WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau Mayor Doug Diny recognized the city's Public Works Department for their efforts to clear streets and sidewalks following a two-day blizzard that brought nearly 31 inches of snow last week. Diny presented the department with a Mayoral citation for recognition of exemplary service, saying the ...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- More work will be done on Highway 29 west of Wausau this summer. Governor Evers has approved a $17.4 million contract for a resurfacing project from County Road D near Owen to Wisconsin 13 near Abbotsford. Work is expected to begin on March 30th. The project will include: Repairing the existing co...

MOSINEE, WI (WSAU) -- A crash closed southbound lanes of Interstate 39/US 51 near Mosinee this afternoon. According to a Wisconsin Department of Transportation incident report, the crash happened at about 12:45 PM near the intersection with State Highway 34. Both southbound lanes were closed to traffic for about two ho...

FRIENDSHIP, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - An Adams County man accused of firing at officers during a chase through Big Flats in 2024 pleaded no contest to attempted first-degree intentional homicide Tuesday and was found guilty by the court. Melvin Cornelious, 47, from Friendship had charges of first-degree recklessly endangering s...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man was sentenced to nine years in the state prison system after pleading no contest to child enticement and second-degree child sexual assault. Jason Olerich was sentenced on Tuesday, closing a case that's been in progress for nearly five years. His sentence includes four years in prison ...

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...

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...

March 25 (Reuters) - Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has donated a rare 16th-century manuscript of Viking sagas ​to his home municipality in ‌Norway. The Norway international and his father, Alf-Inge Haaland, purchased the 1594 edition of Snorri...

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. import prices increased by the most in nearly four years in February as energy costs surged in anticipation ​of conflict in the Middle East, adding ‌to signs that inflation is poised to accelerate in the months ahe...

March 25 (Reuters) - India's cabinet has approved a target to cut emissions intensity by 47% by 2035 from 2005 levels as part of ​its formal climate pledges under the Paris ‌Agreement, Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. Emissions ...

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it had ​reached framework agreements ‌with BAE, Lockheed and Honeywell to boost production of defense systems and munitions as ‌part ​of its ⁠shift to "wartime footing." Under ⁠the deals, ...

BERLIN, March 25 (Reuters) - Germany set out plans on Wednesday to help it meet 2030 climate targets and reduce its dependence on volatile fossil fuel imports, making 8 billion euros ($9.28 billion) available to fund ​measures such as expanding wind po...

PARIS, March 25 (Reuters) - Around 400 people were evacuated ​after a ‌blaze broke out in a five-star hotel in Paris ‌on ​Wednesday, firefighters ⁠said. Two members ⁠of staff were slightly injured as they tried to ​put out the fire which ⁠started ⁠at a...

By Alistair Smout and Andrew MacAskill LONDON, March 25 (Reuters) - Britain should cap how much donors who are living overseas can give to political parties and pause cryptocurrency donations, an independent review said on Wednesday, ​a move that could...

March 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy hopes to expedite the return to the Persian Gulf of two ships refitted for minesweeping now undergoing maintenance in Singapore, a senior ​U.S. official said on Wednesday, as concerns mount over ‌Iranian threats to mi...

By Victoria Waldersee MADRID, March 25 (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday it was unjust for citizens worldwide to bear the cost of what ​he called illegal U.S. and Israeli actions in ‌Iran, warning the war was inflicting...

By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI, March 25 (Reuters) - India has bought its first cargo of Iranian liquefied petroleum gas in years after the U.S. temporarily removed sanctions on Tehran's oil and ​refined fuels, LSG trade flows and three industry sources said...

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...

LOS ANGELES, CA (WSAU) Kahwi Leonard had 28 points while playing only 25 minutes as the LA Clippers routed the Bucks, 129-96. At one point, LA led by 46. Former Buck Brook Lopez added 19. The Clippers have now won back-to-back games after snapping a four game losing streak, The Bucks are 1-and-2 on their current road ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, MD (WSAU) - The University of Wisconsin women's hockey team won its 9th national championship on Sunday afternoon. The Badgers defeated Ohio State, 3-2. The game winning goal came 7-minutes into the third period, when senior Claire Enright scored from close range. The Badgers had jumped out to a 2-0 le...

PHOENIX, AZ (WSAU) - The Bucks, playing without Giannis Antetokounmpo, rallied in the 4th quarter to beat the Suns, 108-105. The Bucks took the lead with 2:21 to play. Ryan Rollins, 26 points, hit a key shot with 23-seconds remaining, and added a free throw to secure the win. Kyle Kyzma, 20 points, left the game with t...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that Jacob Misiorowski will be the Opening Day starter. A former top prospect in Milwaukee's system, the Miz made his Major League debut in June 2025, going 5-3 with an ERA of 4.36 in 66 innings. He was named to the National League All-Star team after just fi...

Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has been ruled out for the remainder of the ​season because of an ‌ulnar collateral ligament sprain in his left elbow. Morant appeared in just 20 games this season for the Grizzlies, ‌who ​made the announcement on ⁠Tu...

March 25 (Reuters) - World number four Coco Gauff said she struggles with impostor syndrome after defeating Switzerland's Belinda Bencic to ​reach the Miami Open semi-finals for the ‌first time. The 22-year-old beat Bencic 6-3 1-6 6-3 on Tuesday, advan...

Connor McDavid scored his 400th and 401st career goals, the first of which gave the Edmonton Oilers the lead for good in a 5-2 win against the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday in Salt Lake City. Eight seconds after Utah's Lawson Crouse tied the game 2-2 at 11:...

Nikola Jokic scored 23 points in his second consecutive triple-double, and his jumper with 11.5 seconds remaining broke a tie and pushed the Denver Nuggets to a 125-123 victory over the host Phoenix Suns on Tuesday. Jokic added ​17 rebounds and tied a...

March Madness delivered a first-week ratings surge, with the men's NCAA Tournament averaging 10.1 million viewers across ​CBS, TNT, TBS and truTV, ‌making it the most-watched tournament ever through the first two rounds, according to Nielsen Big Data. ...

March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to appoint Meta Platforms CEO Mark ​Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman ‌Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to a council that weighs in on AI ‌policy ​and other issues, ⁠the White House ⁠...

LONDON, March 25 (Reuters) - Bank of England interest rate-setter Megan Greene said on Wednesday that she was not close to voting to raise interest rates at this month's Monetary ​Policy Committee meeting, which was dominated by the economic impact ‌of...

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - Theme park operator Six Flags Entertainment on Wednesday announced a change in leadership on its board, naming Richard Haddrill as executive chairman. Last week activist investor ​Jana Partners told...

March 25 (Reuters) - BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said oil prices could reach $150 a barrel and cause a "global recession" ​if Iran "remains a threat" even after ‌the war ends. "If there is a cessation of war, and yet Iran remains a threat, a threat to tra...

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. import prices increased by the most in nearly four years in February as energy costs surged in anticipation ​of conflict in the Middle East, adding ‌to signs that inflation is poised to accelerate in the months ahe...

By Maria Martinez BERLIN, March 25 (Reuters) - A German push to tax sugary drinks and ban energy drinks for under-16s will be voted on by the country's assembly of regional states on Friday as public and cross-party support emerges for tougher action ​...

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By Nancy Lapid March 25 (Reuters) - Fake X-ray images created by artificial intelligence to resemble true results from human patien...

March 25 (Reuters) - Merck said on Wednesday it would buy biotech Terns Pharma for $6.7 billion, as the drugmaker races to bolster its cancer pipeline ahead of the looming patent loss for blockbuster therapy Keytruda later this decade. The deal ​is the...

March 25 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. ​senators has ‌reached a deal on capping the price of ‌a ​month's supply ⁠of insulin ⁠at $35, Semafor reported on Wednesday, citing an interview ​with New Hampshire Democrat ⁠Senator Jeanne ⁠Shaheen. Shah...

March 24 (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical company Merck is nearing a roughly $6 billion all-cash deal ​to acquire biotech firm ‌Terns Pharma, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The potential acquisition ‌comes ​a...

March 24 (Reuters) - SpaceX is aiming to file its initial public offering prospectus with regulators later this week or next week, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing a person ​with direct knowledge of the plans. Advisers involved in the ‌prepa...

March 24 (Reuters) - Intuitive Machines said on Tuesday NASA has awarded the space startup ​a $180.4 million contract to ‌deliver seven science and technology payloads to the moon's south pole. As part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services ‌initi...

March 24 (Reuters) - Revealing the limitations of cloning, researchers who repeatedly cloned mice for two decades have discovered that such serial duplication triggers grave genetic mutations that accumulate over the generations and ultimately become f...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - NASA announced on Tuesday it has canceled plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use components from the project to build a $20 billion base on the moon's surface, while also pl...

MOSCOW, March 24 (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it had launched 16 low-orbit satellites as Moscow seeks to ​build a rival to Elon ‌Musk's Starlink network. Russia remains far behind Starlink, which since its first launch of operational satellites i...

March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to appoint Meta Platforms CEO Mark ​Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman ‌Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to a council that weighs in on AI ‌policy ​and other issues, ⁠the White House ⁠...

March 25 (Reuters) - Oilfield services company SLB said on Wednesday it would expand its partnership with Nvidia to develop artificial intelligence infrastructure ​and models for the energy industry, ‌as companies look to scale up use of the technology...

By Eduardo Baptista March 25 (Reuters) - China's chip industry is showing strong growth momentum as a global sprint to build AI infrastructure creates an explosion in demand, sparking higher capital spending and capacity expansion as chipmakers race to...

March 25 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google will label verified investment apps on its app store in India, a move aimed at helping ​users spot legitimate trading platforms and ‌avoid scams, a senior official at the Securities and Exchange Board of India sai...

By Sabine Siebold BERLIN, March 25 (Reuters) - The German army is working to accelerate wartime decision-making through artificial intelligence tools capable of analysing battlefield data more rapidly than humans, drawing ​lessons from Ukrainian and ot...

SEOUL, March 25 (Reuters) - The livestream of ​Kpop ‌supergroup BTS's concert in Seoul on Saturday, ‌their ​first ⁠in more ⁠than three years, drew 18.4 million viewers ​worldwide, Netflix said ⁠on ⁠Wednesday. The broadcast ​from Seoul's ​historic Gwang...

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - From an array of guitars to stage-worn costumes, memorabilia from the world of heavy metal is on offer ​in Julien's Auctions upcoming "Music Icons" sale and ‌on display in London over coming weeks. Items belonging to Ace Fr...

ROME, March 24 (Reuters) - Gino Paoli, the singer‑songwriter who helped reshape Italian popular music in the 1960s with poetic, introspective ​songs such as "Il cielo in una ‌stanza" (The sky in a room) and "Sapore di sale" (The taste of salt) has died...

March 24 (Reuters) - A Shakira concert due ​to ‌take place in Doha on April 1 ‌has ​been ⁠postponed due ⁠to the "current regional situation," Visit Qatar said ​in a social ⁠media ⁠post on ​Tuesday. Abu Dhabi's ​Offlimits Music Festival, ‌which was due ...

By Angie Teo and Ann Wang TAIPEI, March 24 (Reuters) - Taiwan Mandopop star Jay Chou will release his first album in nearly four years this week, unveiling on Tuesday its ​lead single accompanied by a music video in which ‌he battles a vampire. Chou's ...