MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU-WDLB) - Marshfield Middle and High School students will go back to class part time this fall, while elementary kids will head back to their facilities full time. That was the recommendation from district administration approved on a unanimous vote by the Board of Education last night. Under the "Return to Learn" plan outlined during a nearly-four-hour meeting in the Marshfield High School Commons, Superintendent Dr. Ryan Christianson said M-H-S students will be divided into four groups that will attend classes in-person once every four days, while doing distance-learning t ..read more

WAUSAU, WI (Wisconsin Radio Network)  A Wausau woman has lost her job with Mary Kay after being caught on video trying to take a Black Live Matter sign. The Wausau Pilot and Review reports that Linda Bersgon and her husband were caught by a security camera taking down a Black Lives Matter sign at a resort in Minnesota. They were let off with a warning by deputies, but Mary Kay executives were not so forgiving. She was dropped from her partnership with the cosmetics company. Bergson has sold enough Mary Kay in the past to earn 19 of the company's famous pink Cadillacs ..read more

TOWN OF RICHMOND, WI (WSAU-WAOW)  - Several people are seriously hurt after a car and a semi-truck crashed in Shawano County on Monday night.. A report from the Sheriff's Department says it happened around 9:30pm on Highway 29 at Clark Drive in the Town of Richmond. According to deputies at the scene, four people were ejected from the car and multiple people with serious injuries were transported to an area hospital. Their names and conditions are not known. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation ..read more

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Students in Wausau will not be headed back to the classroom this fall for the foreseeable future. Monday evening the Wausau School Board voted in favor of a motion to start the school year virtually. School administration recommended the virtual start as opposed to two other options after consulting with local medical professionals, district parents, and district staff. District Superintendent Dr. Keith Hilts says the recommendation is being made due to the increasing trend of COVID-19 cases in the area. "Favoring a tendency of a cautious approach to starting school rather ..read more

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau School Board has chosen to abandon the previously proposed referendum plan for a new version that does not raise property taxes while bonding for over $155 million in building and infrastructure improvements. The bonding plan would make upgrades and expansions to many of the district's current buildings while also providing technological upgrades district-wide. Superintendent Keith Hilts called it the "Building Our Future" plan which includes an option to combine the Grant and Lincoln Elementary schools while remodeling Lincoln to house an expanded Montessori sc ..read more

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU-WAOW) -- Officials from the Wisconsin Rapids Police Department confirm that a body was pulled out of the Wisconsin River Monday morning. The body is currently unidentified. Identification is what the department is currently working on with the case.  Wisconsin Rapids Police Chief Erman Blevins says the body was found near the Riverview Expressway Bridge around 9:30 a.m. They know it is an adult male but have been unable to identify the person at this time. Police are also waiting for autopsy results to determine how the person died ..read more

MERRILL, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A long-haul truck driver from Merrill who sexually assaulted a child has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Registered sex offender Brian Wickersham, 60, took a child on a four-day trip from Wisconsin to Virginia and back. During the trip, officials say Wickersham sexually assaulted the child and pressured him to engage in increasingly aggressive sexual acts. Officials say the trip ended at the “Country Express” truck stop in Bellevue when the child fled the truck to get help after Wickersham tried to sexually assault him again. Brown County Sheriff’s deputies arri ..read more

KNOWLTON, WI (WSAU-WTAQ) - A home in Knowlton went up in flames late Sunday night. Several departments responded to the scene around 11pm. Officials said it took about 2 hours to put the flames out which they initially thought was sparked by a downed power line. Fire officials on the scene said flames started in the attic and spread quickly after that. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Nobody was hurt in the incident ..read more

RHINELANDER, WI (WSAU-WXPR) -- Some Northern Wisconsin rail lines could be changing hands in the near future. WXPR Radio in Rhinelander has confirmed that Canadian National intends to sell off just over 450 miles of rail in both Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In a statement, the company says while Wisconsin remains an important part of their rail infrastructure, the lines they want to divest are "underutilized." “Wisconsin remains core to CN. Today’s announcement impacts only the underutilized portions of our network, not the main line that is so vital to linking our network. I ..read more

ROTHSCHILD, WI (WSAU) -- The Village of Rothschild has some big ambitions for one of its busiest streets in the next five years, and it all begins with one coffee shop later this year. Village Administrator Gary Olsen says they've finalized plans to bring a Starbucks to the corner of Grand Avenue and Kort Street. He says it will be the first Starbucks location in the village, and could also help spawn more development between now and 2025. "There will be some remodeling of the existing building that's there on that corner, and then a new building will be [put up] closer to the road right there ..read more