MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – A Merrill man accused of breaking into the Pine River fire station and stealing property will not get an attorney from the state.
A judge ruled that Michael Baumann did not meet the conditions and requirements for indigence. That means he won’t be assigned a county-paid ...More
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The Wausau school board has scheduled a meeting to finalize a contract with their new choice for superintendent.
The school board picked their final nominee for the position last month in Kathleen Williams, a former superintendent of a suburban Chicago School district. Williams accepted the position but ...More
TOWN OF ROME, Wis (WSAU) An off-duty Wood County sheriffs deputy is being cited for O-W-I after a motorcycle crash on August 23rd in the Town of Rome. Deputy John Anderson was found lying in the ditch on Highway O around 6-30.
The officer who found him determined at the ...More
STEVENS POINT, Wis (WSAU) Stevens Point will use a $200-thousand grant to bring AmeriCorps workers into the city for various community projects. The funding will provide about 30 jobs.
The AmeriCorps workers will be assigned to projects that were identified as community needs and goals from a sustainability study that ...More
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Two elementary schools in Wausau are starting the school year with some extra recognition from the state.
State Superintendent Tony Evers has named Grant and Thomas Jefferson elementary as Schools of Recognition for the second year in the row. The program highlights schools across the state that ...More
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – A Wausau attorney will have his license suspended for 2 months for mishandling a lawsuit.
Ryan Lister was accused of four counts of misconduct involving duties of diligence, communication, termination of representation, and cooperation with the Office of Lawyer Regulation offices for filing a lawsuit against Marathon ...More
RHINELANDER, Wis. (WSAU) - An Oneida County judge has found probable cause to continue the case of a Mincoqua man charged with killing his wife.
40 year old William Schmidt is charged with one count of first degree intentional homicide in the June death of his wife, Lori. Minocqua Police Chief ...More
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A second Wausau city council member has stepped down from the human resources committee over a failed merger of the city and county H-R departments.
Ed Gale sent a letter to Mayor Jim Tipple last month. He said the mayor should not have added new conditions to ...More