There's now a new place for local victims and witnesses of abuse to turn to in times of crisis. The Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center had a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Sheboygan location on Thursday, marking a major expansion of services for children and families in Sheboygan County who have experienced...

Hydrologists with the National Weather Service report that the Moderate Drought conditions that dominated Sheboygan County for the past several weeks have improved. As of Thursday, all but the far northwest corner of Sheboygan County - which was entirely normal for this time of year - was "Abnormally Dry", a...

Problems with the nation's bridges have been in the news lately, especially after 68 bridges were identified by the National Transportation Safety Board for risk assessment. While Sheboygan's 8th Street Bridge wasn't among those, the State of Wisconsin doesn't let inspections lapse, with a thorough going-over every tw...

Most people know that scams aren't unusual over the telephone or internet these days, but apparently many still aren't savvy enough to avoid falling victim to the increasingly shrewd criminals plying their trade. Manitowoc Police are reporting a dramatic increase in scamming there, and they detailed the lengths some p...

A Washington County Sheriff's Deputy appears to have landed on the wrong side of the law. Sheriff Martin Schulteis said that it was "with profound disappointment and a deep sense of anger" that he had to tell citizens of Washington County that one of his patrol deputies was accused of retail theft while on d...

he Baltimore Orioles placed right-hander Albert Suarez on the 15-day injured list Sunday due to inflammation in his pitching shoulder. The move is retroactive to Saturday, one day after Suarez allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits in 2 2/3 inning...

Eric Olen is leaving UC San Diego and will become the head basketball coach at New Mexico, multiple outlets reported Sunday. ESPN reported Olen agreed to a five-year contract to replace Richard Pitino, who resigned Wednesday to accept the same job at ...

The Toronto Blue Jays placed Max Scherzer on the 15-day injured list Sunday, one day after the veteran right-hander lasted just three innings in his debut with the team. Scherzer, 40, allowed two solo homers in the first inning and three hits overall ...

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk is expected to remain with the team on Tuesday, which grants him a $22.85 million bonus, ESPN reported. Per the report, Aiyuk is not expected to be traded before Tuesday. He will remain with San Francisc...

Villanova named Kevin Willard as its head basketball coach on Sunday. Contract terms were not announced. Willard guided Maryland to a 27-9 record this season before falling to top-seeded Florida in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. He posted a 65-...

MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- As expected, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed a bill dealing with testing standards in Wisconsin's K-12 schools. The Republican authored legislation would have reset state report card standards to levels set in the 2019-20 school year, align grades 3-8 with national standards, and restore high s...

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Even before President Donald Trump put pen to paper, word of his plans to slash the Department of Education has sparked debate in Wisconsin. Now that it's official, state leaders are weighing in on the move. Thursday's executive order comes after the agency initiated a nearly 50% cut to its ...

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- American citizens pay into it every paycheck and every year, it pays out billions of dollars in retirement benefits and disability insurance to millions: social security. But many say it's not an easy system to navigate. "Social security, disability claims process is already bewilderin...

MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Wisconsin Assembly's Government Operations, Accountability and Transparency Committee, or GOAT for short, is beginning its work in Madison. "We're learning. We don't always know what the next rock, what's under the next rock and what we're going to find," said committee member S...

(WTAQ-WLUK) - Cuts to a program which helps pay for new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations could be coming. District 8 Rep. Tony Wied wants to repeal the 'National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure' (NEVI) federal program. He's supporting legislation called the 'Unplug EV Charging Stations Program Act.' Wied said to...

By Nivedita Balu TORONTO (Reuters) -Over 300,000 Canadians faced power outages in parts of Ontario on Sunday as an ice storm pummeled the region over the weekend, according to electricity provider Hydro One. Environment Canada issued winter storm warni...

By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) -Hollywood stars Jason Momoa and Jack Black used humour and big performances to bring to life a corner of Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time, in "A Minecraft Movie." Known for its blocky imagery, the 20...

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A prominent conservative senator predicted on Sunday that Donald Trump's tax-cuts and immigration agenda will not advance in the U.S. Senate unless the president and Republican leaders agree to slash federal spendi...

By Kalea Hall, Nathan Gomes and Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) - Working-class car buyers will be the hardest hit by U.S. President Donald Trump's 25% tariff on imported vehicles because almost all low-cost new cars sold in the United States are bui...

(Reuters) -A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Tonga Islands on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.The quake was at a depth of 10 km, GFZ said. (Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)

By Nivedita Balu TORONTO (Reuters) -Over 300,000 Canadians faced power outages in parts of Ontario on Sunday as an ice storm pummeled the region over the weekend, according to electricity provider Hydro One. Environment Canada issued winter storm warni...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was not joking about seeking a third presidential term, which is barred by the U.S. Constitution, but that it was too early to think about doing so. Trump, who took office on Jan...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -The United States will not get Greenland, Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said on Sunday in a post on Facebook in response to Donald Trump's statements he wants to take control of the vast Arctic country. "President Trump say...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Europe wants to cooperate with the United States but the EU is ready to respond as one if Washington leaves it no choice by imposing tariffs on steel and aluminium, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday. Speaking at the op...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's President Alexander Stubb said on Sunday he had told U.S. President Donald Trump that a deadline needs to be set for establishing a Ukraine ceasefire in order to make it happen. "April 20 would be a good time for a fu...

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -The highest dose of an experimental drug developed by Eli Lilly significantly reduced levels of a genetically inherited risk factor for heart disease in a midstage trial, according to data presented at a major me...

By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) is proposing to reduce staff numbers and the scale of its work as it slashes its budget by just over one fifth due to the impact of U.S. funding cuts, according ...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, Peter Marks, has stepped down, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Chris Thomas in Bengaluru; Editing by Sandra Maler)

(Reuters) -The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing the cyberattack at Oracle as the hackers broke into the cloud computing company's computer systems and stole patient data, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with ...

(Reuters) -Gene therapy maker bluebird bio said on Friday it had received a non-binding offer from peer Ayrmid for up to $110.5 million, sending its shares up 9.8% at $4.40 in extended trading. Bluebird bio, which has been facing a cash crunch, first r...

OSLO (Reuters) -A test rocket aimed at kickstarting satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded 40 seconds after takeoff from a Norwegian space port on Sunday, in what German startup Isar Aerospace had described as an initial test. T...

By Sam Tabahriti LONDON (Reuters) - The British arm of Airbus has won a 150 million pound ($194 million) contract from the European Space Agency to build the landing platform for the first British-made rover set to touch down on Mars in 2030. The R...

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - European aerospace companies Airbus, Thales and Leonardo have started preliminary talks with European Union antitrust regulators over a possible merger of their satellite businesses, a source familiar with the matter...

By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic period in Egypt's history. The discove...

(Reuters) - ​The U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command said on Thursday it had awarded contracts to Rocket Lab USA and Stoke Space to expand its portfolio of launch systems for critical space capability. Shares of Rocket Lab USA rose 9.7% in ext...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Financial Services Agency plans to revise the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act to give crypto assets a legal status as financial products, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday. (Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka; Ed...

(Reuters) -The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is probing the cyberattack at Oracle as the hackers broke into the cloud computing company's computer systems and stole patient data, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with ...

(Reuters) -Elon Musk said on Friday that his xAI has acquired X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter, in an all-stock transaction for $45 billion, including $12 billion debt. "xAI and X's futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take th...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday rejected billionaire Elon Musk's bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming he had defrauded former Twitter shareholders by waiting too long to disclose his initial investment in the social media company, now know...

By Krystal Hu and Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) - OpenAI must transition to a for-profit company by the end of the year to secure the full $40 billion funding led by SoftBank it is in the final stages of raising, a person familiar with the matter said o...

By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) -Hollywood stars Jason Momoa and Jack Black used humour and big performances to bring to life a corner of Minecraft, the best-selling video game of all time, in "A Minecraft Movie." Known for its blocky imagery, the 20...

By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Richard Chamberlain, the Emmy-nominated actor and 1960s heartthrob who rocketed to fame in the TV medical drama "Dr. Kildare" and starred in the mini-series "Shogun" and "The Thorn Birds" has died at the age ...

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - British band Bastille say they want to take fans on a joyous celebration of their 15 years together when they head off on their first UK arena tour in three years in November. The foursome, made up of Da...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Wicked" actor Cynthia Erivo received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the 36th GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday, which is awarded to an LGBTQ+ media professional who has raised visibility and...

By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - British filmmaker Guy Ritchie takes viewers back into the dark world of organised crime in "MobLand", his latest television series that features a stellar ensemble cast including Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Hel...