Fri, May 18, 2012
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon spaceship flew smoothly through a practice drive by the International Space Station on ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
PLOVER, Wis (WSAU) A gas station in Plover programmed the wrong price into its pumps, and was selling gas for 37-cents a gallon yesterday ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya
KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - A Soyuz spaceship carrying two Russians and one American astronaut blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - The 4th District Court of Appeals rules the state’s minimum gas markup law is constitutional.
That decision affirms a decision ...
Tue, May 08, 2012
(Reuters) - Plans to expand New York City's famous Pennsylvania Station, the busiest passenger rail facility in the United States, will begin later this ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Scores of volunteers on Wednesday helped the FBI search Alaska's Kodiak Island near a U.S. Coast ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Marshfield will close on the sale of its old fire station today.
The city sold the building last fall to Rolac ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill's fire department says a change in staffing levels from the city caused a shutdown of a fire station over ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
By Irene and Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies, a privately held firm founded and run by entrepreneur Elon Musk, is delaying ...
Mon, April 16, 2012
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Monday cleared a cargo ship owned by Space Exploration Technologies for a test flight to ...
Sat, March 24, 2012
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A passing piece of potentially dangerous space debris forced astronauts at the International Space Station to temporarily ...
Thu, March 22, 2012
PARIS (Reuters) - An unmanned European supply vessel carrying more than six tonnes of freight docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday reinforcing ...
Thu, March 15, 2012
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) - Marshfield’s new state-of-the-art fire station has received the highest possible rating for energy efficient and environmentally sustainable building projects.
Jody ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA is looking for at least two U.S. firms to design and build space taxis to ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A good Samaritan found $500 cash in the Kwik Trip parking lot at 6th and Marquardt Street on Sunday. 69-year-old Robert ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – A Stevens Point man who robbed two gas stations in September at knifepoint to fuel his drug addiction will spend ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – A Stevens Point man convicted of robbing two gas stations in September will be sentenced today.
Nicholas Weisenberger plead guilty ...
Tue, January 17, 2012
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies, a startup space transportation firm hired by NASA to fly cargo to the International ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Friday with a trio of astronauts ...
Wed, December 21, 2011
By Irene Klotz
(Reuters) - A trio of astronauts blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on Wednesday on a mission to bring the International ...
Fri, December 16, 2011
By Andrea Shalal-Esa and Eveline Danubrata
WASHINGTON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said it would station several new coastal combat ships in Singapore ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A private company will make a trial cargo run to the International Space Station in February, a ...
Thu, December 08, 2011
GREEN BAY (WKZO) -- Former Western Michigan University standout and current Green Bay Packer Greg Jennings is a guest on 'Breakfast with the Boys' on ...
Tue, November 29, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering a proposal to build an underground park at a subway station partly idled ...
Mon, November 28, 2011
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – A Stevens Point man pled guilty Monday to robbing two gas stations in September.
Nicholas Weisenberger pled guilty to robbing ...
Thu, November 10, 2011
MARSHFIELD, Wis (WSAU) Marshfield's old fire station is being sold to a local company and will soon be occupied by a local business ...
Thu, November 03, 2011
MERRILL, Wis (WSAU) Merrill city leaders are ready to vote next week on closing one of the city's two fire stations.
A month ...
Wed, October 26, 2011
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The former head of Wausau's Public Access station is hoping to revive the programming portion of the group with a ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Three crewmembers left the International Space Station for Earth on Thursday while their replacements remain delayed by ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A Russian cargo ship is poised for liftoff on Sunday to the International Space Station following a ...
Wed, August 24, 2011
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will go ahead with the launch of a navigation satellite on Friday only after it has carried out additional safety checks ...
Wed, August 03, 2011
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A pair of spacewalking cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday to prepare the orbital outpost ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
HATLEY, Wis (WSAU) The Marathon County sheriffs department is investigating a gas station robbery in Hatley.
A man entered the B-P gas station off ...
Thu, July 28, 2011
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies, a privately owned firm developing a space taxi with U.S.-government backing, plans ...
Wed, July 20, 2011
By Jim Christie
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - All's good with California's planned multibillion-dollar high-speed train system, really.
The authority overseeing its launch released ...
Tue, July 19, 2011
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis returned from NASA's final shuttle mission on Thursday, ending a 30-year era ...
Sun, June 26, 2011
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 12 people were wounded when a suicide bomber in a wheelchair blew himself up at a police station in the ...
Sat, June 18, 2011
By Hamid Shalizi and Emma Graham-Harrison
KABUL (Reuters) - Suicide bombers in army uniform attacked a Kabul police compound on Saturday, killing nine people in ...
Tue, June 07, 2011
By Shavkat Rakhmatullayev
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A Soyuz spacecraft blasted off for the International Space Station on Wednesday with a Russian, American and a ...
Wed, May 18, 2011
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttle Endeavour's most experienced spacewalkers returned to the outside of the International Space Station on Wednesday ...
Tue, May 17, 2011
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Endeavour reached the International Space Station on Wednesday to deliver a premiere science instrument and ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) - A rather ordinary looking metal beam arrived at Marshfield’s Fire Station yesterday, but according to Fire Chief Jim Schmidt, it ...
Wed, May 04, 2011
MERRILL, Wis (WSAU) A Chicago man who was convicted of robbing a gas station in Merrill was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Adarius ...
Mon, April 04, 2011
By Alissa de Carbonnel
KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft, carrying two cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut to the International Space Station ...
Fri, April 01, 2011
Russell Brand talked with Jimmy Fallon about what it was like to crawl across the floor of Grand Central Station. He also was just ...
Wed, March 23, 2011
Eau Claire, Wis. (Learfield) - Eau Claire T-V station W-E-A-U went back on the air this morning, after its transmitting antenna collapsed last night. According ...
Wed, March 23, 2011
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Eau Claire TV station WEAU went back on the air Wednesday morning, after its transmitting antenna collapsed Tuesday night.
According ...
Fri, March 04, 2011
By Lindsay Powers
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) -Sirius XM will on Saturday launch "Tiger Blood Radio," the company announced Friday.
The station will be ...
Thu, March 03, 2011
By Alan Baldwin
LONDON (Reuters) - London mayor Boris Johnson enjoyed a gentle dig at the French on Thursday before unveiling a set of giant ...
Wed, February 16, 2011
By Franck Leconte
KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) - An unmanned Ariane rocket successfully launched from French Guiana late on Wednesday to supply cargo to the ...
Wed, February 16, 2011
KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) -- A European Ariane rocket blasted off from French Guiana on Wednesday carrying supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), space ...
Tue, February 15, 2011
KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) -- An Ariane rocket carrying supplies for the International Space Station (ISS) is now scheduled for launch on Wednesday, the Arianespace ...
Fri, February 11, 2011
PARIS (Reuters) - An unmanned Ariane rocket is scheduled to launch a cargo vessel into orbit on Tuesday in Europe's second mission to carry ...
Mon, February 07, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The engine of an Amtrak train headed for Boston derailed outside Penn Station on Monday, forcing off 147 passengers and blocking ...
Thu, January 27, 2011
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A robotic Japanese cargo ship reached the International Space Station on Thursday, the first of a quartet ...
Sun, January 23, 2011
DETROIT (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire inside a Detroit police station on Sunday, wounding four police officers, including a commander, before the attacker was ...
Wed, December 15, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A blinking package forced the closure of the Pentagon subway station for 90 minutes at rush hour on Wednesday -- until the suspicious ...
Thu, December 09, 2010
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) A healthy baby boy was born in a gas station parking lot in Wisconsin Rapids on Monday night. The child ...
Tue, November 23, 2010
MERRILL, Wis (WSAU) A man involved in a gas station robbery in Merrill was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday. Bryant Sims of ...
Mon, November 15, 2010
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Technology that improves mobile phone reception indoors is starting to break into the mass market as ...
Mon, November 15, 2010
WITTENBERG, Wis. (WSAU) - Two weekend armed robberies two hours apart are being investigated by the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department.
The first occurred at ...
Tue, October 26, 2010
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's space command Tuesday ordered the International Space Station to change its orbit slightly to avoid collision with a piece of ...
Sat, October 09, 2010
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut reached the International Space Station on Saturday ...
Thu, October 07, 2010
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut to the international space station lifted off early on Friday from ...
Tue, September 28, 2010
BROOKFIELD, Wis. (WTAQ) - The mayor of Brookfield wants to know who the next governor will be before his city approves a station for the ...
Tue, September 14, 2010
JUNEAU COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - The village president of Lyndon Station and his brother are due in court Tuesday afternoon, after being charged with molesting ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
Malin Akerman is vowing to protect and serve, but this time, not behind a superhero costume.
The Swedish-Canadian actress just signed on to an ...
Wed, September 08, 2010
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Marshfield city leaders dedicated their new fire station Wednesday with a “hose uncoupling” ceremony similar to a ribbon-cutting.
“The station is ...
Wed, September 08, 2010
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) - Marshfield’s new fire station is being dedicated today, and according to Fire Chief Jim Schmidt, “I just want to remind ...
Thu, August 19, 2010
MARSHFIELD, Wis (WSAU) Marshfield police are investigating vandalism to the new landscaping outside the city's new fire department. A surveillance video shows a ...
Fri, August 06, 2010
Hamptons-based station WLIU is on the brink of closure as its parent company Peconic Public Broadcasting fights to raise more than $500,000 (£333 ...
Sun, August 01, 2010
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A pair of spacewalking astronauts revived the International Space Station's cooling system on Monday during a ...
Fri, July 23, 2010
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Marshfield firefighters will move into their new fire station next week.
Construction crews are putting the finishing touches on the state-of-the-art ...
Mon, July 19, 2010
By Melanie Lee and Alexei Oreskovic
SHANGHAI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A report by China's state-run television station accusing Baidu Inc of promoting counterfeit ...
Thu, July 08, 2010
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) A retired 82-year-old former Wausau police officer may face criminal charges for showing a badge and a holstered handgun after cutting ...
Sun, July 04, 2010
MOSCOW (Reuters) - An unmanned Russian cargo ship docked successfully Sunday at the International Space Station (ISS) on its second attempt after missing it Friday ...
Fri, July 02, 2010
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A faulty radio link forced an unmanned Russian cargo ship to abort its docking at the International Space Station on Friday, U ...
Tue, June 15, 2010
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut blasted off aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan ...
Wed, June 09, 2010
MARATHON, Wis (WSAU) Firefighters in Marathon City moved into their new 12-thousand square foot fire station this week. The facility is now in-service. There ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
By Amie Ferris-Rotman
KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft containing an international trio of astronauts who oversaw the final assembly stage of a ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA astronauts attached a Russian docking and research module onto the International Space Station on Tuesday, bringing ...
Wed, May 12, 2010
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station Sunday to deliver a new Russian module ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - One woman was killed and five others injured when a bomb exploded on a train station platform in the southern Russian ...
Thu, April 29, 2010
MERRILL, Wis (WSAU) Another suspect in the armed robbery of a Merrill gas station from last December was in court yesterday. Maurice Bell pled ...
Wed, April 28, 2010
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian spacecraft lifted off on Wednesday with supplies for the International Space Station and its crew.
The Progress M-05M shed its ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
KALAMAZOO -- The Western Michigan Broncos will play all season long on 96.5 WKZO. In addition to listening to the games all season long ...
Mon, April 26, 2010
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - Dozens of residents from the Southside of Sheboygan turned out for a citizens meeting Monday night to discuss the recent closure ...
Thu, April 08, 2010
JUNCTION CITY (WSAU) The Portage County sheriffs department is investigating a smash-and-grab robbery at a Junction City gas station last night. Around 8:30 ...
Tue, April 06, 2010
ADAMS, Wis (WSAU) Police took two people into custody after a brawl in the parking lot of a gas station in Adams. It happened ...
Sun, April 04, 2010
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A U.S.-Russian crew in a Russian Soyuz space ship docked at the International Space Station on Sunday, the Russian space ...
Sat, April 03, 2010
WAUSHARA COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Police are investigating the robbery of a Waushara County gas station. Sheriff's deputies say it happened just before midnight ...
Thu, April 01, 2010
By Shavkat Rakhmatullayev
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A U.S.-Russian crew blasted off in a Russian Soyuz space ship on Friday for a half-year ...
Thu, March 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on Thursday against two firms in Gaza -- Islamic National Bank and Al-Aqsa Television -- for their ties ...
Thu, March 18, 2010
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian Soyuz space capsule carrying a U.S. astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed safely in ...
Fri, March 12, 2010
MILLADORE, Wis. (WSAU) – Someone robbed a gas station in Milladore last night.
The Wood County sheriff’s department says the robber walked into Swetz ...
Wed, March 10, 2010
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - During Wednesday’s Public Protection and Safety Committee meeting, the concept of closing a fire station in Sheboygan was again debated ...
Tue, March 02, 2010
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – A man who fled from a traffic stop led Wausau police early this morning right into their police station.
Police tried ...
Wed, February 03, 2010
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) - A Tomahawk man convicted of killing a gas station clerk in 2008 wants to withdraw his guilty plea and be re-sentenced ...
Wed, February 03, 2010
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian cargo ship delivered food, water, fuel and other supplies to the International Space Station on Friday, space officials said.
The ...
Wed, January 27, 2010
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Marshfield's new fire station is starting to take shape with as many as 8 prefabricated concrete walls going up every ...
Sat, January 23, 2010
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela ordered cable networks on Saturday to stop broadcasting an opposition station that President Hugo Chavez pushed off free-access television in 2007 ...
Tue, January 12, 2010
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA is finding it is not just mechanical glitches that make the International Space Station a tough ...
Tue, December 22, 2009
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A fresh three-member crew arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday, bolstering the two-man skeleton crew ...
Tue, December 22, 2009
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill police have arrested two more people for their role in a gas station hold up this month.
Twenty-three-year-old Maurice Bell ...
Fri, December 18, 2009
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill police have arrested four people for an armed robbery at the Holiday gas station last weekend.
Twenty-one-year-olds Bryant Sims and ...
Mon, December 14, 2009
MERRILL, Wis (WSAU) Two suspects are on the loose after an armed robbery in Merrill.
The suspects robbed the Holiday Gas Station on Center ...
Tue, December 01, 2009
By Bob Tourtellotte
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The race for Hollywood film honors picked up pace on Tuesday when a key independent movie group unveiled ...
Tue, December 01, 2009
ROTHSCHILD, Wis (WSAU) A woman who's accused of staging a robbery at a Rothschild gas station is under arrest. Charges are pending against ...
Tue, December 01, 2009
By Shamil Zhumatov
ARKALYK, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Three astronauts landed safely in the frozen steppe of northern Kazakhstan on Tuesday after six months orbiting the ...
Wed, November 18, 2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It might not always be easy being associated with one of world's best-known teenagers, Miley Cyrus, but it can have ...
Mon, November 16, 2009
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Wednesday after a seven-day stay to deliver gear ...
Mon, November 16, 2009
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Monday said it would not start a nuclear reactor at Iran's Bushehr atomic power station by the end of ...
Fri, November 13, 2009
MERRILL, Wis (WSAU) Fire investigators have finished their probe in the blaze that destroyed a Merrill gas station last month. Their final report says ...
Fri, October 30, 2009
MERRILL, Wis (WSAU) A Merrill gas station was destroyed by fire last night.
Firefighters say they were able to keep the flames away from ...
Fri, October 09, 2009
WASHINGTON/CHISINAU (Reuters) - The United States denied on Friday that it planned to station U.S. radar systems in Ukraine, after published remarks by ...
Fri, October 02, 2009
By Aydar Buribayev
KOROLYOV, Russia (Reuters) - Canadian circus billionaire Guy Laliberte, dubbed the first clown in space, arrived at the International Space Station in ...
Fri, October 02, 2009
MARATHON CITY, Wis. (WSAU) – Officials in Marathon City will break ground today on their new fire station.
The 5 p.m. groundbreaking comes less ...
Wed, September 30, 2009
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Marshfield is on it’s way to getting a new fire station.
The 26,000 square foot, two-story building on the ...
Fri, September 25, 2009
UNDATED (WSAU) An astronaut from northern Wisconsin will begin his third trip in space next Wednesday. Jeffrey Williams of Winter will board a Soyuz ...
Wed, September 23, 2009
MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) - Marshfield’s new fire station has already come in over budget even before crews dig their first shovel in the ground ...
Thu, September 03, 2009
By Chris Baltimore
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The International Space Station might have to fire its thrusters to avoid a piece of space junk that could ...
Mon, August 31, 2009
By Irene Klotz
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Getting humans to Mars will require medical research on the International Space Station through at least 2020 ...
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