Author Archives: Mike Leischner
Amazon Planning Fourth Wisconsin Distribution Center
COTTAGE GROVE, WI (WSAU) -- Retail giant Amazon is planning a new distribution center in the Madison area. The Wisconsin State Journal reports the Seattle-based company is in talks with the Village of...
Feb 06, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Nelson Trial to Begin in June
WARRENSBURG, MO (WSAU) -- The murder trial for a Missouri man accused of killing two Shawano County cattlemen who were in town to collect a check has been pushed back to mid-2022. Court records from J...
Feb 06, 2022 Garland "Joey" Nelson
DHS Urges COVID-19 Vaccination for Adults as Moderna Vaccine Gets Full Approval
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- State officials with the Department of Health Services are making another push to increase Wisconsin's COVID-19 vaccination rate one day after the US FDA gave the Moderna vaccine...
Feb 01, 2022 Alachua County
Lincoln County Officer Won't be Charged in Connection With December Shooting
MERRILL, WI (WSAU) -- A Lincoln County officer responsible for shooting and killing a man who was threatening another person with a knife will not face charges for unlawful use of his weapon. The inci...
Jan 28, 2022 Police lights. MWC file photo.
Republicans Call Governor Evers' Tax Proposal "Election Year Bribe"
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Governor Tony Evers wants to give you back some of your tax dollars. Just days after the State Department of Revenue announced an expected $2.9 billion budget surplus for the mos...
Jan 27, 2022 Governor Tony Evers.
Halderson Sentencing Date Set
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- The man found guilty of killing and dismembering his parents as a so-called "web of lies" began to unravel around his schooling and employment will be sentenced this spring. Cour...
Jan 25, 2022 Chandler Halderson
GOP to Introduce Medical Marijuana Legislation Wednesday
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Two Central Wisconsin lawmakers have called a Wednesday press conference to introduce a medical marijuana package. The announcement will be made by Republican Assemblyman Pat Sny...
Jan 25, 2022 Eugene Kim / CC
Ballot Dropboxes Back on For February 15th Primary
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- A Wisconsin appeals court has blocked a lower court decision that restricted the use of absentee ballot dropboxes for upcoming elections. The 4th District Court of Appeals has is...
Jan 24, 2022 Absentee Ballot dropbox in Wausau. Image courtesy: Mayor Katie Rosenberg/Facebook
State Patrol Trooper Injured in Columbia County Crash
POYNETTE, WI (WSAU) -- A State Patrol trooper was injured in a crash along Interstate 39/90/94 in Columbia County this weekend. Officials with the DeForest post say the unidentified patrol trooper was...
Jan 23, 2022 Police lights. MWC file photo.
Rothman Selected as Next UW System President
MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has announced Jay Rothman will take over as President of the UW system this summer. Rothman was selected by unanimous vote of the Rege...
Jan 21, 2022 Jay Rothman
