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Driver Dies From Apparent Self-Inflicted Injury Following Traffic Stop
MERRILL, WI (WSAU) -- The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a driver following a traffic stop on Friday. The State Patrol attempted to pull over the unidentified person on Friday evening, but they took off. The suspect then suffered what appears to be a fatal, self-inflicted injury. No furth...
22h ago
Packers Make Two Selections on Day Two of NFL Draft
PITTSBURGH, PA (WSAU) -- The Green Bay Packers went defense with their first two picks in the 2026 NFL Draft. The Packers selected South Carolina Defensive Back Brandon Cisse with the 20th pick in the second round, #52 overall. A trade with Tampa Bay saw the Packers move up to take Missouri DT Chris McClellan with the ...
23h ago
Griffin, Skenes lead Pirates over Brewers
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- Konnor Griffin celebrated his 20th birthday with his first major-league home run, and Paul Skenes shut down the Milwaukee bats in a 6-0 Pirates win on Friday. Jake Bauers recorded the only hit of the day for the Crew. Brice Turang recorded the only walk. Brandon Woodruff went five innings, allow...
Apr 25, 2026
Portage County Sheriff's Office Non-Emergency Phone Lines Out
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- The Portage County Sheriff's Office is reporting a disruption in its non-emergency phone service. Calls to the main line of 715-346-1400 won't get through, according to a statement from Sheriff Mike Lucas. Residents are encouraged to use the secondary non-emergency line at 715-346-1500. Call...
Apr 24, 2026
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MLB roundup: Red Sox rout Orioles, fire manager Alex Cora
Garrett Crochet pitched six shutout innings and Andruw Monasterio drilled a late-game grand slam as the Boston Red Sox snapped a four-game losing streak in dominant fashion with a 17-1 win over the host Baltimore Orioles Saturday afternoon. Later on S...
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Aryna Sabalenka improves to 25-1; advances to 4th round in Madrid
Top-seeded Aryna Sabaleka improved to 25-1 in 2026 and moved into the fourth round of the Madrid Open on Saturday with a routine 6-1, 6-4 victory over 29th-seeded Jaqueline Cristian of Romania. Sabalenka has moved seamlessly onto the clay after a dom...
4h ago
2026 NFL Draft Grades: Raiders, Browns score near perfect
With the 2026 NFL Draft in the books, we're ready to check the work of all 32 teams. The good news for the teams who paid the price to pick early in this year's draft is many of them made of the most of the opportunity. Our analysts break down the wo...
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NBA roundup: Anthony Edwards, Donte DiVincenzo hurt in T-wolves' win
Ayo Dosunmu came off the bench to score a career-high 43 points on 13-for-17 shooting, and the short-handed Minnesota Timberwolves pulled away for a 112-96 win over the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of their Western Conference quarterfinals series on Saturd...
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NHL roundup: Wild level series with Stars on Matt Boldy's OT winner
Matt Boldy scored with 29 seconds left in overtime to give the Minnesota Wild a 3-2 win over the visiting Dallas Stars to level their best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series at 2-2 on Saturday evening in St. Paul, Minn. had a goal and an ...
6h ago
Local Sports
Tuesday High School Scoreboard
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...
Jan 14, 2026
Packers Make Two Selections on Day Two of NFL Draft
PITTSBURGH, PA (WSAU) -- The Green Bay Packers went defense with their first two picks in the 2026 NFL Draft. The Packers selected South Carolina Defensive Back Brandon Cisse with the 20th pick in the second round, #52 overall. A trade with Tampa Bay saw the Packers move up to take Missouri DT Chris McClellan with the ...
23h ago
Griffin, Skenes lead Pirates over Brewers
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- Konnor Griffin celebrated his 20th birthday with his first major-league home run, and Paul Skenes shut down the Milwaukee bats in a 6-0 Pirates win on Friday. Jake Bauers recorded the only hit of the day for the Crew. Brice Turang recorded the only walk. Brandon Woodruff went five innings, allow...
Apr 25, 2026
Tigers Walk Off Brewers
DETROIT, MI (WSAU) -- A 9th inning home run from Spencer Torkelson lifted Detroit to a 5-4 win over Milwaukee on Thursday. Torkelson's shot broke a 4-4 tie and came one inning after Jahmai Jones tied the game in the 8th with a solo shot of his own, his second of the season. Gary Sanchez and David Hamilton each recorded...
Apr 23, 2026
Tigers beat Brewers
DETROIT, MI (WSAU) The Brewers struggled against Tigers starter Casey Mize in a 5-2 loss on Wednesday Night. Mize (2-1) struck out 7 and allowed only 1-run in 6-innings of work. He lowered his ERA to 2.51. Spencer Torkelson hit his first home run of the season. William Contreras and Jake Bauers had RBI singles for the...
Apr 23, 2026
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A busy day 2 of the draft for the Packers
(WNFL/LEARFIELD/PACKERS) - It was a busy day 2 of the NFL Draft for the Green Bay Packers with a contract signing and making a couple of picks. The Packers selected a pair of defensive players and made a trade on day 2 o the NFL Draft. Green Bay used the 52nd overall selection in round two on South Carolina defensive b...
23h ago
Packers won't go to Munich, drafting starts tonight
(LEARFIELD) - With no picks in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft, the Packers are talking about the fall season. Team president and CEO Ed Policy says a game against the Lions in Munich will be played at Ford Field in Detroit instead. Cheesehead TV reports that Detroit protected the important home game against divi...
Apr 24, 2026
Packers draft notes: Quiet first round, the last 2 drafts
(LEARFIELD/WNFL) - The NFL Draft kicks off tonight and the Packers' role in Round 1. Unless they find a way to trade into, they'll be watching just like fans do. NFL Draft Analyst Sam Bruchaus from Sumer Sports said that the Packers can still get a good player at 52. Gutekunst's last 2 drafts: Green Bay had six picks f...
Apr 23, 2026
