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Stevens Point again seeks proposals for Edgewater Manor property
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- Stevens Point leaders are again looking for options for the Edgewater Manor building. The city council this week decided to seek proposals from developers for the Water...
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Two near-drownings Tuesday near Sayner
SAYNER, Wis. (WSAU) -- A woman and a child nearly drowned near Saynor Tuesday.Vilas County’s dispatch center received a report at 12:40 p.m. about two women trying to save three children that were...
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Phillips police chief resigns, retires
PHILLIPS, Wis (WSAU) Phillips police chief is resigning amid allegations of wrongdoing by the city's mayor. David Sonntag had been on paid administrative leave since March. As part of an agreement for...
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Brett Hulsey campaigns in Wausau
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Wisconsin’s colorful, but lesser-known candidate for Governor campaigned in Wausau and Hurley Tuesday. Brett Hulsey is running as a Democrat, against party favorite Mary...
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Group seeks to build Marshfield animal shelter
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) --Marshfield needs its own pet shelter. That’s the message from Karen Rau, president of the Marshfield Area Pet Shelter Project, who addressed Marshfield’s Common Council at...
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Alderpersons divided over speedy hires for Human Resources, Department of...
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- There’s more friction among Wausau City Council members and Mayor Jim Tipple over the future of the city’s Public Works Director position. Former director Brad Marquardt...
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Wausau mayor calls for study on the future of city leadership
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Wausau mayor Jim Tipple announced a plan today to investigate changing the makeup of the city's executive and legislative branches.Tipple says he'll be putting together a series...
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Fischer sentenced for sexual assault, racketeering, and fraud
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- A former Wausau businessman has been sent to prison after being convicted of numerous felonies, including sexual assault of two children, racketeering, and fraud. 54-year-old Jay...
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Woman dies after lake rescue
SAYNER, Wis. (WSAU) -- One of the two adults that swam to the rescue of three children has died. Vilas County investigators say 47-year-old Karen Wessel was one of two women that assisted three...
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Cedar Creek Mall sold
ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) -- Cedar Creek Mall is about to see some changes. The mall, which has had some financial struggles under old ownership, has a new owner.The Wausau Convention and Visitors Bureau...
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Kronenwetter battling graffiti and sign theft problems
KRONENWETTER, Wis. (WSAU) -- Vandalism and theft crimes have been more frequent lately in Kronenwetter. Kronenwetter police say spray paint was used to put graffiti along the south side of the Sunset...
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Blood donations desperately needed
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Blood centers everywhere are trying to get more blood donors during the difficult summer months. Vicki Bohman from the BloodCenter of Wisconsin says donations go down in the...
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Democrats renew call for Governor Walker to create state Obamacare exchange
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WSAU) -- Tuesday’s two conflicting court rulings about paying subsidies to Affordable Care Act policyholders has both political parties claiming victory. It has also done two very...
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ROAD REPORT: 29 Detour near Abbotsford Thursday evening
ABBOTSFORD, Wis. (WSAU) -- Nighttime travelers heading west on Highway 29 in the Abbotsford area will run into a detour Thursday.Weather permitting, Department of Transportation officials will close...
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UWSP Suzuki Institute students learn music like a language
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- The University of Wisconsin Stevens Point is again hosting a very special musical program. It’s the Aber American Suzuki Institute, where musicians and singers starting as...
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Lincoln County to put BadgerCare funding question to referendum
MERRILL, Wis. (WXPR) -- Lincoln has become the fifth county board in Wisconsin to ask voters about accepting federal funds for BadgerCare. The advisory referendum will be on the November ballot.The...
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Blight problems for potato, tomato growers
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WXPR) -- Farmers and gardners are keeping an eye to their potato and tomato crops as a fungal like disease known as late blight has been discovered in Portage county.Langlade County...
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Governor requests federal funding for winter infrastructure damage
UNDATED (WRN-WSAU) Damage done by severe winter weather has the state seeking a federal disaster declaration for eight counties.Governor Scott Walker has requested the declaration for Chippewa, Clark,...
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State supreme court rejects appeal in Stevens Point murder-for-hire case
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU-Wheeler News) -- The Wisconsin Supreme Court said no today to dropping a Stevens Point man's conviction in a murder-for-hire case.Carlos Cummings, who turned 31 yesterday, is in...
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Name released in fatal crash near Woodruff
UPDATE:Wisconsin State Patrol investigators have released the name of the Minoqua woman that died in a three-vehicle crash Thursday. She was 67-year-old Barbara Hilleque. She was driving one of the...
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