MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – A Lincoln County judge has denied a convicted Tomahawk killer’s request to withdraw his guilty plea and be resentenced.
Judge Glenn Hartley rejected Derek Domke’s motion in a written decision filed Tuesday, according to online court records.
Domke had argued that he was forced to ...More
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – Someone who bought a winning lottery ticket in Stevens Point is $10,000 richer.
The state lottery said a lottery ticket that matched four winning numbers plus the Powerball was sold at Cooper’s 10-39 BP on Main Street in Stevens Point.
No one matched all ...More
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – Stevens Point police need your help finding an arsonist who has set 20 fires since May 2008.
“We take this very seriously,” Chief Kevin Ruder said during a morning news conference.
Police say the fires were set during the overnight hours to occupied and unoccupied homes ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsin is going through its longest stretch of soot pollution since February of 2005. That’s according to the D-N-R, which extended an air quality watch until 11 o’clock tonight for 54-of-the-72 counties. The only ones not covered are in the far north and northeast parts of ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) A record number of cheese-makers want to be known as the world’s best.
Over 2,300 cheeses and butters have been entered in a contest held every two years by the Wisconsin Cheese-Makers’ Association. Producers from 20 countries have entered this year’s contest, to be held ...More
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Local volunteers are $100,000 shy of their goal to raise $1 million to improve Wausau’s City Square.
The SquareUp committee has raised $900,000 dollars as of yesterday, said volunteer Phil Valitchka. The fundraising campaign runs through June.
The committee also announced that three city ...More
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Marathon County hunters packed into John Muir middle school's lecture hall last night looking for answers from the DNR in their annual deer management meetings.
Biologist Courtney Schaeffer told the crowd that harvest numbers were down across the state, but that was in line with what ...More
RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis. (WSAU) – NASCAR driver Scott Wimmer and his father have gotten approval for a series of upgrades to State Park Speedway ahead of the summer racing season.
Ron Wimmer made the pitch to Rib Mountain officials last night at the plan commission. On the table for improvements will ...More
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A teenage girl was bit by a dog yesterday near Horace Mann Middle School, and county health officials need to determine if the dog has all its shots. If they can't locate the animal, the girl will have to get a series of painful rabies shots ...More
EAU CLAIRE, Wis (WSAU) Wisconsin legislators heard over 10 hours of testimony in Eau Claire yesterday on bills to allow the sale of raw milk. About 450 people attended, including busloads of supporters. Scientists, government officials, consumers, and farmers were among those testifying.
Raw milk advocates said they should have ...More
