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Reds Stay Alive for Postseason Berth, Top Brewers on Friday
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Cincinnati Reds held Milwaukee to one run on three hits in a 3-1 victory on Friday, keeping their Postseason hopes alive into the final weekend of the season. Christian Yelich, Brice Turang, and Sal Frelick each recorded a hit. Yelich's hit went for two bases in the 3rd, and was followed by ...
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 6 - Wausau East Gets Back on Track
Here are the week 6 high school football scores from Central Wisconsin: Wausau East 31 - Medford 8 Mosinee 21 - Tomahawk 14 D.C. Everest 39 - Eau Claire North 7 Merrill 34 - Lakeland 14 Northland Pines 24 - Clintonville 0 Auburndale 49 - Pacelli 0 Wittenberg Birnamwood 19 - Greenwood Loyal 16 Crandon 54 - Manawa 14 Rhi...
Sep 27, 2025

Death Investigation in Portage County
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- An abandoned vehicle near the Fountain Lake Boat Landing in the Portage County Town of Belmont has led to a death investigation. Witnesses alerted officers to the vehicle at about 11:15 AM. It was discovered that it was the subject of a well-being check issued in another county. While invest...
Sep 26, 2025

Berrien Drops Out of Governor's Race
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Bill Berrien has ended his campaign for Governor, three months after he entered the race. The Republican, who pitched himself as a successful businessman and political outsider, released a statement on Friday saying he was choosing to end the bid on his terms. "As I entered this race for Gove...
Sep 26, 2025

Seven Candidates Apply for Wausau School Board Vacancy
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau School Board will interview seven candidates for one open seat. District Clerk Cassie Peck released the list of names Friday morning, which includes former Board member Cody Nikolai. He lost a bid for re-election in 2024, finishing outside the top three in a six-person race with 14% of t...
Sep 26, 2025
Sports
MLB roundup: Guardians clinch playoff spot on walk-off HBP
C.J. Kayfus was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, scoring Petey Halpin as the Cleveland Guardians clinched an American League playoff berth with a 3-2 win over the visiting Texas Rangers on Saturday. Rangers closer Robert Garci...
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Top 25 roundup: No. 6 Oregon edges No. 3 Penn State in double OT
Dante Moore tossed a 25-yard touchdown pass to Gary Bryant Jr. in the second overtime and Dillon Thieneman recorded a game-ending interception as No. 6 Oregon produced a 30-24 victory over No. 3 Penn State on Saturday night in Big Ten play at Universit...
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Padres place OF Ramon Laureano (finger) on 10-day injured list
The San Diego Padres placed right fielder Ramon Laureano on the 10-day injured list on Saturday because of a fractured right finger that is expected to keep him out of the wild-card series. The move is retroactive to last Thursday. In a corresponding ...
4h ago
Lakers sign F Anton Watson, G Nate Williams
The Los Angeles Lakers signed forward Anton Watson and guard Nate Williams. Watson was a second-round pick by the Boston Celtics in the 2024 NBA Draft. He signed a two-way contract with the team. However, he appeared only in G-League games for the fra...
4h ago
Phillies SS Trea Turner (hamstring) back in time for playoffs
Philadelphia Phillies star shortstop Trea Turner will be activated for the regular season finale on Sunday, per manager Rob Thomson on Saturday. Turner has been sidelined since Sept. 7 with a right hamstring strain. His return to the lineup will come ...
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Local News

Reds Stay Alive for Postseason Berth, Top Brewers on Friday
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Cincinnati Reds held Milwaukee to one run on three hits in a 3-1 victory on Friday, keeping their Postseason hopes alive into the final weekend of the season. Christian Yelich, Brice Turang, and Sal Frelick each recorded a hit. Yelich's hit went for two bases in the 3rd, and was followed by ...
20h ago

Death Investigation in Portage County
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- An abandoned vehicle near the Fountain Lake Boat Landing in the Portage County Town of Belmont has led to a death investigation. Witnesses alerted officers to the vehicle at about 11:15 AM. It was discovered that it was the subject of a well-being check issued in another county. While invest...
Sep 26, 2025

Berrien Drops Out of Governor's Race
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Bill Berrien has ended his campaign for Governor, three months after he entered the race. The Republican, who pitched himself as a successful businessman and political outsider, released a statement on Friday saying he was choosing to end the bid on his terms. "As I entered this race for Gove...
Sep 26, 2025

Seven Candidates Apply for Wausau School Board Vacancy
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau School Board will interview seven candidates for one open seat. District Clerk Cassie Peck released the list of names Friday morning, which includes former Board member Cody Nikolai. He lost a bid for re-election in 2024, finishing outside the top three in a six-person race with 14% of t...
Sep 26, 2025

Man Arrested for Causing Distrubance on County Road X in Kronenwetter
KRONENWETTER, WI (WSAU) -- A 54-year-old man was arrested after several people reported a disturbance along County Road X in Kronenwetter. Officers said they were fielding reports of a man dancing and doing yoga in the road. Some also reported that he was dressed in women's clothing. He was later identified as Marcus K...
Sep 26, 2025
State News

Portage County mother accused of helping convicted sex offender evade arrest
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) - Charges have been brought against the mother of six-year-old Ruby Lehmann, who was the subject of a multi-day AMBER Alert last week. Chelsie Lehmann is accused of encouraging Jordan Coyle to have contact with Ruby, to the point of moving in with him at his home in Almond. Coyle, 34, wasn't al...
Sep 16, 2025

Wisconsin governor aims to maintain access to vaccines through executive order
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- As cold and flu season approaches, Gov. Tony Evers has signed an executive order aiming to ensure access to vaccines in Wisconsin. The order directs the state Department of Health Services to monitor medical evidence and guidance on the COVID-19 vaccines. If needed, the order instructs DHS to issue stand...
Sep 15, 2025

Mother arrested in Portage County Amber Alert case involving missing daughter
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A second arrest was made in connection with an Amber Alert case in Portage County. Portage County District Attorney reports to WSAW the biological mother of 6-year-old Ruby Lehmann is facing charges. Chelsie Lehmann, 31, was booked into the Portage County Jail on charges of aiding a felon and obstructing...
Sep 15, 2025

State Senator Kelda Roys announces candidacy for governor
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Another prominent Wisconsin Democrat joins the race for governor. Madison State Senator Kelda Roys announced her candidacy via a video on social media on Monday morning. Roys was first elected to the state assembly in 2009 and has served in the state senate since 2021. She was among a crowded ...
Sep 15, 2025

Republican lawmakers to introduce new education bills
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- At the Capitol, assembly republican's plan for the fall session includes several education focused bills. Sturgeon Bay Representative Joel Kitchens says his would overhaul the state's math curriculum. A bill will be introduced soon using screeners to catch struggling students early and put the...
Sep 15, 2025
National News
Vietnam evacuates thousands, shuts airports as Typhoon Bualoi nears
HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam closed airports and evacuated thousands of people in potentially effected areas on Sunday as intensifying Typhoon Bualoi barrelled towards the country, days after causing at least 10 deaths and widespread flooding in the Philip...
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Trump to meet top Congressional leaders on Monday, White House official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with the top Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress on Monday to discuss government funding ahead of a September 30 deadline to keep the government open, a White House official said on ...
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Humberto strengthens into a Category 5 hurricane, US NHC says
(Corrects day to Saturday in paragraph 1 ) (Reuters) -Humberto has strengthened quickly to become a powerful Category 5 hurricane and is forecast to continue strengthening through the weekend, the U.S. Hurricane Center said on Saturday. The hurricane w...
9h ago
Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to allow soldiers to keep medals awarded for their roles at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which ma...
13h ago
Meryl Streep at Dolce & Gabbana as scenes shot for "Devil Wears Prada" sequel
MILAN (Reuters) -Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci were on the front row of Dolce & Gabbana's Milan Fashion Week show on Saturday, in character as magazine editor Miranda Priestly and her art director as scenes were shot for "The Devil Wears Prada 2". Par...
14h ago
World News
Russia launches major drone, missile attack on Ukraine, still ongoing
KYIV (Reuters) -Kyiv came under heavy drone and missile attack early on Sunday in what independent monitors said was one of the biggest Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital and the surrounding region since the full-scale war began. Drones flew over the...
2h ago
Airspace near Poland's Lublin, Rzeszow closed due to 'unplanned military activity', Flightradar24 says
(Reuters) -Poland closed airspace near its southeastern cities of Lublin and Rzeszow until at least 0400 GMT on Sunday due to "unplanned military activity related to ensuring state security", flight tracking service Flightradar24 said. The Polish armed...
4h ago
South Korea to restart of 551 of 647 administrative systems after data centre fire, Newsis says
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea plans to resume the operation at 551 of 647 government administrative systems after a fire at data centre paralysed online government services, media outlet Newsis reported on Sunday. Authorities had restored 99% of key sec...
6h ago
Australia PM says he did not raise republic question in meeting with King Charles
(Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday he did not raise the issue of Australia severing ties with Britain to become a republic in a meeting with King Charles in Scotland. King Charles is head of state in Australia, New Zea...
6h ago
Iran's clerical leaders face existential crisis amid nuclear deadlock
By Parisa Hafezi and John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Iran's clerical rulers face one of their gravest crises since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, caught between growing discontent at home and a stalled nuclear deal that together have left the countr...
7h ago
Business News
South Korea, US reach an agreement over foreign exchange deal, Seoul says
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and the United States have reached a foreign exchange agreement and plan to announce the deal soon, South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said. Speaking to reporters at Incheon International Airport on Saturday night,...
6h ago
UAE president meets OpenAI CEO to discuss AI collaboration
(Reuters) -The president of the United Arab Emirates, which has been spending billions in its push to become a global player in AI, met OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, the UAE state news agency reported. Discussions between ...
9h ago
Britain pledges $2 billion loan guarantee for Jaguar Land Rover
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will back Jaguar Land Rover with a 1.5 billion pound ($2 billion) loan guarantee to help support its supply chain in the wake of the luxury carmaker's production shutdown following a cyberattack. Jaguar Land Rover's shutdown h...
10h ago
Italy receives 10 bids for Ilva steel as major contenders withdraw
ROME (Reuters) -Italy has received 10 bids for the former Ilva steel plant, but only two of the bidders are interested in purchasing all of the company's assets, national steelmaker Acciaierie d'Italia said in a statement on Saturday. In a blow to the ...
16h ago
South Korea cannot pay $350 billion to US for tariff deal as Trump suggests, top aide says
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea is unable to pay $350 billion upfront in investment in the United States as President Donald Trump suggested under a deal to cut tariffs and is seeking an alternative solution, Seoul's presidential adviser said on Saturday....
18h ago
Health News
Singapore pharma firms seek clarity on US tariff exemption, deputy PM says
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Pharmaceutical companies in Singapore are seeking clarity on whether they would qualify for an exemption from steep tariffs imposed by the United States on their goods, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Saturday. Many o...
Sep 27, 2025
UK to offer to pay more for some drugs to appease Trump, pharma groups, FT reports
(Reuters) -The UK government is set to offer to pay more for certain medicines to protect pharmaceutical exports to the United States, The Financial Times reported on Friday, amid threats of 100% tariffs on drugs by Donald Trump's administration. Briti...
Sep 26, 2025
New Mexico health officials declares end to measles outbreak
(Reuters) -New Mexico health officials on Friday declared an end to the state's measles outbreak that began in February and became its largest in decades. The New Mexico Department of Health said the outbreak was over after 42 days passed without any n...
Sep 26, 2025
Trump repeats Tylenol and vaccine claims, defying medical community outcry
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his call for pregnant women and young children to stop using popular pain medication Tylenol, defying widespread criticism from medical groups, and offered further...
Sep 26, 2025
Factbox-Asian and European drugmakers' branded drugs imported to the US market
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a 100% tariff on imports of branded drugs from October 1, unless their producers had already broken ground on U.S. manufacturing plants. The European Union and Japan expressed confide...
Sep 26, 2025
Science News
The Netherlands returns major fossil collection, including 'Java Man', to Indonesia
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The Netherlands said it would give back a major fossil collection to Indonesia, granting its former colony's request to recover historical artefacts, including bones of the "Java Man", the first known fossils of the Homo erectus sp...
Sep 26, 2025
Astronomers spot white dwarf that guzzled a Pluto-like world
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the dwarf planet Pluto, a finding with implications re...
Sep 26, 2025
European Space Agency warns against monopolies as satellite merger looms
By Miranda Murray BERLIN (Reuters) -A senior official from the European Space Agency said mergers could be needed to reach the scale to compete with U.S. and Chinese rivals, but that too much concentration could limit choice. The only three European co...
Sep 26, 2025
Ancient skull from China may shake up timeline of human evolution
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China's Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now indicates that the skull belongs to an earl...
Sep 25, 2025
Planet Labs to invest eight-figure sum in Berlin satellite production site
BERLIN (Reuters) -California-based Planet Labs plans to set up its first satellite production site outside the U.S. in Berlin, investing an eight-figure sum in the venture that will see the firm double its high-resolution satellite capacity, said CEO W...
Sep 25, 2025
Technology News
AI hologram of Spider-Man creator Stan Lee debuts at L.A. Comic Con
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Wearing a green sweater and tan pants against a bright blue screen, Marvel comic book superhero creator Stan Lee will return to L.A. Comic Con in holographic form to meet fans of his characters including Spid...
Sep 26, 2025
Trump says Microsoft should fire its global affairs president Lisa Monaco
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Microsoft Corp should fire the firm's Global Affairs President Lisa Monaco, who was the deputy attorney general in former President Joe Biden's administration. "She is a menace to U.S. National...
Sep 26, 2025
US labor board withdraws claims Apple CEO violated employee rights, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -The U.S. labor board has withdrawn its allegations that Apple CEO Tim Cook violated federal labor law, Bloomberg News reported on Friday citing a letter it had seen. (Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)
Sep 26, 2025
Exclusive-Trump mulls tariffs on foreign electronics based on number of chips, sources say
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is considering imposing tariffs on foreign electronic devices based on the number of chips in each device, according to three people familiar with the matter, as it seeks to drive compan...
Sep 26, 2025
Kraken in talks to raise funds at $20 billion valuation, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Crypto exchange Kraken is in advanced talks to secure fresh funding that could value the company at about $20 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The funding would include a commitment of $200 million to $300 million from a strategic...
Sep 26, 2025
Entertainment News
AI hologram of Spider-Man creator Stan Lee debuts at L.A. Comic Con
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Wearing a green sweater and tan pants against a bright blue screen, Marvel comic book superhero creator Stan Lee will return to L.A. Comic Con in holographic form to meet fans of his characters including Spid...
Sep 26, 2025
Electronic Arts nears roughly $50 billion deal to go private, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -Videogame maker Electronic Arts is nearing a deal to go private for as much as $50 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter. EA shares surged more than 14% on the news. A group of investors i...
Sep 26, 2025
Martin Shkreli can be sued for copying unique Wu-Tang Clan album, judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Martin Shkreli must face a lawsuit by a digital art collective that owns a one-of-a-kind album by the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, and accused the convicted former pharmaceutical executive of copying the album and...
Sep 26, 2025
Sinclair to end boycott of Kimmel show on its ABC stations Friday
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Sinclair Broadcast Group said on Friday it will end its preemption of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and the show will return in the evening on Sinclair's nearly 40 ABC-affiliated stations. Sinclair is one of two major broadcast ow...
Sep 26, 2025
EBU to vote on Israeli participation in Eurovision, media reports say
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Members of the European Broadcasting Union will vote in November on Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna next year, according to media reports. Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung and the...
Sep 26, 2025