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Man injured in motorcycle-deer crash
PELICAN LAKE, Wis. (WSAU) -- A motorcycle vs. deer crash has left a Stevens Point man injured.Oneida County deputies say the 69-year-old motorcyclist hit the deer Saturday on highway Q in the Town of...
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Storm causes north woods power outages
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAU) -- Sunday’s stormy weather in the northwoods left several people without electricity. Wisconsin Public Service crews were called out to several areas, with over 15-thousand...
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Adults cited after teen driver's crash
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) -- A Weston man has been given a citation after a teenager drove a vehicle into a house Saturday. The crash around 6 o’clock Saturday evening involved a 13-year-old girl driving an...
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Child may have started Mosinee fire
MOSINEE, Wis. (WSAU) -- A weekend fire in a Mosinee duplex may have been started accidentally by a child. Fire officials say the fire at a duplex off Wisconsin Street began around noon Sunday. They...
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Walker supports non-government operated propane reserves
UNDATED (WSAU) -- It may be July, but the winter propane shortage is still on the minds of governmental leaders in Madison.Governor Scott Walker made propane and other fuel issues the main agenda item...
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Lakes study group continues tonight in Town of Reid for Rice and Pike Lakes
TOWN OF REID, Wis. (WSAU) -- UW-Stevens Point officials will be on hand tonight in the Town of Reid to talk about the future of Pike and Rice Lakes.It's part of a long term lake management study taking...
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Collision puts semi in front yard
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- A driver running a stop sign caused a crash that left a semi tractor trailer rig in a Stevens Point yard Sunday.The 21-year-old Plover driver was eastbound on Center...
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ROAD REPORT: Highway 29 bridge repairs
ABBOTSFORD, Wis. (WSAU) -- More road construction starts Monday on Highway 29.Workers will begin improvements on bridges over Porky Creek near Abbotsford and the Big Eau Pleine River near Marathon...
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Technical college and high school program graduates nursing assistants
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WXPR) -- Another successful college and high school credit program has prepared students for the workforce sooner. Thirty-three northwoods high school students recently got a jump...
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FDIC Chairman makes visit to central Wisconsin
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- The Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will get a closer look at how banking regulations affect smaller, community banks. F.D.I.C Chairman Martin Gruenberg...
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9 injured in Lincoln County crash
TOWN OF KING, Wis (WSAU) Nine people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in Lincoln County. It happened around 12:30pm at the intersection of Highway 51 and Highway 8.The state patrol...
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Wausau parks committee meets tonight on foul balls, prospecting
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Wausau's parks committee will be going over some summer developments tonight at city hall.One of the topics that might surprise people is prospecting. The issue of whether or not...
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Inmate found dead in Portage County jail
STEVENS POINT, Wis (WSAU) - An inmate was found dead in the Portage County jail on Sunday night.The Portage County sheriffs department issued a news release saying the inmate hung himself in his cell....
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Teacher pleads not guilty to pornography charges
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) --The Wausau teacher and coach accused of possessing child pornography has entered pleas in Marathon County court.50-year-old Michael Switalski appeared Monday, where he entered...
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Accused shooter pleads not guilty to homicide, 24 other charges
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- The man charged with shooting a Wausau man outside of a bar has pled not guilty. 31-year-old John Lewis faces 25 separate felony charges, with the most serious being first degree...
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Convicted murderer kills himself in Portage County jail
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- The man convicted of murdering a Plover woman is dead. 33-year-old Jose Luis Flores Aca pled guilty June 27th to first-degree homicide and first-degree sexual assault with...
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Stevens Point pay study & plan stalled, causing friction between mayor and...
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- Stevens Point’s pay study and plan implementation was again stopped cold Monday night. The long embattled effort to put city employees on similar pay grades and wages to...
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FDIC Chairman meets with local bankers, Congressman Duffy
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Community bankers from around Wisconsin met in Wausau with the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Congressman Sean Duffy Monday.Chairman Martin Gruenberg...
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Northcentral Technical College offers business classes in supervisory management
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) -- Northcentral Technical College is offering a revamped course aimed at business professionals looking to move up in their careers.It's the supervisory management program, and it's...
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Hoenisch out of jail early
UNDATED (WSAU) Kim Hoenisch, the corrections officer who stole prescription drugs from inmates she was supposed to be supervising, has been released from jail. She completed a drug and alcohol program...
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