Local News

After the Snow Comes the Bitter Cold
Following a weather system that put down anywhere from 6 inches of snow in western Sheboygan County, to 2-3 inches on the lakeshore, the door has been opened to an incursion of arctic air into Wisconsin. The National Weather Service said that all indications are for well below normal temps across southern Wisconsin th...
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USPS (And Santa) Request Clearing Walkways and Areas Around Mailboxes
Snow is beginning to collect at curbsides and walkways, prompting the US Postal Service to request help keeping their deliveries safe, especially as the volume of letters to the Jolly Old Elf reach peak capacity. Postal officials are asking for the public's cooperation by taking steps such as: Clearing enough snow from...
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Sargento Celebrated for Donation to Milwaukee's Hunger Task Force
A $2,000 donation by Sargento for each regular season touchdown by the Green Bay Packers was celebrated on Tuesday. Sargento Chairman and CEO Louie Gentine welcomed members of the Packers and the Hunger Task Force at its West Milwaukee headquarters with a check for $51,000. The contribution is also shared with Paul's...
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Winter Storm Causes Snow Cover, Vehicles Sliding Off Roads
Several inches of wet snow fell on Sheboygan County overnight, causing roads slick enough to send vehicles sliding onto shoulders and into ditches. The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office said that I-43 had just one clear driving lane in each direction as of 4 this morning, and back roads hadn't yet been addressed. One ...
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A Quick-Hitting Weather Event Expected This Evening / Overnight
Sheboygan County is in for a quick-hitting round of winter weather according to National Weather Service forecasters. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect from 6 this evening until 6 tomorrow morning, with the main concern being that of accumulating snow on roadways. But along with the snow factor, there's a ch...
Dec 09, 2025
Sports
Seahawks RB coach Kennedy Polamalu takes leave of absence
Seattle Seahawks running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu is taking a leave of absence for personal reasons, the team announced on Wednesday. Polamalu, 62, joined the staff in February 2024 when Mike Macdonald took over as head coach. Polamalu's duties ...
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Reports: Penn State DC Jim Knowles headed to Tennessee
Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles is headed to the same position at Tennessee, according to multiple media reports. ESPN reported Wednesday that Penn State is negotiating a buyout for Knowles, who is owed more than $7 million on the remain...
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Soccer-Seattle World Cup organisers say Pride events will go ahead outside Egypt-Iran match
By Andrew Hay Dec 10 (Reuters) - World Cup organisers in Seattle on Wednesday said their Pride events would go ahead as planned outside a June match in the city between Egypt and Iran despite objections from sports officials in the two countries where ...
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Kalil and Griffin out to transform Mexico's American football league
By Angelica Medina Dec 9 (Reuters) - Former NFL centre Ryan Kalil and ex-NBA forward Blake Griffin are part of a $100 million punt to turn Mexico's Liga de Futbol Americano into a sporting powerhouse in a country where 40 million people already live an...
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Rockies select Tigers RHP RJ Petit in Rule 5 Draft
Coming off a 119-loss season, the Colorado Rockies selected Detroit Tigers right-hander RJ Petit with the first pick of the Rule 5 Draft on Wednesday. A total of 13 players were selected in the major league phase of the draft, including four players ...
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National News
Deadly November Asian storms 'supercharged' by climate change, researchers say
SINGAPORE, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The deadly storms that devastated Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in late November were "supercharged" by higher sea temperatures and made worse by rapid deforestation, scientists said in a study published on ...
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US House backs massive defense policy bill, Senate next
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a massive defense policy bill on Wednesday authorizing a record $901 billion in annual military spending, paving the way for the must-pass measure to become la...
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US can replicate revenues if Supreme Court rules against IEEPA tariffs, trade chief says
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The United States can use other measures to recreate the roughly $200 billion in revenues it is collecting under tariffs based on a 1977 law if the Supreme Court strikes down use of that law, U.S. Trade R...
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Trump says CNN should be sold as part of Warner Bros Discovery deal
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the news network CNN should be sold as part of a deal for its parent company Warner Bros Discovery or separately. "CNN should be sold," Trump told reporters at the White Ho...
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US lawmakers say military helicopter provision would make skies less safe
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of key senators on Wednesday sharply criticized provisions on military helicopter safety in an annual defense bill released this week, arguing it amounts to a loophole that would make U.S. skies less...
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World News
Russian air defences shoot down 15 Moscow-bound drones in the evening, mayor says
MOSCOW, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Russian air defences shot down 15 drones en route to Moscow on Wednesday evening and overnight, the city's mayor said. Sergei Sobyanin, writing on his Telegram channel, reported the drones being downed over a period of...
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US to host meeting of G20 officials without South Africa's participation, sources say
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. will convene a meeting of officials from the Group of 20 major economies starting on Monday to kick off planning for next year, when it holds the group's rotating presidency, sources familiar with the plans said...
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Troop pay, Ukraine and social issues - US House passes massive 2026 defense bill
(Corrects reference in first paragraph to 65 years from 63) By Patricia Zengerle Dec 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a compromise version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a nearly $1 trillion...
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Swiss singers hope UN will put yodelling on cultural heritage list
By Cecile Mantovani and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Switzerland's centuries-old alpine yodelling tradition could soon be added to a U.N. list recognising it as a cultural treasure. A decision on Switzerland's bid to have yodelling ad...
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South Korea minister offers to quit amid allegations of Unification Church payments
SEOUL, Dec 11 (Reuters) - South Korean Oceans Minister Chun Jae-soo on Thursday expressed his intention to step down so he can focus on disproving claims he received illegal payments from the Unification Church. Calling the claims "completely false," ...
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Health News
Tobacco industry links with EU officials underreported, campaigners say
Dec 10 (Reuters) - European Union officials have held multiple, undisclosed meetings with the tobacco industry, which uses political connections to try to influence policy in the bloc and beyond, a report by campaign groups published on Wednesday foun...
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Health Rounds: Regeneron drug wipes out residual multiple myeloma cells in small trial
By Nancy Lapid Dec 10 (Reuters) - A recently approved antibody drug from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals eradicates residual traces of multiple myeloma after initial treatments, potentially allowing patients to avoid grueling bone marrow transplants, prelimi...
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Pfizer to cut over 200 jobs in Switzerland to reduce costs, Bloomberg News reports
Dec 10 (Reuters) - Pfizer will cut over 200 jobs in Switzerland as part of its multi-year cost reduction program, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The drugmaker will reduce its workforce in the country to r...
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Uganda to receive up to $1.7 billion of US funding under Trump health plan
KAMPALA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Uganda will get up to $1.7 billion of U.S. funding for its health sector over the next five years, making it the latest African country to agree a pact with the Trump administration since it overhauled its approach to forei...
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Roche breast cancer pill cuts risk of disease recurrence by 30% in trial
LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Roche said on Wednesday its experimental oral drug giredestrant reduced the risk of breast cancer recurrence by 30% compared with standard endocrine therapy, in what it said marked the first big advance in hormonal treatment...
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Science News
Bezos' Blue Origin working on orbital data center technology, WSJ reports
Dec 10 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' aerospace firm Blue Origin has been working for over a year on the necessary technology for artificial intelligence data centers in space, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing a person familiar with the ...
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Oldest evidence of human fire-making discovered at site in England
By Will Dunham Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk - a hearth apparently made by Neanderthals about 415,000 years ago - revealing that this milest...
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Chinese astronauts install debris protection aboard space station
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Chinese astronauts have installed protection against "space junk" aboard the permanently inhabited station Tiangong, according to China's manned spaceflight authorities, a month after a docked vessel was...
Dec 09, 2025
Scientists discover secrets of ancient Roman concrete at Pompeii
By Will Dunham Dec 9 (Reuters) - Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's Mount Vesuvius volcano in 79 AD, clarifying the ingredients and methods behind the durable se...
Dec 09, 2025
Spacecraft brings Russians, American back to earth, Russia's space agency says
MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky and NASA astronaut Jonathan Kim has returned to Earth, Russia's Roscosmos space agency said on Tuesday. The spacecraft landed a...
Dec 09, 2025
Technology News
Australia's Westpac urges bigger role for social media firms in scam prevention
Dec 11 (Reuters) - Westpac Banking Corp called for stronger action from social media companies such as Meta on Thursday to curb online scams, saying that banks cannot tackle the growing threat to consumers on their own. Chief Executive Anthony Miller ...
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GlobalFoundries names Sam Franklin as CFO after interim stint
Dec 10 (Reuters) - GlobalFoundries on Wednesday appointed Sam Franklin as its chief financial officer, succeeding David Reeder, who stepped down earlier this year. Franklin, interim CFO since October, previously served as senior vice president of busi...
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Oracle misses quarterly sales and operating profit estimates, shares decline
By Juby Babu and Stephen Nellis Dec 10 (Reuters) - Oracle missed Wall Street estimates for second-quarter revenue and operating profit on Wednesday, a sign that corporate spending on its cloud services may be cooling amid broader concerns of a bubble ...
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Adobe sees upbeat annual results on AI, design software strength
Dec 10 (Reuters) - Adobe forecast fiscal 2026 revenue and profit above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, signaling strong demand for the Photoshop maker's design tools and increasing monetization for its artificial intelligence offerings. Since t...
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OpenAI warns new models pose 'high' cybersecurity risk
Dec 10 (Reuters) - OpenAI on Wednesday warned that its upcoming artificial intelligence models could pose a "high" cybersecurity risk, as their capabilities advance rapidly. The AI models might either develop working zero-day remote exploits against w...
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Entertainment News
Iceland to boycott 2026 Eurovision in protest of go-ahead for Israel
COPENHAGEN, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Iceland will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, the country's public broadcaster RUV said on Wednesday, after organiser the European Broadcasting Union last week cleared Israel's participation. The decisi...
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Tony Dokoupil to anchor 'CBS Evening News'
Dec 10 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance-owned CBS News on Wednesday named Emmy award winning journalist Tony Dokoupil as the anchor of its flagship nightly newscast, "CBS Evening News", marking one of the first major moves by Bari Weiss as the news d...
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Hendrix classic albums under spotlight in UK rights battle with Sony
By Sam Tobin LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Jimi Hendrix's classic 1960s albums are the focus of a London lawsuit over performers' rights asserted on behalf of his British bassist and drummer against Sony Music Entertainment, which warns that a win for the...
Dec 09, 2025
A minute with 'Knives Out' director Rian Johnson on third franchise film
LOS ANGELES, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Writer and director Rian Johnson is unveiling his third "Knives Out" mystery movie, "Wake Up, Dead Man," which streams on Netflix on December 12. The film centers around Father Jud Duplenticy, played by Josh O'Connor, wh...
Dec 09, 2025
Warner Bros' lack of response fueled Paramount's hostile bid, filing says
By Aditya Soni and Harshita Mary Varghese Dec 8 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance's 11th-hour, hostile $108.4 billion bid for Warner Bros Discovery was rooted in what it considered a lack of responsiveness from Warner Bros to its ardent overtures late las...
Dec 09, 2025


