Author Archives: Mike Leischner
WPS: $40 Increase in Home Heating Costs Expected This Winter
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) -- Officials with Wisconsin Public Service and WE Energies have put a dollar amount on the expected price hike in home heating bills this winter. Customers can expect to pay an ex...
Oct 11, 2021 Wisconsin Public Service
Blank to Resign as Chancellor at UW-Madison
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Rebecca Blank is in line to become the next President for Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. The UW-Madison Chancellor made the announcement Monday on Twitter, saying leadi...
Oct 11, 2021 Rebecca Blank. Image courtesy: Northwestern University
No Federal Charges Against Officer Who Shot Blake
WASHINGTON, DC (WSAU) -- The US Department of Justice has announced that no charges will be filed against the officer who shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha last year. A release from the DOJ says investigato...
Oct 08, 2021 Jacob Blake
Republican Lawmakers Propose Proof of Antibodies Rule
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- A group of GOP lawmakers in Madison is proposing a bill to require employers with COVID-19 vaccine mandates to also accept proof of antibodies for employees. According to the ear...
Oct 07, 2021
Fall Wolf Hunt Quota Set
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has set the 2021 Fall Wolf Harvest quota at 130 wolves. The Department announced Monday that trappers will be authorized to harvest ...
Oct 04, 2021 dalliedee / CC
Generac Announces Expansion Into Pewaukee
PEWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- Governor Evers and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation have announced that Generac will be expanding its presence in the state. The planned $53 million investment wil...
Sep 28, 2021 Generac
Missing Woman May Have Been Found
CUMBERLAND, WI (WSAU) -- Officers in Douglas County have found the vehicle of a woman who was reported missing over the weekend. Hailey Anderson's 1998 Honda CRV was found crashed in an undisclosed ar...
Sep 27, 2021 Hailey Anderson
Missing Cumberland Woman Said to be in Danger
CUMBERLAND, WI (WSAU) -- A 43-year-old woman from the Eau Claire area is missing and police say they have reason to believe she is in danger. Hailey Anderson has not had contact with her family or chi...
Sep 26, 2021 Hailey Anderson
More UW Campuses Reach 70% Vaccination Rate
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- The UW Board of Regents announced on Friday that two additional campuses have hit the 70% vaccination threshold against COVID-19. UW Oshkosh and Whitewater joined the Eau Claire,...
Sep 24, 2021 University of Wisconsin system
Two Refugees Charged With Crimes at Ft. McCoy
FORT McCOY, WI (WSAU) -- Two refugees staying at Fort McCoy have been indicted on charges in separate incidents. Mohammad Haroon Imaad, 32, is accused of assaulting his spouse by strangling and suffoc...
Sep 22, 2021 Joe Gratz
