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Shot fired during domestic violence incident
MOSINEE, Wis (WSAU) A gun was fired during a domestic violence incident last night in Mosinee. There were no injuries.A man's wife called 9-1-1 after a shot was heard from the 500 block of Pine...
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Wausau man in court in $10,000 blackmail scheme
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A judge ordered a Wausau man to stand trial after taking nearly $10,000 in a blackmail scheme. 23-year-old Montrell Stinson became friends with a cognitively disabled man. He sent...
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State officials refer charges against man accused in McCallister case
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- State officials are referring charges against the man accused of taking a Wausau woman to Mexico in 2004.The state Department of Criminal Investigation is referring charges of...
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Plea reached in Wausau power of attorney fraud case
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- A plea deal is in the works for a Wausau woman accused of stealing $200,000 from her adoptive mother.47-year-old Laurie Goetsch pleaded no contest to six counts of theft Monday...
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Hyatt trial moved to May
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- A jury trial was supposed to start Tuesday for 33-year-old Jason Hyatt of Plover. That didn’t happen. Hyatt is facing several charges including attempted homicide for...
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Wausau passes cellphone ban for drivers
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Wausau’s City Council passed the ordinance banning cellphone use while driving. The ordinance will be active as soon as it is published, which should happen within a couple of...
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Marshfield alderman resigns
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) -- Long time Marshfield alderman Russell Stauber announced that he’ll be stepping down from the Common Council effective immediately due to increased travel associated with his...
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Sign ups for Obamacare more active in northwoods, less in central Wisconsin
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WXPR) -- Some parts of central and northern Wisconsin are seeking assistance to sign up for the Affordable Care Act more than others.There have been several chances to get help...
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Plover man arrested for child abuse
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- A Plover man is facing charges of severely shaking his six-month-old daughter, and causing serious injuries.23-year-old Choua Xiong is jailed and unable to post a $25,000...
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Merrill man faces child porn charges
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) -- A Merrill man is charged with child pornography. 21-year-old Jacob Torkelson is accused of storing numerous illegal images on his cellular telephone.Wisconsin Department of...
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Kwik Trip development on hold
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Not everyone believes a convenience store proposal is right for Wausau’s Bridge Street area near Highway 51.Wausau’s city council pulled an item from Tuesday’s agenda that would...
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Wausau man gets six years for drug and weapons trafficking
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- A Wausau man is going to prison for dealing drugs and weapons. 31-year-old Derrick Sangster pled no contest last July to possessing firearms as a felon and possessing marijuana...
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UW-Stevens Point gets $150,000 research grant to study the soybean genome
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- UW-Stevens Point is receiving a $150,000 grant to study the genome of the soybean.The three year grant will pay for new research into exactly how the genes of the soybean...
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Injured officer back to work
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- The Marathon County corrections officer that was attacked by a prisoner nearly 11 months ago has returned to work. Julie Christensen was punched by inmate Frederic Morris on...
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Barn fire near Almond
ALMOND, Wis. (WSAU) -- Three fire departments are battling a barn fire right now (Wednesday evening) in the Portage County Town of Almond.The fire was reported shortly after 5:00 p.m. at 8169 County...
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Milladore man killed by falling tree
MILLADORE, Wis. (WSAU) -- A man died while cutting down a tree Wednesday afternoon southwest of Milladore.A co-worker called 9-1-1 at 5:30 p.m. reporting that 20-year-old Levi M. Miller of Milladore...
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Four arrested after dispute involving guns at Wausau residence
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Four people were arrested after an argument at a Wausau house led to weapons being drawn.Wausau police arrested a woman and three men after about 45 minutes of negotiating with...
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Marshfield approves teacher raises for summer classes
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) -- The Marshfield Board of Education has approved a $3.50 to $5.50 per hour pay increase for instructors teaching summer school classes in the district this coming...
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Frozen water woes continue for municipalities
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WXPR) -- One of the first communities to ask residents to leave the water running is continuing to have freezing pipe problems.As of Wednesday morning, the city of Rhinelander crews...
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Survey shows ways to improve tourism marketing
MINOCQUA, Wis. (WXPR) -- A different approach to marketing Northwoods winter recreation has come out of a state-funded survey.The five county, three-year study was funded by the Department of Tourism...
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