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State Budget passes Assembly: reactions
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) -- The Wisconsin Assembly passed the two-year budget plan Wednesday, but one thing was clearly missing: Democratic amendments. Democrats prepared many amendments for the floor...
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Local Republican leader critical of Shankland & Vruwink budget votes,...
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) - Being in politics forces leaders to make tough decisions. The State Budget vote in the Assembly yesterday may be a good example. Lawmakers must vote the budget package up...
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Wausau traffic stop anything but routine
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- What started as a routine traffic stop turned into a unique drug bust. Wausau Police pulled over the vehicle Tuesday night for an equipment violation. What they found inside was...
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Dog pushed from moving vehicle
KRONENWETTER, Wis (WSAU) The Marathon County Humane Society and Kronenwetter police are looking for information about a dog that was pushed from a moving vehicle on I-39. The animal survived the...
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New superintendent for Edgar School District
EDGAR, Wis (WSAU) For the third school year in a row the Edgar School District has a new superintendent. Cari Guden will start July 1st. She's the former principal at Wautoma High School.Guden is...
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Vilas County Sheriff dies
EAGLE RIVER, Wis. (WXPR) -- Vilas County Sheriff Frank Tomlanovich died last night at his home after a short battle with cancer. A press release from Vilas county says Tomlanovich was surrounded by...
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No Gay Pride Parade in Wausau Saturday, similar event still on
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- The gay pride parade that was supposed to happen in Wausau Saturday is cancelled. City Clerk Toni Rayala confirms that she received written notice from the organizer Daxx...
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Three charged after 6 pound pot bust
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Three people from Tuesday’s traffic stop-turned-drug bust face felony drug charges. Wausau Police Captain Bryan Hilts says two of the three suspects were arrested after an...
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Badger State Games start Friday across Wausau Metro
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - The annual Badger State Summer Games get underway today across the Wausau Metro.Badger State Games director Darien Schaefer says the games are working towards the numbers they...
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One arrested along Hwy 29 with guns in backpack, two others fled scene Thursday
WESTON, Wis. (WSAU) -- One man is under arrest and authorities are searching for two more people after an incident on Highway 29 Thursday evening.Wisconsin State Patrol Sergeant Carrie Johnson says she...
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Energy Fair underway Friday in Custer
CUSTER, Wis. (WSAU) -- If you’re one of those people that likes science projects, or you just want to cut your electric bill, you might want to see the Midwest Renewable Energy Association’s Energy...
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Marathon County SWAT runs early morning training in Wausau today
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - Marathon County SWAT members will be doing their monthly training exercises on First Avenue in Wausau early this morning.Chief deputy Chad Billeb says SWAT will be doing a...
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Storm-related power outages reported
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) The line of heavy thunderstorms that hit Central Wisconsin had led to power outages. At the height of the storm Wisconsin Public Service reported 1,900 of their customers without...
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Another drug investigation leads to arrests in Wausau Friday
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- More drugs, and five more arrests in Marathon County.The county’s Special Investigations Unit and Wausau Police arrested four more people at two Wausau locations Friday and...
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New judge takes office Friday
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) -- Marathon County officially has a new judge. Lamont Jacobson’s investiture ceremony was held this afternoon at the courthouse, in a packed courtroom surrounded by family, friends,...
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Mother guilty of child neglect
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAU) -- An 8-month-old boy’s mother has been found guilty of felony child neglect. As part of a plea deal, 20-year-old Kurstyn Bieneman of Racine entered a no contest plea and...
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Passenger falls out of moving vehicle early Saturday
KRONENWETTER, Wis. (WSAU) -- A man is hospitalized after falling out of a moving car early Saturday. Kronenwetter Police are investigating why the man fell onto the Maple Ridge Road bridge at about...
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Another Drug Bust In Marathon County
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) The Marathon County Sheriff's Department Special Investigations Unit arrested five people on Thursday on Heroin and Cocaine trafficking charges. Two homes were searched at 309 E....
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Wausau Woman Faces More Abuse Charges
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) 19 year old Jennifer Cronin faces another abuse charge in a Marathon County case involving a nanny-cam. Cronin was baby-sitting two children when a camera installed by the childrens...
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Large crowd for Wausau's "March For Equality"
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A crowd of several hundred took part in Wausau's first "March For Equality", an event that lived on after the city's first gay pride parade was abruptly cancelled.The March For...
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