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Battle continues to get Wausau committee meetings on access channel, budget...
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- As Wausau residents spoke out about the proposed 2015 budget, one resident also spoke out about the city’s continued lack of interest in broadcasting committee meetings on the...
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Plea date set for man arrested in online child sex sting
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- One of the five area men arrested as part of an online sexual predator sting will likely enter into a plea deal early next year. 59-year-old Dennis Rice of Merrill had a court...
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Technology means no more snow days for students
ST. CLOUD, MN (WSAU) -- Snowstorms can’t stop schools from teaching anymore.St. Cloud Cathedral High School is a Catholic school for 7th through 12th graders in St. Cloud, Minnesota. When the public...
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Fire damages Prentice school
PRENTICE, Wis. (WSAU) -- Fire damaged the art room at the Prentice School Tuesday. WAOW television reports the fire was spotted by someone shoveling snow at about 8:00 a.m.There were no injuries, but...
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Animal rights group accuses Birnamwood farm of animal abuse
BIRNAMWOOD, Wis. (WSAU) -- An animal rights group says a Birnamwood area farm has been abusing its cows.Mercy For Animals released a video on Tuesday that shows cows at the Andrus Dairy being beaten,...
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Godspell opens tonight at DC Everest Senior High
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) -- Opening tonight at the DC Everest Senior High School Auditorium it's the musical Godspell.Director Wendy Vesper says the story is a familiar one to many people. "Strangers drawn...
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Special committee meeting Tuesday to look for Wausau budget cuts
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- A special meeting has been set to look for ways to cut Wausau’s proposed 2015 city budget. Finance Committee Chairman Keene Winters says he set the meeting for next Tuesday,...
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Portage County Board overrides County Executive veto, passes 2015 budget
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) -- Portage County’s Board of Supervisors approved their 2015 budget Wednesday, which included one item that was contested by County Executive Patty Dreier. Dreier had vetoed...
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Armed robbery suspect held on cash bond
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WXPR) -- A St. Paul man is being held in Oneida county on a high cash bond, charged with armed robbery as a repeat offender. 43-year-old Byron Kendall Lewis was arrested about 10:00...
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Some D.C. Everest students boycotting lunch Thursday
SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) -- Lunch lines might be a bit shorter at D.C. Everest High School Thursday because of a lunch boycott.Senior student Meghan Hellrood organized the boycott, which got the...
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Prentice school fire update
PRENTICE, Wis. (WXPR) -- Prentice School District Administrator Randy Bergman says he hopes to have school back in session Monday after a fire broke out Tuesday. The fire at the Price county facility...
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Marshfield awards naming rights to High School commons
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) -- Naming rights for the popular “Commons Area” at Marshfield Senior High School go to Marshfield Clinic. That’s according to principal Steve Sukawaty who says the clinic will...
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Weston awarded Broadband Internet expansion grant
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) -- The Village of Weston will be receiving a grant to expand broadband Internet service. The grant comes from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. They have half-a-million...
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Armed robbery in Adams County
FRIENDSHIP, Wis. (WSAU) -- A manhunt is underway for the suspect in an armed robbery in Adams County.Adams County Sheriff Sam Wollin says the Four Seasons Mini Mart on Highway Z in the Town of Quincy...
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Governor awards Fast Forward grant in Marshfield
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) -- Governor Walker was in Marshfield Thursday to tour the Opportunity Development Center, and announce a “Wisconsin Fast Forward” grant of over $57,000.The governor said that...
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School lunch boycott gets many supporters
SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) -- The boycott of school lunch is over at D.C. Everest High School, and it’s organizer says they successfully made a point. Meghan Hellrood says the boycott was to bring...
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Duffy questions President and Treasury Department's efforts to stop ISIS
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WSAU) -- Wisconsin’s 7th District Congressman is not impressed by the current effort to destroy ISIS. President Barack Obama has authorized air strikes on specific targets, but Sean...
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Senator Lassa to again chair Democratic Senate caucus
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) -- The Wisconsin Democrats in the State Senate have decided to keep 24th District Senator Julie Lassa of Stevens Point as their Caucus Chairperson. Lassa is also the Democratic...
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Mid-State Technical College hosting Tech Expo Friday
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAU) -- There’s help for the technologically challenged in Wisconsin Rapids today. Mid-State Technical College is hosting a free Tech Expo at the Wisconsin Rapids campus from...
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Illegal youth tobacco sales up in northwoods
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WXPR) -- There has been a rise in the number of underage youth buying tobacco in the Northwoods.The state Department of Health Services contracts with local partners to conduct...
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