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Riverfront Rendezvous setup begins Tuesday
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- Riverfront Rendezvous is this weekend in Stevens Point, and the set-up for the event gets underway today.Parks and Recreation Department Director Tom Schroeder says...
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Patio garden included marijuana plants
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- A Wausau couple was arrested for having more than tomatoes in their balcony planters. Police followed up on an anonymous tip Saturday, claiming the 60-year-old man and the...
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Police ask for tips in Rib Mountain beauty store robbery
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Marathon County deputies are asking for your help in solving a beauty store robbery in Rib Mountain.Lieutenant Ryan Weber three people entered the Ulta beauty store June 2 and...
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Iverson Park beating suspects bound over for trial
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- The four men accused of attacking another man in a Stevens Point park were in court Monday. A preliminary hearing was held for all four suspects in the Memorial Day...
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Online sex sting nabs Portage County man
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- Another central Wisconsin man has been charged with sex crimes after an online police sting operation.39-year-old Ryan Cevan from rural Stevens Point has been charged with...
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Wausau Council Committee of the Whole meeting in closed session Tuesday
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Wausau’s City Council will meet Tuesday afternoon as the Committee of the Whole in closed session.City officials are not saying much, but the discussion is expected to focus on...
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Wood County officials hunting for fugitive
VESPER, Wis. (WSAU) -- A wanted man is on the loose in the Vesper area.Wood County Sheriff’s Department officials say they received an anonymous tip that 38-year-old Eric T. Hall was at a Village of...
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UPDATE: Roundy's Stevens Point distribution center to close
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- The Copps and Roundy’s grocery distribution center at Stevens Point will close by the end of August, putting 196 people out of work.Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce...
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Fugitive Eric Hall still eluding capture
MERRILLAN, Wis. (WSAU) -- The fugitive that narrowly escaped capture near Vesper Monday night has apparently stolen a second vehicle in Jackson County.38-year-old Eric T. Hall was recently released...
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DC Everest officials predict tax reduction in settlement with Miron Construction
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) -- D C Everest taxpayers may be seeing a reduction in their taxes after Miron Construction was ordered to repay $1.4 million to the district.The company recently settled a case with...
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"Rachel" scam returns
MADISON, Wis (WRN) State Consumer Protection officials say they are seeing a new twist on a familiar scam.Complaints have once again been coming in about phone calls from ‘Rachel’ with card holder...
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School aid figures released
MADISON, Wis (WRN) Just over half of Wisconsin’s public school districts will receive more state aid next year.Figures released by the Department of Public Instruction show 225 school districts will...
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Council members learn about investigation during closed door meeting
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Wausau’s City Council members met behind closed doors to get updated on one of the two internal investigations underway at City Hall. City Council President Romy Wagner could not...
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Survey asks when Oneida County Board should meet
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WXPR) -- County residents can help determine when the Oneida county board holds its meetings.Recently the board directed a committee and UW Extension to put together a survey to...
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Crandon has no choice but to hold Mayoral recall election
CRANDON, Wis. (WXPR) -- There will be just two candidates to choose from when Crandon residents vote in a recall election for mayor on Tuesday July 29th. Over 200 citizens signed a petition asking for...
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State Dislocated Worker Program to assist Copps Distribution Center staff
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- The announcement Tuesday to close the Copps Distribution Center in Stevens Point took employees by surprise. Now the state will step in to assist them wherever possible....
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Skeletal remains identified
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAU) -- Investigators have identified the skeletal remains found near Rhinelander Monday. He was 54-year-old Steven J. Boron. The Oneida County resident was reported as an absconder...
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Governor Walker campaigns in Wausau, Rhinelander: "It's about creating jobs."
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Governor Scott Walker campaigned in north central Wisconsin Wednesday, where he said this campaign is still about the economy and creating jobs. Walker says he’s going in the...
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Missing link between two recreational trails will be finished soon
TOMAHAWK, Wis. (WXPR) -- A popular state hiking, biking and snowmobile trail in Lincoln and Oneida counties will soon be finished and when that happens, users can go from Tomahawk to Merrill on the...
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Walker refutes White House study on Medicaid
UNDATED (WRN) Governor Scott Walker’s administration moved quickly on Wednesday to refute a report from the White House Council of Economic Advisers, which claims expanding Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus...
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