Local News
Sheboygan Area Remains Under Threat of Severe Weather This Evening
National Weather Service forecasters have kept a wary eye on the several ingredients required to fuel a weekend severe weather outbreak across Wisconsin for several days now, and little variation has evolved from original forecast models. High winds had already prompted an advisory through 4 p.m. on Saturday, but the f...
Apr 27, 2024
Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Preps to Launch Diverse 2024 Season
By Jeff Pederson Pedal Down Promotions (PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) April 26, 2024 - If Plymouth Dirt Track Racing fans thought last season's schedule was packed plenty of variety, the upcoming 2024 campaign is poised to up ante with an even more heaping helping of divisions slated to take to the historic third-mile dirt ov...
Apr 26, 2024
Katsma Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection to State Assembly in November
Terry Katsma, who is completing his 5th 2-year term as the Representative to Wisconsin's 26th Assembly District, announced that he will not run for a 6th term in November. The announcement comes amid significant changes in Wisconsin's political landscape after Wisconsin's Supreme Court selected a redistricting map tha...
Apr 26, 2024
Forecasters Eye Late Saturday Through Sunday As Prime-Time for Possible Severe Weather
Heavy rains and maybe some severe thunderstorm activity is possible over the Sheboygan area and most of Wisconsin this weekend. The National Weather Service has maintained essentially the same threat map for several days as the needed ingredients come together as expected. Whether or not they succeed in producing dan...
Apr 26, 2024
Port Washington Granted Half Million to Restore Valley Creek Corridor
A modest creek that wanders through parklands in the city of Port Washington is getting a not-so-modest sum of money towards its restoration. The $500,000 investment comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coastal Management fund, and is part of a total $4.6 million influx of cash announced on...
Apr 26, 2024
Sports
Athletics-Lyles sees room for improvement after 100m Bermuda win
(Reuters) - World champion Noah Lyles was all smiles after a wind-aided 9.96 seconds win in the men's 100 metres at the Bermuda Grand Prix on Sunday but said he had plenty to work on ahead of the United States Olympic trials. Lyles, bronze medallis...
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Swimming-Russia's absence boosts U.S. hopes of striking Olympic gold in artistic swimming
By Vincent Daheron EAUBONNE, France (Reuters) - Boosted by the absence of favourites Russia, the United States will aim for the gold medal in artistic swimming at the Paris Games after qualifying for the Olympic team event for the first time since ...
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Jayson Tatum, Celtics stifle Heat, take back home-court edge
Jayson Tatum posted 22 points, 11 rebounds and six assists as the visiting Boston Celtics regained home-court advantage in this first-round playoff series, routing the Miami Heat 104-84 in Game 3 on Saturday night. Boston, the NBA's top seed, leads th...
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Tarik Skubal, Tigers cruise to series win over Royals
Tarik Skubal pitched seven strong innings, Wenceel Perez blasted his first career home run and the host Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Sunday afternoon. Skubal (4-0) limited the Royals to one run, four hits and one walk while st...
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Jalen Brunson powers Knicks past 76ers for 3-1 series lead
Jalen Brunson scored a playoff career-high 47 points to go along with 10 assists as the New York Knicks defeated the host Philadelphia 76ers 97-92 in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference first-round series on Sunday. Brunson set a franchise playoff scorin...
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State News
Pocan Concerned that Gaza is Hurting Biden with Wisconsin Voters
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- There's concern that Israel's actions in Gaza are hurting Joe Biden in Wisconsin. "And the reason is we're not just a purple state. I mean we're about as purple as you can get when whoever wins the White House by like 20,000 votes out of the entire state. That's razor thin margins," ...
Apr 25, 2024
No NIL Money for High School Students
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- No outside money for Wisconsin high school athletes. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association voted on Wednesday to reject a plan that would have allowed students to get endorsements based on their name, image or likeness; similar NIL programs have been allowed in other states and at...
Apr 25, 2024
Donald Trump Returns To Wisconsin
WAUKESHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Former President Donald Trump is returning to Wisconsin next week. In a news release Wednesday, officials said Trump will deliver remarks May 1 at the Waukesha County Expo Center at 2 p.m. Doors will open at 11 a.m. Trump will reportedly "contrast the peace, prosperity, and security of ...
Apr 24, 2024
Ukraine Can't Win - Johnson on his No Vote for $95 Billion War Aid Package
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- President Joe Biden has signed a $95 billion war aid measure that includes billions for Ukraine to battle Russia. Wisconsin U.S. Senator Ron Johnson opposed that money, saying Ukraine can't win. "It's going to be a negotiated settlement. I'm not going to like the settlement. The Ukrainian...
Apr 24, 2024
Kewaskum Officer Charged with Sexual Misconduct now Faces Bestiality Charges
KEWASKUM, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A school resource officer charged with sexual misconduct with a student now faces multiple charges for molesting animals. Former Kewaskum school resources officer Steven Rosales is now facing three counts of bestiality in Fond du Lac County. The Fond du Lac County District Attorney's office c...
Apr 24, 2024
National News
Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department' dominates US sales and Billboard charts
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop megastar Taylor Swift sold 2.61 million album and streaming units of "The Tortured Poets Department" during its first week of release in the U.S., Billboard reported on Sunday, calling it "a gigantic debut at No. 1" on t...
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Three dead after dozens of tornadoes strike Oklahoma; scores injured
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - At least three people died, including a four-month-old baby, and scores were injured in Oklahoma this weekend after dozens of twisters swept the U.S. Southern Plains, while weather alerts on Sunday put more than 7 million ...
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Pro-Palestinian protests keep roiling US college campuses
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. universities showed no sign of slowing as they spread coast-to-coast over the weekend and police crackdowns and arrests continued into another week while students vowed to stay in tent enc...
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US senator questions whether State Dept properly assessing Israel conduct
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic senator on Sunday questioned whether the Biden administration was properly assessing whether Israel was complying with international law, following a Reuters report that some senior U.S. official...
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Bangladesh reopens schools amid scorching heatwave
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday despite a heatwave continuing to sweep the South Asian nation, with temperatures expected to climb above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in the days ahead, according to the...
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World News
At least 13 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Rafah, medical officials say
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli air strikes on three houses in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed 13 people and wounded many others, medics said on Monday. Hamas media outlets put the death toll at 15. In Gaza City, in the north ...
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North Korea criticizes US for supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine, KCNA says
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea criticized the United States for supplying long-range missiles to Ukraine, state media KCNA reported on Monday, citing a statement from the defence ministry. The United States in recent weeks secretly shipped long-rang...
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Spain's Prime Minister Sanchez set to announce if he's staying or quitting
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is set to announce on Monday whether he plans to stay on or quit the premiership, days after saying he was considering resigning. Supporters in his Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) have...
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Germany's 'Reichsbuerger' coup suspects go on trial
By Thomas Escritt STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - Nine men go on trial in Germany on Monday charged with high treason, attempted murder and plotting a violent coup d'etat aimed at installing an aristocrat as national leader and imposing martial law....
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Thousands protest in Georgia against 'foreign agents' bill
By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) - Thousands of Georgians marched through the capital, Tbilisi, on Sunday, as protests built against a bill on "foreign agents" that the country's opposition and Western countries have said is authoritarian and Russi...
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Health News
US food regulator gathering information on Indian spices after alleged contamination
HYDERABAD (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is gathering information on products of Indian spice makers MDH and Everest after Hong Kong halted sales of some of their products for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-ca...
Apr 27, 2024
CVS Omnicare staff in Las Vegas vote to join new union
(Reuters) - Staff at CVS Health's unit Omnicare in Las Vegas voted to join the Pharmacy Guild, becoming the first location at the national pharmacy chain to join the union. About 87% of workers at CVS Omnicare, a provider of pharmacy services to lo...
Apr 26, 2024
Biden administration to drop plan to ban menthol cigarettes, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is reversing course on its plan to ban menthol cigarettes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The administration is expected to announce its decision as soon as F...
Apr 26, 2024
WHO says bird flu risk currently low, asks countries to remain vigilant
(Reuters) -The current overall public health risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus is low, the World Health Organization said on Friday, but urged countries to stay alert for cases of animal-to-human transmission. The UN-agency said countries should im...
Apr 26, 2024
Bayer CEO wins first AGM shareholder vote
(Reuters) - Bayer CEO Bill Anderson on Friday won a vote of confidence at his first annual general meeting (AGM) at the helm of the embattled healthcare and agriculture group, defying a challenge from one German fund managing house. Bayer said inv...
Apr 26, 2024
Science News
Argentine scientists find speedy 90-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur
By Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Paleontologists from Argentina announced the discovery of a new medium-sized herbivorous dinosaur, which was a fast runner and lived about 90 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period in present da...
Apr 25, 2024
China sends astronauts to Chinese space station for six-month stay
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station for a six-month stay, in a regular rotation of Chinese astronauts onboard the "Tiangong" orbiting high above the Earth's atmosphere. The spacecra...
Apr 25, 2024
Scottish spaceport moves closer to satellite launches
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's SaxaVord Spaceport moved a step closer to being able to send satellites into orbit after regulators granted it a licence to provide safety services, paving the way for its first launch later this year. The Civil Aviatio...
Apr 25, 2024
Russia, US clash at UN over nuclear weapons in space
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.S.-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that called on countries to prevent an arms race in outer space, a move that prompted the United States to question if Mo...
Apr 24, 2024
Huge energetic flare from magnetic neutron star detected
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Magnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stellar remnants called neutron stars that possess immensely strong magnetic fields. Once in a while, they produce enormous erupt...
Apr 24, 2024
Technology News
Hyundai Motor, Kia Corp sign agreement with China's Baidu on connected car technology
SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp on Sunday said the companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Baidu Inc to develop technologies for connected cars. (Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Editing by Tom Hogue)
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Exclusive-Elon Musk heading to China for visit to Tesla's second-biggest market, sources say
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk was on a flight heading to Beijing on Sunday to kick off a surprise trip in the electric vehicle maker's second-biggest market, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Musk is seeking to meet sen...
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U.S. chip bans not meant to hobble China's growth, Blinken says
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - U.S. export controls on sending advanced computing chips to China are not meant to hold back China's economy or technological development, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during an interview with National Public...
Apr 27, 2024
L3Harris cuts 5% workforce in cost-saving measure
(Reuters) - U.S. defense contractor L3Harris cut 5% of its workforce earlier this month in a bid to streamline its business and save costs, CEO Chris Kubasik said in a post-earnings conference call on Friday. The announcement confirms a Reuters rep...
Apr 26, 2024
X tells Brazil court 'operational faults' allowed blocked users to remain active
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Lawyers representing X in Brazil told the Supreme Court on Friday that "operational faults" have allowed users who were ordered blocked to stay active on the social media platform. Supreme Court Justice Alexand...
Apr 26, 2024
Entertainment News
Taylor Swift's 'Tortured Poets Department' dominates US sales and Billboard charts
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop megastar Taylor Swift sold 2.61 million album and streaming units of "The Tortured Poets Department" during its first week of release in the U.S., Billboard reported on Sunday, calling it "a gigantic debut at No. 1" on t...
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New film captures Afghan women's courage in failed peace talks with Taliban
By Jenna Zucker TORONTO - The new documentary "The Sharp Edge of Peace" begins with a harrowing scene: Fawzia Koofi, a former member of Afghanistan's parliament and a women's rights activist, recovering in a hospital bed after surviving an assassin...
Apr 27, 2024
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler wins dismissal for good of sexual assault lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in the mid-1970s. U.S. District Judge Lewi...
Apr 26, 2024
K-pop giant HYBE shares take another hit as dispute with NewJeans label drags on
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean music executive credited with creating popular K-pop group NewJeans denied allegations that she was trying to break her label away from HYBE, home to global sensation BTS, sending the K-pop giant's sha...
Apr 26, 2024
Streaming device maker Roku beats quarterly revenue estimates
(Reuters) -Roku beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and forecast second-quarter sales above estimates on Thursday, buoyed by strong ad sales and the ongoing shift to streaming from cable TV . Shares of the company were flitting between gai...
Apr 25, 2024