STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – Stevens Point residents can avoid becoming victims of arson by following some common sense fire safety tips, authorities said Thursday.
Residents should lock all garage and house doors, install outside lighting and remove any combustible material from their property, said fire Chief John Zinda.
Zinda also ...More
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A local husband and wife who cared for hundreds of Haitians during a weeklong medical mission to the country in January will share their story this weekend in Wausau.
Charles and Annette Staubs will show pictures of their trip and relate their personal experiences during a presentation ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau lawyer has been re-appointed to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
Governor Jim Doyle re-appointed Mark Bradley to a term that will expire in May 2017.
“Mark Bradley has served on the board with distinction,” Doyle said in a statement. “I am pleased ...More
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 27-page written decision filed Tuesday. The decision means Domke will continue serving a 45-year prison sentence for ...More
Wausau, Wi (WSAU) Stevens Point native and SPASH grad Suzy Favor-Hamilton will be inducted into the national Federation of State High School Associations Hall of Fame. She is the first female athlete from the state to be inducted. Favor-Hamilton is one of the greatest distance runners in US history. She ...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) Winter is not over yet, but Wisconsin is already getting thunderstorms and hail damage.
The National Weather Service reported the year’s first thunder-boomers around 3:30 this morning in Wisconsin Rapids, and four o’clock in Green Bay. An upper-level disturbance brought them in. It was Green ...More
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A 23-year-old enlisted man from Wausau deserted from the U.S. Navy in 2008. He was arrested during an unrelated incident last weekend when police learned of an outstanding military warrant.
John Chang of Wausau says he left the navy without permission two years ago to deal ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) There are hundreds of Wisconsin homes that use septic systems to dispose of raw sewage, and many have not been inspected for years.
But D-N-R rules calls for inspections every three years, and counties have to develop comprehensive plans to deal with septic systems that fail.
Senate Majority ...More
