Hannah Borchert
Reporter/ Weekend anchor
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Hannah Borchert joined NewsChannel 7 as a multimedia journalist in July of 2021. She also anchors NewsChannel 7 Weekend.
She majored in communication and journalism, advertising, and media studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She also earned a certificate in peace studies and conflict resolution.
Throughout college, Hannah enjoyed coordinating and participating in volunteering activities through the UW-Milwaukee National Residence Hall Honorary. And she sang in various choirs, her favorite being Forte Femmes A Capella Choir.
In her free time, Hannah enjoys listening to podcasts and going to coffee shops. While Hannah grew up in the Appleton area, she looks forward to calling Wausau her new home!
Updated: May. 31, 2023 at 7:10 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
With the U.S. Senior Open just four weeks away, the 16th hole is being decorated before the occasion.
Updated: May. 30, 2023 at 3:44 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
When planning a summer vacation, cost is always an important factor. A new study from ‘Finance Buzz’ shows Central Wisconsin Airport was ranked the 19th most expensive regional airport in 2022.
Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 6:22 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Emergency staff from Central Wisconsin Airport, along with surrounding fire and emergency response crews, trained on how to put out an active plane fire on the runway on Wednesday.
Updated: May. 21, 2023 at 11:24 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Two teens died after a car crash.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 1:35 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Technology is all around us and now you’ll even find it in the streets around Wausau as the city finishes installing cameras with license plate reading technology this week.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 6:41 PM CDT
|By Heather Poltrock and Hannah Borchert
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has asked people to avoid burning due to critical fire danger across northern Wisconsin.
Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 5:03 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
REI Engineering is sparking the interest of students in the engineering and STEM fields.
Updated: May. 9, 2023 at 3:08 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
This week nurses are getting special attention as May 6-12 is National Nurses Week where nurses around the country are honored and celebrated for the tireless work they put into the care of patients every day.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 5:31 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
D.C. Everest Senior High School students collaborated with the South Area Fire and Emergency Response District on Wednesday to create a tool that will help with firefighter training for years to come.
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 5:46 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
The Federal Housing Finance Agency is getting some backlash as a change in mortgage fees started May 1.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2023 at 8:11 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
The Wood County Sheriff’s Department has released the name of a 57-year-old woman whose body was pulled from the Wisconsin River.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2023 at 3:15 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Scheduled events have not been canceled.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Snapchat artificial intelligence causes concern for some.
Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 at 5:26 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Impact 100 announces the 2023 finalists for the non-profit $100,000 grant.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 7:43 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
It was a parent’s worst nightmare Tuesday they received a call alerting them their child went missing. Luckily the child was found safe and quickly with the help of being signed up for a program that helps emergency staff track their location.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2023 at 5:00 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
A representative from Nekoosa is proposing a bill to help students who are experiencing abuse or neglect in their lives. It would require all schools in Wisconsin to have a poster displaying a hotline for students to call.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2023 at 7:03 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
It’s an exciting and noisy week for downtown Wausau as construction has started where the old Wausau Center Mall used to sit. The plan is to have brand-new apartments, restaurants, and retail space there.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 5:31 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Many people have been left wondering why an AMBER Alert has not been declared for the missing teens in Lincoln County.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2023 at 7:01 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Maple Grove Charter School is hosting its annual pancake breakfast this Sunday, April 16 at the Hamburg Town Hall and everyone is invited.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2023 at 7:05 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
The fallen Barron County officers, 32-year-old Emily Breidenbach and 23-year-old Hunter Scheel, will be honored Wednesday night in a candlelight vigil.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2023 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By Heather Poltrock, Hannah Borchert and Desiree Fischer
Elier Bravo De Leon stabbed a 32-year woman and her 7-year-old child in their Stevens Point apartment on Dec. 20.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2023 at 5:54 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
The election results were not positive news for the Marshfield School District or the Marshfield Police and Fire & Rescue departments.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2023 at 7:26 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Poll workers have been busy helping voters get their ballots in for 13 hours on Tuesday. NewsChannel 7 has been monitoring the progress throughout the day from District 9 and 11 polling stations at National Gaurd Armory 1 in Wausau.
Updated: Apr. 3, 2023 at 4:41 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
In less than a day, the polls for the spring general election will be open. Candidates and their supporters are getting out their final messages on election eve. That’s to decide who will take the supreme court seat up for grabs.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 6:12 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Each county in the state is assigned a rank based on length and quality of life.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 5:55 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Twelve students are making butterfly benches for the garden.
Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 5:10 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
It’s the best time of year for maple syrup lovers. Sap is beginning to run from the trees but things are off to a slightly slower start due to the weather.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 4:08 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Down to Earth Greenhouse is busy planting thousands of plants before they open the second weekend of April.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 2:53 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
For roughly three years, families struggling with the impact of COVID-19 qualified for extra money to help put food on the table, but not anymore after the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, ended at the beginning of March.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 6:07 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Monday is the official first day of spring and before we know it, the snow will all melt away.
Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 5:30 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Republican legislators are calling on the DNR to change the way they plan to manage the wolf population in Wisconsin. On Friday, they circulated a bill that would require wildlife officials to have a new population goal for their next management plan.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 3:28 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
New low-cost training facilities are trending in the fire-fighting world and South Area Fire and Emergency Response is hoping to be the first in the Wausau area to implement one.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 5:58 PM CDT
|By Hannah Borchert
Attorney General Josh Kaul visited Wausau East High School on Monday to talk about his support for fully funding $2.2 million for the Wisconsin Office of School Safety in the next state budget.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 6:34 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
Colby School District is throwing its chef’s hat into the ring for the Skills USA Wisconsin Culinary Arts Competition. Even though they’re a small school district, they have a big passion for culinary arts and will compete against five other schools from across Wisconsin in Waukesha on March 10.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 8:20 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
It was a big day for Northcentral Technical College and the Wausau community as they unveiled its first-ever broadcast space, new communication equipment, and learning areas.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 7:51 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
The body of a 20-year-old Stevens Point man has been pulled from the Wisconsin River following a water search.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 6:35 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
Marathon County is doing its part to help the environment. Wednesday they began construction on a renewable natural gas project at the Marathon County Solid Waste Department’s landfill in Ringle.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 1:41 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
A fever is your body's natural way of fighting infection. Doctors say medications may not always be the answer.
Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 6:09 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
Once you send a photo, it’s available to anyone forever. You’ve probably heard that warning or told your children that before, but a new tool called ‘Take it Down’ from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is changing that, at least for some sites.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 5:54 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
Comunity asking for restructuring to go to a public vote.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 3:29 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
American Airlines and Delta flights are canceled at CWA through Thursday morning.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 6:18 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
Looking back on when former president Carter visited Wausau.
Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 8:22 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
Helping the Homeless Hygiene Drive goes through March 15th.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 5:09 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
A medical emergency requiring paramedics is always scary, but it can be even more daunting when the response is for an infant or child.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 5:01 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
The in-house course will take about nine months to complete.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 5:54 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
Marathon County Crime Stoppers is looking for board members.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 3:00 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
Donations are accepted anytime during Mobil hours.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 2:25 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
Donations are accepted anytime during Mobil hours.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 8:53 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
Governor Evers has declared 2023 the year of mental health. He spoke with advocates for farmers and rural communities' mental health on Tuesday.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 5:26 PM CST
|By Hannah Borchert
In 2021 lung cancer screening guidelines were revised to include more people.