“I can’t breathe,” were the words George Floyd spoke in his final moments, pinned to the ground, an officer’s knee on his neck while in police custody in Minneapolis. “I can’t breathe” was painted on Chris Norfleet’s sign that he held during Friday’s Black Lives Matter silent protest that took place along Grand Avenue in downtown Wausau.
Sunshine will be more common for the upcoming weekend, although temperatures will be running about 5 to 10 degrees below average.
The police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday and charged with murder in a case that sparked protests across the United States and violence in Minneapolis.
Police actions in a video viewed by millions showing the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis as now-former MPD officer Derek Chauvin pinned his neck down with his knee for nearly nine minutes have been widely condemned by Wisconsin law enforcement on Friday.
Alvarez said the actions that led to Floyd’s death while in police custody left him “saddened and...
According to Tony Gonzalez, the Marathon County Health Department liaison, nearly 250...
NewsChannel 7 is recognizing this year's high school graduates. We are accepting photos of the Class of 2020 for use on air...
133,000 square foot building is scheduled to be complete in late 2021
Largely the actions of the Minneapolis officers are condemned
Doctors are trying to determine if Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, which may be connected to Covid-19...
A total of 217 inmates at the Waupon Correctional Institution have tested positive for COVID-19, the...
As some countries have effectively lowered the rate of infections, they have been moving ahead with relaxing...
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services noted an incredible spike in testing Friday but...
The unrest followed the killing in Minnesota of George Floyd after a white officer...
Forecasters put the odds of acceptable conditions at 50-50 for the 3:22 p.m. liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
A Waukesha company has developed a social distancing alarm, which could change how companies...
The church argued that limits on how many people can attend their services violate constitutional guarantees of religious...
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Trump spoke by phone, during which they discussed the scheduled August convention in Charlotte.
Protests erupted in Minneapolis and spread across the country after the police killing of George Floyd.
Summer nights in Jim Falls usually come with the sound of cars racing around Eagle Valley Speedway.
Health officials are seeking to “inform mass numbers of unknown people” after a person who attended crowded pool...
Louisville protesters want action taken against three police officers involved in the...
Countless hours go into training for a marathon, but to qualify for the Boston marathon, it takes more than just hours but...
Like many other graduations this year, the ceremony for the class of 2020 at the Medical College of Wisconsin-Central Wisconsin...
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected the way we communicate. A panel of mental health experts...
As summer approaches north-central Wisconsinites are excited to get to those summer time activities like softball, bags, and sand-volleyball.
The Auburndale School District has officially changed its mascot from the Apaches to the Eagles.
The executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, Jim Palmer, has...
The money, included in a government relief package enacted in March, is set to expire July 31.
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