Local News
David Bach Wins the Wisconsin WPGA Match Play Championship on Home Turf
While David Bach might brush off his familiarity with Kohler golf courses as any significant advantage, the rest of the field yielded to the 29-year-old's mastery of the sport as Kohler's assistant PGA pro won the Wisconsin PGA Match Play Championship at Whistling Straits on Thursday. Bach survived a birdie barrage by ...
May 17, 2024
Local Veterans Support Organization is Recipient of State Grant
A Sheboygan County nonprofit has been named one of nine recipients of a grant intended to promote positive mental health outcomes for Wisconsin veterans. Governor Tony Evers, along with Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary James Bond, announced the awards of the Veteran Mental Health Community-Based Orga...
May 16, 2024
DNR to Meet at LTC to Discuss Lake Whitefish Trawling Rule
Lake Michigan's fishery involves many interests, from sports and commercial operators to those whose recreation involves putting in a line and seeing what can be caught. It's the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource's job to manage all those interests, and an upcoming meeting's primary focus will be on Lake Whitef...
May 16, 2024
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Sheboygan Public Invited to National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting
Those interested in the National Marine Sanctuary just offshore of Sheboygan are invited to listen, learn, and offer input during an upcoming meeting. The Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council brings members of the local community together to provide advice to NOAA, the managing agency, ...
May 15, 2024
Police Observances Continue in Sheboygan; Memorial Service Tomorrow
National Police Week is being observed across the nation as well as locally with numerous events. Monday night's statewide midnight piper event was just one of many observances that will include a memorial service on Thursday. Earlier on Monday, Sheboygan Mayor Ryan Sorenson delivered a Proclamation for National Polic...
May 15, 2024
Sports
Report: Knicks' OG Anunoby, Josh Hart on pace to play in Game 7
New York Knicks forwards OG Anunoby and Josh Hart are in line to play against the visiting Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals series on Sunday, ESPN reported. Per the report, the final determination will come shortly before ...
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Tennis-Zverev wins sixth Masters title at Italian Open
(Reuters) - Alexander Zverev warmed up for the French Open by winning his sixth Masters title when he beat first-time finalist Nicolas Jarry 6-4 7-5 in the Italian Open final on Sunday. It was a second title in Rome for Zverev having won his first ...
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Golf-Schauffele, Morikawa set for final-round showdown at Valhalla
(Reuters) - Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa share the PGA Championship lead entering the final round on Sunday at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky where a wild finish awaits with seven players within four strokes of the leaders. Sch...
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Cycling-Willoughby and Daudet crowned BMX race world champions
(Reuters) - American Alise Willoughby was roared to victory at the BMX Racing World Championships in South Carolina on Saturday as she claimed the title for the third time in her career. The 33-year-old Willoughby, Olympic silver-medallist in 2016,...
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Gymnastics-Douglas withdraws from U.S. Classic after falling from bars
(Reuters) - Three-time Olympic gold medallist Gabby Douglas fell twice from the asymmetric bars in the U.S. Classic on Saturday and withdrew from the event. The 2012 Olympic all-around and team champion struggled in the opening rotation and later l...
15h ago
State News
Legalize Marijuana in Wisconsin; Says Milwaukee Mayor Johnson
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- The Biden Administration has reclassified marijuana from a Schedule I drug, the most dangerous classification, to a Schedule III drug. Now, Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson would like to see Wisconsin allow legal sales. "Those are dollars that could be taxed, that could be then going to...
May 17, 2024
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson Talks with Secret Service About Protesting Zone for Milwaukee GOP Convention
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Concerns from the nation's capital about protesting at Milwaukee's Republican National Convention. Wisconsin U.S. Senator Ron Johnson discussed those with the head of the Secret Service Tuesday. Johnson says demonstrations for this July's convention will differ from when Milwaukee was slated...
May 15, 2024
Dem Press Conference Slams Senate Veto Override Session
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- At the Capitol on Tuesday, state Senate Republicans overrode several of Governor Tony Evers vetoes - and then called it a day. They were blasted by Democrats in a post session press conference. Minority Leader Diane Hesselbein wanted the chamber to take up bills passed by the Assembly "Th...
May 14, 2024
Wisconsin Gears Up for Near-Record Memorial Day Travel, Second Highest Since 2019
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsinites will be hitting the road for the unofficial start of summer. AAA forecasts near-record numbers for this year's Memorial Day weekend with more than 816,000 Wisconsin residents traveling 50 miles or more. That's over 30,000 more holiday travelers than last year, and second only to the all-tim...
May 14, 2024
UW-Madison Professor Says Non-Compete Clause Ban from FTC will Strengthen Economy
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A ruling by the Federal Trade Commission that would ban non-compete clauses could mean better wages for workers. UW-Madison management professor Martin Ganco says non-competes allow companies to lock employees in place without offering competitive wages. "We know based on research, that i...
May 14, 2024
National News
Baltimore workers to move crashed cargo ship that downed bridge
(Reuters) - Workers in Baltimore were preparing to clear a crashed cargo ship nearly as long as the Eiffel Tower from the channel it is blocking, officials said on Sunday, almost two months after the vessel downed the Francis Scott Key bridge, para...
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs apologizes after video depicting attack on ex-girlfriend
By Katharine Jackson (Reuters) - Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs posted an apology to social media on Sunday, two days after the release of hotel surveillance video that appeared to show him attacking his ex-girlfriend. "I'm truly sorry," Combs said...
8h ago
Factbox-High-profile US trials where defendants took the stand
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyer said last week the former U.S. president had not decided whether to testify at his criminal trial stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, which would be an uncommon and risky move that some high...
13h ago
Biden speaks to Morehouse grads after season of campus unrest over Gaza
By Trevor Hunnicutt ATLANTA (Reuters) - Joe Biden on Sunday delivers a commencement address at Morehouse College, a venue offering the U.S. president an election-year opportunity to address anger over his support for Israel and to repair bonds with...
15h ago
Eruption of Indonesia's Mt Ibu forces seven villages to evacuate
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky, and people from seven nearby villages have been evacuated, authorities said on Sunday. Mt. Ibu erupted on S...
22h ago
World News
New Taiwan president to take office facing angry China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Lai Ching-te takes office as Taiwan's new president on Monday facing an angry and deeply suspicious China which believes he is a "separatist", and a fractious parliament with an opposition chomping at the bit to challenge him. La...
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Islamic State claims attack in Afghanistan that killed three Spaniards
CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack by gunmen on tourists in Afghanistan's central Bamiyan province, the group said on its Telegram channel. Three Spanish tourists were killed and at least one Spaniard was...
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Reactions to the crash of the Iranian president's helicopter
(Reuters) - Following are reactions from foreign governments and officials to the news that a helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed as it flew over mountain terrain in heavy fog on Sunday. U.S. STATE D...
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Iranian President Raisi: a hardliner on morality, protests and nuclear talks
(Reuters) - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, whose helicopter crashed in mountainous terrain on Sunday, has become a contender to be Iran's next supreme leader with a clampdown on morality questions and a bloody crackdown on the nationwide protests...
7h ago
Israel seeks bipartisan US support against establishment of a Palestinian state
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel called for bipartisan support on Sunday from the United States against the establishment of a Palestinian state, which it said would be a reward for Hamas and its backer Iran. European Union members including Ireland, S...
7h ago
Health News
US race-neutral lung assessments to have profound effects, study finds
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - A guideline for U.S. doctors to ignore race in assessing lung health will likely have profound effects beyond the intended improvements in medical care, such as increasing disability payments and disease diagnoses for Bla...
11h ago
Bird flu found in western China as US combats cattle outbreak
BEIJING (Reuters) - Cases of bird flu have been confirmed among wild fowl in western China, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday, as concerns grow over a U.S. outbreak infecting cattle herds. Two counties in Qinghai province confirmed 275 case...
May 18, 2024
Pfizer wins $107.5 million from AstraZeneca in US cancer drug patent trial
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - AstraZeneca owes Pfizer $107.5 million in damages, a Delaware federal jury said on Friday after finding that AstraZeneca's blockbuster lung cancer drug Tagrisso violated its Wyeth unit's patent rights. The jury agreed ...
May 17, 2024
J&J-backed startup Rapport files for US IPO
(Reuters) - Biopharmaceutical company Rapport Therapeutics, backed by the venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson, filed for an initial public offering in the United States on Friday. Rapport, which develops small molecule medicines for patients s...
May 17, 2024
Ontario reports first death from measles in over a decade
TORONTO, (Reuters) - An Ontario child under the age of five has died of measles making it the first such case in more than a decade, according to the provincial health agency. The child required hospitalization and was not vaccinated against the hi...
May 17, 2024
Science News
Bezos' Blue Origin to launch first crew to edge of space since 2022 grounding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space firm Blue Origin is scheduled on Sunday to launch its first crew of humans to the edge of space since the company's suborbital New Shepard rocket was grounded in 2022, resuming its space tourism business. Si...
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Comet fragment lights up sky over Spain and Portugal 'like a movie'
By Catarina Demony and Ana Cantero LISBON (Reuters) - A bright comet fragment lit up the skies over parts of Spain and Portugal late on Saturday, according to the European Space Agency (ESA), with one Lisbon resident saying the dazzling display "f...
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Boeing Starliner's debut crewed flight delayed again to check helium leak
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA and Boeing delayed the launch of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule again on Friday, giving them four more days to assess a helium leak before attempting to launch the spacecraft's first two astronauts into space, the spac...
May 18, 2024
A fox on stilts? Argentine long-legged maned wolf returned to the wild
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine conservationists have returned a rare and unusual-looking animal, a maned wolf, to the wild around Buenos Aires, with its long black legs and red-fur making the creature look like a fox on stilts o...
May 17, 2024
Sea otters get more prey and reduce tooth damage using tools
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Humans are not alone in the use of tools. Chimpanzees, for instance, crack nuts with stones and use sticks to get at tasty termites. Dolphins are known to employ sponges to protect their beaks while foraging. And a Galapa...
May 16, 2024
Technology News
Didi co-founder Liu steps down after decade at helm of Chinese ride-hailing company
By Liam Mo and Sarah Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - Didi Global Inc's co-founder Jean Liu has stepped down from her roles as president and board director of China's biggest ride-hailing firm to take on a new role, according to an internal company memo. Did...
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Musk arrives in Indonesia's Bali for planned Starlink launch
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Tycoon Elon Musk arrived on the Indonesian island of Bali on Sunday ahead of the planned launch of SpaceX's Starlink internet service, which the Indonesian government hopes will boost internet penetration and health services in ...
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Britain's M&S sorry after website and app hit by 'technical issue'
LONDON (Reuters) - British retailer Marks & Spencer apologised to customers on Saturday after its website and app went offline for several hours due to a "technical issue". Visitors to the group's site were from around lunchtime greeted with the me...
May 18, 2024
US, TikTok seek fast-track schedule, ruling by Dec. 6 on potential ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and TikTok on Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by Jan. 1...
May 17, 2024
Apple set to release slimmer iPhone in 2025, the Information reports
(Reuters) - Apple is developing a slimmer version of the iPhone that is likely to be launched by 2025, the Information reported on Friday, citing three people with knowledge of the project. The potential thinner version is likely to be priced highe...
May 17, 2024
Entertainment News
Demi Moore says Cannes body horror 'The Substance' demanded full vulnerability
By Mike Davidson CANNES, France (Reuters) - Movie star Demi Moore said the vulnerability required for her role in body horror film "The Substance," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, was both demanding and exciting. Moore stars ...
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Selena Gomez relieved focus on Cannes entry 'Emilia Perez,' not personal life
By Alicia Powell CANNES, France (Reuters) - Selena Gomez said that she was relieved focus had shifted to her role in the new Mexican cartel musical "Emilia Perez" rather than her personal life, the singer told Reuters on Sunday. "It's a relief. I'd...
4h ago
Kevin Costner frets about financing 'Horizon: An American Saga'
By Hanna Rantala and Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) - Kevin Costner premiered his film "Horizon: An American Saga" at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday night, aiming to make it into a four-part series even though he's not sure how he'll f...
5h ago
Sean 'Diddy' Combs apologizes after video depicting attack on ex-girlfriend
By Katharine Jackson (Reuters) - Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs posted an apology to social media on Sunday, two days after the release of hotel surveillance video that appeared to show him attacking his ex-girlfriend. "I'm truly sorry," Combs said...
8h ago
Director Paul Schrader knew from start that 'New Hollywood' would change cinema
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Director Paul Schrader said on Saturday that he knew back in the late 1960s that he and contemporaries in the "New Hollywood" movement, several of whom are also at this year's Cannes Film Festival, were changing the indus...
May 18, 2024