STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) — A Stevens Point man charged with attempted homicide has avoided a jury trial after pleading no contest to the charge. Frank Jackson made the plea on Tuesday in a Portage County courtroom. A judge then found him guilty and ordered a presentence investigation. In...

AFTERNOON/TONIGHT: This afternoon we will see mostly cloudy skies with rain showers north of the Ports. Overnight there will be a 90% chance of rain with the best chance in the Ports between 2am-8am. Lows will be in the 50s with east winds 5-15mph. WEDNESDAY: On Wednesday, we will have...

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAW) - Portage County Solid Waste recently encountered a serious safety issue when three gas cans, still containing fuel, were improperly disposed of. The department stresses how hazardous this situation was and is fortunate the truck driver, staff, and facility were unharmed. The recyclables were soaked in gasoline, presenting a significant fire risk where any small spark could have ignited them.

Starting on Sept. 25 and through the presidential election, we have been telling readers about different inmates with ICE detainers who are accused of committing serious crimes in Wisconsin. We are highlighting a range of serious crimes. FILE #16. The Defendant: Obilio Thomas Sargento Robrelo. The Jail: Pulaski County Regional...

Residents across east-central, south-central, and southeast Wisconsin are bracing for a series of weather challenges this week. The forecast depicts a windy conclusion to October, with conditions persisting into early November, according to an advisory from the National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI. The Hazardous Weather Outlook released early this morning...

Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers ― the popular, Louisiana-based fast food chain known for its chicken, Cane's Sauce and Texas Toast ― will continue expanding in Wisconsin in 2025. Raising Cane's opened its first Wisconsin restaurant on downtown Madison's State Street in 2021 and now has four locations in the state — in Brookfield, Greendale and Kenosha, in addition to Madison. ...

This news has people who lived through the Halloween Blizzard of '91 reliving their memories. We've been following a chance of snow for Halloween as the week has progressed, and the snowfall totals have been ticking upward for parts of Northern Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin. With the pending snow now...

Did you know one of the biggest frozen pizza companies in the world is located in Wisconsin?. Wisconsin Food Company Has Sold A Billion Frozen Pizzas. When I think about it, the idea of a billion of anything seems like a farfetched number. There are a whole lot of zeros in that number. The only thing that comes to mind is the McDonald's sign that reads "Over A Billion Served" referring to the company's burger sales.

As a longtime suffering and now recovering journalist, I’m a self-professed word nerd. Words are my friends and finding the right one gives me the same feeling as finding a winning lottery ticket. So it was like a triple word score in Scrabble when I discovered that our spring...

Low pressure will continue to bring showers and thunderstorms to the Northland this evening. Isolated thunderstorms will be possible tonight into Wednesday, especially over northwest WI. Expect the heaviest rainfall to be Wednesday night into Thursday morning. As cold air filters into the Northland on Wednesday night into Thursday, rain showers are expected to transition to snow across a large portion of the area. Currently, the trend for more snow is increasing, so keep an eye out for additional updates as we head closer to Halloween! The track of the low along with colder air being drawn in behind the low is now shifting some heavier snow along the North Shore in the higher terrain. Please keep in mind that in the next 24-48 hrs. we could see another shift.

Halloween revelers will want to keep a grip on costumes and accessories on Thursday evening as weather forecasts that aren’t quite as wet as before, still turn out to be pretty windy. The National Weather Service is watching for the chance that some severe storms might still show up tonight, but those would likely be in southwest and south-central Wisconsin, weakening as they approach us, but still carrying substantial rain. In all, between one, and three-quarters of an inch of rain is predicted.

It has just 10 highly coveted electoral votes and, with them, Wisconsin has played an outsized role in at least the last two presidential elections.But no county in the country may have more accurately picked more presidents, no matter the party, in recent memory than Door County.Instead of focusing on candidates per se, a weekly "Loud and Proud" roadside approach by local Democrats has been meant to rile up enthusiasm around the issues.VOTER GUIDE: All you need to know for the election in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin"it's trying to show voters that we're all concerned about the same things. Maybe...

The latest Marquette Law School poll released Wednesday found that the race between Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump remains extremely close in Wisconsin.  Harris received 50% of support among likely voters, while Trump received 49%. The previous Marquette poll, conducted in late September, found that Harris received 52% of support and Trump […]

(The Center Square) – U.S. citizens residing in Wisconsin who do not already have an approved photo ID or the necessary identification documents to obtain one can still apply for a temporary identification card for voting purposes, free of charge. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation requests all Wisconsinites applying for the temporary free ID used for voting – this is not a Wisconsin Voter ID, which does not exist – bring proof of name and date of birth, proof of identity, proof of state residency...

A Door County lottery player won $100,000 playing All or Nothing during the Monday evening drawing, according to Wisconsin Lottery. The player successfully matched all 11 numbers drawn – 1-4-6-8-9-12-14-15-16-20-22 – to win the game's top prize. The ticket was sold at Michigan BP, 253 Michigan St., in Sturgeon Bay. ...

There’s something magical about the perfect cheeseburger, and according to Yelp's latest “20 Best Places to Grab a Cheeseburger” list, Wisconsin has its own hidden gem that every burger enthusiast should know about. Recently, the “Yelp Elites” of burger aficionados assembled a sizzling 20 Best Places to...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS − The last of three defendants charged in the Feb. 12, 2023, reported armed robbery of the Food Tree, 1759 Greenfield Ave., Rudolph, was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison. Eugene K. Schmidt, 60, of Wausau, pleaded no contest to conspiracy to commit armed robbery. As part of a plea agreement, additional charges of being a party to the crimes of felony theft, misdemeanor theft and misdemeanor retail theft were all dismissed but considered...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Wisconsinites will have a choice to make in Milwaukee Friday as both major presidential candidates are set to hold rallies at the same time. The Wisconsin Democratic Party announced Tuesday Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Milwaukee on Friday night. While the exact location has...

WAUKESHA, Wis. - One of the men responsible for an infamous and deadly shootout in Waukesha County 30 years ago wants to serve his sentence in Canada. Ted Oswald is asking the Wisconsin Department of Corrections for a transfer under the International Prisoner Transfer Program. Waukesha County District Attorney Sue...

Cooke has raised more than $5 million while challenging the Republican incumbent in the 3rd Congressional District. Running her second campaign for Congress, Rebecca Cooke has raised more than $5.3 million through the final reporting period, which ended Oct. 16, before the election. She reported having more than $360,000 in the bank for the last three weeks of the campaign.