SHAWANO, WI (WSAU) -- The man suspected of killing another man during a dispute over hunting land has been identified. Brent Hofman is accused of killing the unidentified 67-year-old on Wednesday. He's then accused of threatening another person, who locked themselves in a separate building and called for help. The 74-y...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Jasmin Estrada will return as head coach for Wausau Ignite in 2026. "I'm beyond excited to be back for our second summer with the Wausau Ignite! The atmosphere in Wausau is truly one of a kind - the energy at our games, the support from our fans, and the way the community rallies behind this t...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Marathon County District Attorney has officially filed more than three dozen charges against former Kronenwetter Trustee Sean Dumais, the owner of Central Wisconsin K-9 in Schofield. The 49-year-old faces four counts of mistreatment of animals-causing death, 13 counts for intentional mistreatme...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The Wausau City Council passed the 2026 budget in a 10-1 vote after a lengthy meeting Tuesday night. However, Mayor Doug Diny has vetoed the budget, following on his promise to do so. The City Council will take an override vote on November 25. Three council members who voted for the budget woul...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Marathon County Clerk Kim Trueblood has been named to the RightCount Wisconsin Leadership Advisory Council. "Our goal is to educate as many folks as we can [on] how our election processes work," said Trueblood. "[People need to know] that their Clerks are on the job, well-trained, an...

PGA Tour star Justin Thomas announced Friday that he has undergone disc surgery to address back issues, which will cause him to miss the early part of the 2026 season. A successful microdiscectomy was performed Thursday in New York, per Thomas, allevi...

By Trevor Stynes TURIN, Italy (Reuters) -Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are among the world's top players calling for the Davis Cup to return to its traditional home-and-away format and be staged over two years, a proposal backed by ATP chairman And...

Devils star Jack Hughes is being evaluated for a non-hockey hand injury, the team announced Friday, with ESPN and Sportsnet reporting Hughes suffered a "freak accident" at a team dinner on Thursday. Hughes reportedly returned to New Jersey to be evalu...

Former LSU head coach Ed Orgeron has been in contact with Arkansas about its open head coach position, On3 reported Friday, while he also has been linked to the vacant Oregon State job. Orgeron, 64, reached a mutual agreement to leave the Tigers progr...

Coastal Carolina athletic director Chance Miller was issued a public reprimand by the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee on Friday for misconduct after Game 2 of the College World Series in June. Miller was cited for berating the NCAA national coordin...

SHAWANO, WI (WSAU) -- The man suspected of killing another man during a dispute over hunting land has been identified. Brent Hofman is accused of killing the unidentified 67-year-old on Wednesday. He's then accused of threatening another person, who locked themselves in a separate building and called for help. The 74-y...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Marathon County District Attorney has officially filed more than three dozen charges against former Kronenwetter Trustee Sean Dumais, the owner of Central Wisconsin K-9 in Schofield. The 49-year-old faces four counts of mistreatment of animals-causing death, 13 counts for intentional mistreatme...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The Wausau City Council passed the 2026 budget in a 10-1 vote after a lengthy meeting Tuesday night. However, Mayor Doug Diny has vetoed the budget, following on his promise to do so. The City Council will take an override vote on November 25. Three council members who voted for the budget woul...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Marathon County Clerk Kim Trueblood has been named to the RightCount Wisconsin Leadership Advisory Council. "Our goal is to educate as many folks as we can [on] how our election processes work," said Trueblood. "[People need to know] that their Clerks are on the job, well-trained, an...

TOWN OF GERMANIA, WI (WSAU) -- One person is dead and another is in jail as officers investigate a homicide in Shawano County. Officers were called to a property in the Town of Germania, near Tigerton, on Wednesday, where they found a 67-year-old man dead in a barn. The 74-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene. Th...

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...

(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...

(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...

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 ...

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...

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -The U.S. National Archives on Friday released several batches of records related to the 1937 disappearance of famed aviator Amelia Earhart over the Pacific, following President Donald Trump's recent order to declassify and re...

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday that he is withdrawing his support and endorsement of Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene. "I am withdrawing my support and endorsement of 'Congresswoman' Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the great stat...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday he received a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam as part of his recent physical, calling the scan "very standard." Trump told reporters he got the MRI "because it's part of my physical. Get...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Energy Minister Chris Bowen said he would travel on Saturday to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil to push for Australia to host next year's summit, amid a stand-off with rival bidder Turkey. Australia and Turkey submitted...

By Jasper Ward (Reuters) -New York Governor Kathy Hochul is considering increasing corporate taxes to close a potential budget shortfall amid federal cuts, but that no decision has been made, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday. "The state...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan urged China on Saturday to take "appropriate measures" after Beijing warned Chinese citizens against visiting Japan, Kyodo news agency reported, in an ongoing dispute over Taiwan. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Japan ...

By Andrea Shalal and Sam Tabahriti (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would likely sue the BBC next week for as much as $5 billion after the British broadcaster admitted it wrongly edited a video of a speech he gave but insisted t...

By Phil Stewart, Andrea Shalal, Steve Holland and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senior Trump administration officials have held three meetings at the White House this week to discuss options for possible military operations in Venezuela, official...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Energy Minister Chris Bowen said he would travel on Saturday to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil to push for Australia to host next year's summit, amid a stand-off with rival bidder Turkey. Australia and Turkey submitted...

(Refiles to fix technical problem in 4th paragraph that caused word "planned" to appear as a hyperlink saying "News Story") (Reuters) -Swedish defense firm Saab said on Friday it has signed a contract worth 3.1 billion euros ($3.62 billion) with the Co...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China will strengthen fiscal policy over the next five years, said the country's finance minister on Saturday in an interview with Xinhua News Agency. Finance Minister Lan Foan said the country will strengthen counter-cyclic...

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -A federal jury in California said on Friday that Apple owes medical-monitoring technology company Masimo $634 million for infringing a patent covering blood-oxygen reading technology. The jury agreed with Masimo that the Ap...

(Reuters) -Apple is stepping up its succession planning efforts as it prepares for Tim Cook to step down as chief executive as soon as next year, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. (Reporting by Dh...

(Reuters) -New York Federal Reserve President John Williams met with Wall Street banks this week to discuss a key short-term lending facility, the Financial Times reported on Friday, amid signs of tighter market liquidity. "President Williams convened ...

By Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wall Street's largest hedge funds reduced exposure to some Magnificent Seven stocks, including Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta, in the third quarter, while placing new bets in sectors such as application software, e...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Friday he received a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam as part of his recent physical, calling the scan "very standard." Trump told reporters he got the MRI "because it's part of my physical. Get...

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) -Activist investor Starboard Value has liquidated its position in Pfizer, according to a regulatory filing on Friday, ending its push for changes aimed at boosting the drugmaker's share price. Starboard sold ro...

By Dietrich Knauth and Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal bankruptcy judge said on Friday he will approve a restructuring plan for drugmaker Purdue Pharma that includes a $7.4 billion settlement resolving claims that it fueled the U.S. opioid e...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it approved new labeling for Sarepta Therapeutics' gene therapy Elevidys that includes its most serious safety warning and restricts use of the treatment to walking patients with Duchenne ...

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany has gone back on plans to cut its contribution to a global fund to support the eradication of polio after authorities found traces of a variant of the disease in Hamburg wastewater, officials said on Friday. I...

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -A trio of Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after getting stuck on China's space station for more than a week due to their spacecraft sustaining debris damage, leaving China without an immediate way o...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists have recovered the oldest-known RNA, a molecule necessary for most biological functions, from a woolly mammoth that inhabited Siberia about 39,000 years ago, showing it can last longer than previously kno...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Three Chinese astronauts whose return to Earth was delayed by space debris hitting their vessel last week will return to their landing site on Friday, the China Manned Space Agency said in a statement. The crew of the Shenzhou-20 wil...

By Steve Gorman and Joey Roulette CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -The Blue Origin space venture of billionaire Jeff Bezos launched its giant New Glenn rocket from Florida on Thursday on its debut flight for paying customers, carrying two satellites ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Dogs today come in a mind-blowing array of shapes and sizes, from the diminutive pug, Pekingese and Pomeranian to the grand Irish Wolfhound, Great Dane and Saint Bernard. But when did this diversity in canine forms ...

(Reuters) -Apple is stepping up its succession planning efforts as it prepares for Tim Cook to step down as chief executive as soon as next year, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. (Reporting by Dh...

By Milana Vinn (Reuters) -Global private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Permira are in talks to buy investment and accounting software maker Clearwater Analytics, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. Boise, Idaho-based Clearwater ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A final plea by Alphabet's Google to avoid a breakup of its advertising technology business in a U.S. court has been moved to November 21, the court said. Closing arguments for the Google trial were previously scheduled for Wednes...

(Reuters) -Berkshire Hathaway on Friday revealed a $4.3 billion stake in Google parent Alphabet and said it further reduced its stake in Apple, detailing its equity portfolio for the last time before Warren Buffett ends his 60-year run as chief executi...

By Siddharth Cavale -In 2020, as COVID-19 raged, John Furner - then chief of Walmart's largest U.S. division - consulted colleagues in China, drawing on their pandemic playbook to swiftly adjust inventory forecasts and fulfillment operations to stay ah...

(Reuters) -YouTube said on Friday it had struck a deal with Walt Disney Co to restore its networks, including ESPN and ABC, on Google's YouTube TV after an impasse left millions of subscribers without access to programs and major live sports events. (R...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The popular Labubu dolls that have ignited a global frenzy may light up movie screens in the future, the Hollywood Reporter said on Friday. Sony Pictures closed a deal this week to develop a movie based on the toothy monsters, th...

LONDON (Reuters) -Actors Tilda Swinton, Isabella Rossellini and Gwendoline Christie are among the models starring in the 2026 Pirelli Calendar, which photographer Solve Sundsbo says looks at the human connection with nature. The 52nd edition of "The Ca...

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny and Argentine hip-hop duo Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso each won five Latin Grammy awards in Las Vegas on Thursday, cementing Bad Bunny as an industry titan while thrusting the lesser-known act into the ...

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -Record label ABKCO Music sued paint maker Behr Paint in California federal court on Wednesday for using the Rolling Stones classic "Paint It, Black" in an Instagram ad without first negotiating a license. ABKCO told the cou...