UNDATED (WSAU) ATVs are a lot of fun, but you shouldn’t forget how dangerous they can be. New reports show a high rate of severe injuries among kids under 16 who drive or ride all-terrain vehicles, including amputations, spinal injuries and even death.
The actual numbers vary, depending on ...More
UNDAED (WSAU) Two rivers in Wisconsin are over their banks this afternoon – but the flooding has been minor, and officials say it’s not expected to get much worse.
The National Weather Service said the Fox River at New Munster in Kenosha County is a foot over its flood stage ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) A state Senate panel will hold a public hearing next Thursday in West Allis on pay-day loan regulations which are different than what the Assembly passed last month. Senate Democrat Jim Sullivan of Wauwatosa is proposing a 33-percent annual interest rate for loans which are not paid back ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) A Chilton man who’s charged in the disappearance of his girlfriend is now accused of killing her. A first-degree intentional homicide charge was filed in Manitowoc County yesterday against 51-year-old Roger Rosenthal. He was charged in late January with hiding a corpse, after Michelle Jaeger’s body ...More
MADISON (WSAU) A former head of the cancer pharmacy at U-W Hospital in Madison is accused of falsifying prescriptions so he could get over 12-thousand methadone pills.
58-year-old Joseph Thiesen was indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday on 25 counts of prescription drug fraud. State licensing records from last ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsin's unemployment rate was up slightly in January. Experts were hoping the numbers would keep coming down as a modest economic recovery takes hold. Instead, joblessness was up from 8-point-5 to 8-point-7 percent.
Wisconsin is below the national unemployment rate at 9-point-7 percent.
There were employment gains ...More
UNDATED (WSAU) U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is behind an effort to reclaim millions of dollars in unspent transportation funding. The Wisconsin Democrat is offering an amendment to an aviation bill in the Senate that would reclaim money that was set aside for transportation projects that haven’t moved in ...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
UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsin’s beer-makers want to buy their hops closer to home. And the U-W Extension will hold a workshop this month to show local farmers how it’s done. It’s set for March 27th in Black River Falls.
Wisconsin has over 60 breweries – and they generally must ...More
MADISON (WSAU) Governor Jim Doyle signed a bill yesterday that requires carbon monoxide detectors in all one-and-two family homes. They’re already mandated in larger housing units.
The law takes effect next February, and it requires C-O detectors on all floors – including basements. More than two dozen Assembly members had ...More
