named East Harlem as the first site for a city-run grocery store, choosing a neighborhood where the median household income is below half ​the Manhattan ave...

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - Canada, the UK and other countries condemned ​the killings of ‌UN peacekeepers in Lebanon in the conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah ‌and ​called for ⁠an end to ⁠hostilities. "Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, ...

By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY, April 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a well-known human rights activist in Mexico who has for years levied charges of human rights abuses against ​the country's Armed Forces, alleging he worked on b...

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - A U.S. destroyer interdicted two oil tankers attempting to leave Iran on Tuesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump's blockade went into effect, and instructed them to turn around, a...

April 15 (Reuters) - Iranian student Mahdieh Esfandiari arrived in Iran ​after being released ‌in France, Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday, after two French ‌nationals ​facing security ⁠charges were ⁠allowed to leave Iran following three-and-a-ha...

By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The World Bank could mobilize $80 billion to $100 billion in funding over the next 15 months for countries hit hard by the war in the Middle East, eclipsing the $70 billion it ​provided...

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...

MADISON (WSAU-WAOW) Wisconsin Athletic Director Chris McIntosh is stepping down to take a job with the Big Ten conference. The Wisconsin State Journal and the Sports Business Journal report that McIntosh will become the deputy commissioner for strategy at the Big Ten. McIntosh had been in his role as athletic director...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Brewers have squandered their good start this season with a 5-game losing streak. Keibert Ruiz singled home two runs in the 8th to lead the Washington Nationals to an 8-6 win Sunday. It's the Nats first swee of the Brewers since 2011. Gary Sanchez had put the Brewers ahead with a 3-run home r...

LAS VEGAS (WSAU) - The Wisconsin hockey team fell short of a national championship, losing to Denver in the Frozen Four finals, 2-1. Wisconsin scored first at 12:36 of the first period on a Vasiulky Zelenoiv goal. Their 1-0 lead held up until 7:31 of the 3rd period. Denver scored the go-ahead goal with 5:52 left in the...

MILWAUKEE , WI (WSAU) The Brewers managed only two hits in a 3-1 loss to the Washington Nationals. The Brewers have lost 4 straight. Nats pitcher Foster Griffin didn't allow a hit through 5-innings. The Brewers only run came on a William Contreras home run in the 9th inning. The Brewers had the winning runs on base in...

Acaden Lewis, considered one of the best guards in the portal, will transfer from Villanova to Miami, he announced on Tuesday. Lewis decommitted from Kentucky last spring and was pursued by Miami before he chose Villanova, where he went on to average ...

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Nick Pivetta, who recorded career highs in multiple pitching categories in 2025, will make a trip to ​the 15-day injured list due to right ‌elbow inflammation, the team announced on Tuesday. Pivetta retired the first ...

Baltimore Orioles manager Craig Albernaz will be in the dugout for Tuesday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks despite suffering at least seven fractures in his cheek and a broken jaw due ​to a foul ball off the bat of one of his ‌own players on Mo...

Former Florida guard Liv McGill, one of the most highly-touted players in the women's college basketball transfer portal, committed to Oklahoma State ​on Tuesday. McGill put up 22.5 points, 6.3 ‌assists, 6.1 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game in 31 star...

Seventh-seeded Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic and Russian eighth seed Ekaterina Alexandrova both advanced in routine fashion to the Round of 16 on Tuesday at the Porsche ​Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany. Muchova cruised past qualifier ...

HONG KONG, April 15 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary ​Janet Yellen said ‌on Wednesday that the Iran war is creating supply shocks in ‌the ​global economy ⁠which could put ⁠more pressure on inflation. Yellen, speaking to the HSBC Global ​Inve...

April 14 (Reuters) - Anthropic has received multiple offers from venture capital firms in recent weeks to invest in ​the Claude maker at valuations ‌as high as $800 billion, more than double its current value, Business Insider reported on Tuesday, citi...

By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK, April 14 (Reuters) - Remote working and the need to save money are leading to an increase in coffee consumption at home in ​the United States, in a reversal of a ‌pre-pandemic trend of increasing consumption at cafes, acco...

By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The World Bank could mobilize $80 billion to $100 billion in funding over the next 15 months for countries hit hard by the war in the Middle East, eclipsing the $70 billion it ​provided...

By Luciana Magalhaes and Marcela Ayres SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, April 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian independent asset manager Quadra Capital is nearing the acquisition of 15 billion reais ($2.99 billion) of assets from state-owned Banco de Brasília (BRB) that we...

SAO PAULO, April 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian healthcare firm Oncoclinicas said on Tuesday it would continue to evaluate potential financial and corporate transactions after confirming ​the end of talks with Porto Seguro and ‌Fleury. Both Porto Seguro and ...

By Christy Santhosh April 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria are stepping up efforts to broaden access to Gilead's HIV ​prevention drug, with a goal of reaching 3 million ‌people by 2028. Initial deliver...

By Sahil Pandey and Puyaan Singh April 14 (Reuters) - Amazon's cloud unit on Tuesday launched Amazon Bio Discovery, an artificial intelligence application designed to speed early-stage drug discovery by allowing scientists to ​run complex computationa...

By Sriparna Roy April 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked Eli Lilly for more data on liver injury linked to its newly approved obesity pill, according to a letter posted on the ​health regulator's website. The weight-loss pil...

By Michael Erman and Mrinalika Roy April 14 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson beat first-quarter earnings expectations on Tuesday and raised its full-year forecast, as strong demand for cancer drug Darzalex and psoriasis treatment Tremfya more than offset ...

By Akash Sriram April 14 (Reuters) - Amazon's $11.6 billion deal to buy Globalstar bolsters its space ambitions with satellites and wireless airwaves, but will not fix the crippling shortage of rocket launches needed to build out a network capable of r...

By Joey Roulette COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 14 (Reuters) - After the safe return of four astronauts from a historic flyby of the moon last week, NASA is shifting focus to its next challenge: putting competing lunar landers from Elon Musk's Space...

April 14 (Reuters) - Amazon.com said on Tuesday it would buy satellite company ​Globalstar in an $11.57 ‌billion deal, as it looks to take on bigger rival SpaceX's Starlink. Satellite internet is ‌taking ​off as cheaper ⁠launches, better technology ⁠an...

By Deborah Mary Sophia and Akash Sriram April 14 (Reuters) - Amazon.com said on Tuesday it will acquire Globalstar in an $11.57 billion deal, bolstering its fledgling satellite business as it tries to catch up with Elon Musk's Starlink. Tech companies ...

April 11 (Reuters) - A new Russian launch vehicle, Soyuz-5, is undergoing its final tests and is "absolutely ready" for use ​in space projects, Russia's top space ‌official said on Saturday. Dmitry Bakanov, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, w...

April 15 (Reuters) - China-based technology firm Huaqin launched a Hong Kong share sale on Wednesday, aiming to raise up ​to HK$4.55 billion ($580.85 million), as the ‌city's capital markets continue to attract interest despite war-driven market volati...

(Refiles to add media packaging code, with no changes to text) WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - Maine lawmakers have passed a bill that could make it the first U.S. state to ​put a moratorium on new data centers as opposition ‌to the electricity-hungry...

April 14 (Reuters) - OpenAI on Tuesday unveiled GPT-5.4-Cyber, a variant of its latest flagship model fine-tuned specifically for ​defensive cybersecurity work, following rival Anthropic's ‌announcement of frontier AI model Mythos. Mythos, announced on...

April 14 (Reuters) - Meta and Broadcom on Tuesday announced a multi-year ​partnership under which ‌the chip designer will provide technology supporting Meta's custom AI accelerators, as the social ‌media ​giant rapidly ⁠expands its data ⁠centers. Broad...

By Suzanne McGee April 14 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs' asset management division plans to launch its first cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund in the coming months, according to a Tuesday filing with the ​U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The bank...

By Alan Baldwin LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - A Pop-Up Hotel famed for catering for celebrities and rock stars at the Glastonbury Festival is making its British Grand Prix offering 'fully immersive' by adding a trackside swimming pool and palm trees to ...

By Lisa Richwine LAS VEGAS, April 14 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance's proposed purchase of Warner Bros Discovery will consolidate too much power in one company and cause harm to consumers and the industry, the head of a cinema trade ​group said on Tues...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 14 (Reuters) - Taylor Swift leads this year's American Music Awards with eight nominations, including artist of the year, song of the year ​for "The Fate of Ophelia" and album of the year ‌for "The Life of a Show...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 14 (Reuters) - While the first season of the TV series "Beef" sprang from a road-rage incident experienced by show creator Lee Sung Jin, the second season was inspired by something more intimate - a heated ​debat...

By Akanksha Khushi and Lisa Richwine April 13 (Reuters) - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation unveiled its list of inductees for 2026 on Monday, ​including 1990s Britpop icons Oasis and American ‌hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, and adding Phil C...