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Wisconsin Rapids search for missing teen
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) Wisconsin Rapids police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing 15-year-old girl. Jade Chambers was last seen on September 2. She called her mother two days...
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Wausau man headed to trial in Rothschild bar shooting
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- The Wausau man accused in a shooting outside a Rothschild bar is heading to trial.27-year-old Alex Hammoc was in Marathon County court Wednesday morning for a preliminary...
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Neighborhood tips start investigation leading to three drug arrests
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Four people were arrested, and three have been charged after investigators caught drug traffickers bringing cocaine and heroin into Marathon County.Assistant District Attorney...
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Calls to domestic violence hotline increase after Rice video
UNDATED (WRN) The dramatic 72 percent increase in phone calls to the National Domestic Violence Hotline comes after a video of former NFL player Ray Rice hitting his then-fiancée was made public.Patti...
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Committee discusses Trap, Neuter, Release option for feral cat problem
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Wausau leaders learned more about a Madison feral cat control program Wednesday. It’s called Trap, Neuter, Release, or TNR. It’s being done in some other large cities with feral...
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Alcohol and speed suspected factors in crash involving four vehicles and a house
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) -- Alcohol and excessive speed are suspected factors in a chain reaction accident late Wednesday in Weston.It happened shortly before 11:00 p.m. when a man driving a pickup lost...
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Marshfield schools scale back energy project
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) -- Marshfield’s School Board voted to slash nearly half the funding from an energy efficiency upgrade for district buildings.At their Wednesday night meeting, a...
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Wind and storms affect about 6,000 electrical customers
CRIVITZ, Wis (WSAU) -- The wind and the wetness has kept electrical linemen out all night.Wisconsin Public Service crews were dispatched to restore electricity to about 6,000 customers. As of 2:30...
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Marshfield seeking communications specialist
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) -- The Marshfield Board of Education wants more control over the message the public hears, and has approved the hiring of a communications specialist for the district. The...
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Appeals court to hear voter ID case today
UNDATED (WRN) A federal appeals court is set hear arguments over Wisconsin’s voter ID law. The panel of federal appeals judges in Chicago will arguemnts over the state’s halted voter identification...
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Changes coming for drug take back boxes under new DEA ruling
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Newly approved changes to the way the federal government handles drug take back boxes may complicate things for local solid waste departments.A rule passed earlier this year...
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New Marathon County promotional video is made to recruit new professionals to...
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Marathon County is making a new video presentation designed to help attract new workers and their families to the area. County Administrator Brad Karger says this will replace...
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Two sex offenders to be released to Portage County next week
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- Portage County officials are advising residents of a pair of sex offenders that are being released into the community.39-year-old Michael Godwin is set to be released to...
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Fatal crash on 29 in Shawano County
SHAWANO, Wis. (WSAU) -- One person is dead and two others injured after a crash Thursday in Shawano County. Shawano County Sheriff’s Department deputies were called to the Town of Seneca where a...
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Woman hospitalized after motorcycle crash
TOMAHAWK, Wis. (WSAU) -- The fall ride has already had its first motorcycle crash for the year. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department deputies say two motorcycles collided Thursday at 3:38 p.m. on...
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Wisconsin's Voter ID law back in place for November, reactions
UNDATED (Wisconsin Radio Network-WSAU) - A federal appeal court has cleared the way for Wisconsin's long-stalled voter ID law to be in place for the November elections.Just hours after hearing...
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Adrian Peterson indicted, arrest warrant issued
UNDATED (WSAU) -- An arrest warrant has been issued for Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. Peterson’s attorney Rusty Hardin confirmed Friday afternoon that his client has been indicted in...
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Rothschild Fire Chief resigns
ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) -- Rothschild’s fire chief has resigned. Village President George Peterson confirms that Chief Mark Hill has submitted his letter of resignation, but he does not know the...
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Death investigation continues
ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAU) -- The death of a man in a Rothschild motel room last weekend is still a mystery, and it will take a while to find out why the man died.The 49-year-old man was found last Sunday...
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Crash victim identified
SHAWANO, Wis. (WSAU) -- Shawano County investigators have released the name of the man that died in a two-vehicle crash Thursday. He was 79-year-old Albert Voelz from Tigerton.Voelz died at the scene...
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