Jacksonville, Fla (WSAU) Wisconsin struggled in the 2nd half but held off Wofford to advance in theNCAA men's basketball tournament this afternoon 53-49. The Badgers led at halftime but the Terriers made their first 9 shots of the 2nd half to take a lead. Jon Leuer led wisconsin with ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) House Democrat Ron Kind is expected to get what he’s pushing for in the latest version of the health care reform bill that’s up for a House vote on Sunday.
The La Crosse Democrat says the revised package will start taking the quality-of-care into account when ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – The UW System has named six finalists to be the next chancellor at UW-Stevens Point.
The candidates include:
• Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi provost Dr. Anantha Babbili
• University of Idaho senior executive to the president Dr. Steven Daley-Laursen
• University of the District of Columbia dean of graduate ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a man who was convicted of kidnapping a 17-year-old in the Green Bay area must register as a sex offender – even though the crime did not involve sexual activity. The justices voted 5-to-2 today that anyone found guilty of kidnapping a minor must ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) Nobody involved has commented on the release of e-mails which showed that the state Veterans Affairs Board might have broken the law in the way they fired vets’ secretary John Scocos.
The A-P reported yesterday that a majority of the five board members secretly strategized a week before ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) A new law that’s designed to put the unemployed back to work won’t have much of an impact in Wisconsin. That’s what employers and economists said, after President Obama signed the measure into law yesterday.
Companies will not have to pay Social Security taxes for ...More
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – An outside inspector has found $11,000 worth of repairs that need to be made to Weston's aerial ladder fire truck.
“We've got some concern about how they're taking care of that truck,” said village administrator Dean Zuleger.
Weston owns the 1999 truck but ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) A woman who'd been reported missing in Rhinelander has been found - safe - in Milwaukee.
Misty Kaeo was reporting missing by family members when she didn't return home from a job search. Her car was found broken down in Milwaukee on Monday, but there was no sign ...More
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) Inmates at the Wood County jail will pay some of the costs of their incarceration. The sheriffs department will begin charging inmates a 40-dollar processing fee when they're booked.
Sheriff Tom Reichert says the new fee will bring in about 140-thousand dollars a year. Most ...More
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A Schofield woman is facing charges for allegedly having sex with her underage babysitter. 24-year-old Jacolyn Dodd is facing three counts of sexual assault of minor.
A 15-year-old boy was babysitting her child. Dodd is accused of having sexual contact with him between August and September of ...More
