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Wausau Police Seize Over 170 Grams of Meth in Friday Morning Raid
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — Wausau Police seized a significant amount of meth from a west-side home Friday morning. According to a Facebook post officers with the Community Resource Unit and Central Wisconsin Narcotics Task Force teamed up to serve a warrant at the unspecified address. They seized more than 170 grams of the drug along with needles and other items.
JUST IN: Former Wausau mayoral candidate faces hate crime charges
Editor’s note: This story contains disturbing language taken from circuit court documents and may be upsetting to some readers. Please read with caution. A former candidate for Wausau mayor is facing criminal charges that include a hate crime enhancer after a racially-charged altercation at a local convenience store, court records show.
Firefighter suffers injuries following Wausau house fire
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - A Wausau Firefighter is recovering from injuries he suffered at the scene of a house fire early Friday morning in Wausau. The fire was reported around 9 p.m. Thursday at a home on the 400 block of Spruce Street in Wausau. Crews left the scene around 2 a.m.
I Heart Cookies Co. is bringing dinosaurs to Wisconsin Rapids Friday. Here's what you can expect.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS – Be on the lookout for dinosaurs in The Food Truck Lot this week. I Heart Cookies Co. is hosting Dinosaurs & I Heart Cookies on Friday in Wisconsin Rapids. Here’s what you need to know before checking it out. ...
New owner takes over Wittenberg restaurant
Select menu choices change, but welcoming atmosphere remains. July 13 was a big day for Sabina Adiloska. That was opening day for her as the new owner of the Wittenberg Family Restaurant, 101 N. Genesee St. “I had always wanted to own my own restaurant business one day, but I...
Wisconsin’s First LGBTQ Historic Landmark Will Be in Milwaukee
The Wisconsin Historical Society will dedicate the first LGBTQ historic landmark in Wisconsin on Monday near the Downtown location where the Black Nite tavern once stood. The Black Nite was the site of Wisconsin’s first known LGBTQ uprising, on Aug. 5, 1961. The landmark, sponsored by the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project, is also the first to honor a Black transgender person.
WisDems: Milwaukee’s Black leaders respond to Hovde’s ‘Stereotypes’ of Black men
MADISON, Wis. — Yesterday, Milwaukee’s Black leaders responded to comments uncovered by Urban Milwaukee of Eric Hovde stereotyping and insulting the Black community. Hovde also suggested that Kamala Harris only received the Democratic presidential nomination because of her race and gender. This comes after Hovde said he understands...
Wisconsin Planned Parenthood responds to Iowa abortion ban
MADISON, Wis. -- On Monday, Iowa's Supreme Court ruled to ban abortions in the state after six weeks, making Iowa the 6th state in the Midwest to have an abortion policy stricter than the standard followed under Roe V. Wade.
Lake Michigan had a 2.9 magnitude earthquake Friday morning, a rare occurrence
Following a night of storms scattered across Wisconsin, Friday morning brought something almost unheard of in the Midwest: an earthquake. Taylor Patterson, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said a 2.9 magnitude earthquake took place in Lake Michigan off the shore of Sturgeon Bay around 9 a.m. Friday. The United States Geological...