Local News
Driver Sought After Leading Authorities on 100MPH+ Chase in Washington County
Authorities are on the hunt for a driver who led them on an early Thursday morning high-speed chase in Washington County. It began with a deputy who clocked a vehicle at over 100 MPH on I-41 in the Village of Germantown as 12:28 AM Thursday. The driver fled an attempted stop and led deputies for over 14 miles through ...
Oct 9, 2026
Two Arrested for Solicitation to Commit Homicide in Manitowoc County
A person who was the target of a plan to be murdered is unharmed today and those planning the act are in jail in Manitowoc County. The story began last month when investigators with the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office learned of a possible threat of solicitation to take out the intended victim. Investigators immedia...
Oct 9, 2026
Feedback Sought on Healthy Sheboygan County Data Walk
About 58 community members attended Wednesday's Data Walk Open House, hosted by Healthy Sheboygan County. The event revealed key health data collected between January and April concerning healthcare access and navigation, activity and nutrition, mental health, substance use, housing, and child care. Now the organizat...
Oct 9, 2026
Nominations Sought for Chamber's ATHENA Awards
Time is running out to nominate a worthy candidate for the Annual Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce Athena Awards. The awards recognize and celebrate leadership by outstanding women in Sheboygan County. Nominees are sought in 3 categories: Young Professional Leadership, Organization Leadership, and ATHENA Leadersh...
Oct 9, 2026
Orange Cross Accepting Scholarship Applications
Its time once again to apply for the George Sippel EMS Scholarship. The scholarship provides $1000 to be used towards an EMS education at a Wisconsin Technical College. The award is in honor or Sipple, who served as a dedicated firefighter and EMT in Sheboygan County. Applicants must be either Sheboygan or Manitowoc Co...
Oct 9, 2026
Sports News
Tennis-UN Human Rights office condemns racist abuse targeting Gauff
Oct 10 (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights office has condemned online racist abuse faced by Coco Gauff after a replayed point sparked a backlash against the American tennis player this week. Gauff was targeted after stopping play during a cr...
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Tennis-Home favourite Zheng sets up China Open final against Andreeva
BEIJING, Oct 10 (Reuters) - French Open winner Mirra Andreeva will face Olympic champion and home favourite Zheng Qinwen in the China Open final after the Russian fourth seed eased past Nikola Bartunkova and unseeded Zheng overpowered Elise Mertens i...
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Motor racing-Singapore not ideal for sprints, say Hamilton and Verstappen
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Singapore's Formula One circuit needs re-designing and lacks entertainment value for a sprint race, Saturday's sprint winner Max Verstappen and runner-up Lewis Hamilton said after the 20-lap race involved ...
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Motor racing-Norris apologises after collision dashes McLaren sprint hopes
By Rohith Nair SINGAPORE, Oct 10 (Reuters) - World champion Lando Norris apologised to his McLaren team after a final-lap collision with team mate Oscar Piastri wrecked their pursuit of a podium finish at a chaotic Singapore Grand Prix sprint on Satu...
2h ago
Motor racing-Verstappen claims first Singapore win as nine retirements mar chaotic sprint
By Rohith Nair SINGAPORE, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Red Bull's Max Verstappen tasted victory in Singapore for the first time as the polesitter won a chaotic sprint on Saturday after the start was delayed by over 30 minutes due to heavy rain while nine cars r...
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National News
Isaias weakens to post-tropical cyclone after Florida landfall, NHC says
By Rhea Rose Abraham and Rajveer Pardesi Oct 10 (Reuters) - Isaias weakened to a post-tropical cyclone on Saturday, having rapidly lost wind speed after hitting the Florida coast as a Category 2 hurricane, the first of the 2026 Atlantic season, the U...
12h ago
Trump takes suit against Hillary Clinton over 2016 election to Supreme Court
By Andrew Chung Oct 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to revive his dismissed lawsuit against his 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton accusing her of conspiring along with former FBI Director James Comey and ot...
14h ago
Queen Camilla on the joy of reading despite king's laughter and her tears
LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Camilla and King Charles spend their evenings reading before dinner, a quiet time which is interrupted by either his laughter or her tears, she told a documentary aimed at reversing the decline in reading for...
15h ago
Boarded windows and evacuations as major hurricane nears US Gulf coast
By Andrew Hay Oct 9 (Reuters) - Residents of coastal towns in Florida and Alabama boarded windows and filled sandbags on Friday as Hurricane Isaias bore down on the US Gulf Coast, bringing with it life-threatening storm surge and 115 mph (185 kph) win...
15h ago
Catherine Zeta-Jones finally puts her Welsh accent to work in show 'Kill Jackie'
By Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES, Oct 9 (Reuters) - It was not until Catherine Zeta-Jones began working on the Prime Video series "Kill Jackie" that she had an epiphany: for the first time in her career, she would be playing a characte...
16h ago
World News
Spanish lawyer Gonzalez Durantez launches centrist party for November election
MADRID, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Lawyer Miriam Gonzalez Durantez launched a new Spanish political party on Saturday to run in an early general election on November 29, promising to rise above a growing ideological divide, recover democratic values and depol...
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Neither Putin nor Trump wanted to hang up first, Kremlin aide says after 'very friendly' call
Oct 10 (Reuters) - A conversation on Friday between President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump was "very substantive and friendly" and neither leader wanted to be the first to end the call, Russian news agency Interfax quoted a Kremlin ai...
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Abbas postpones Palestinian elections, sets presidential poll for September 2027
RAMALLAH, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday cancelled legislative elections scheduled for November due to worsening conditions within the Palestinian territories and set a date of September 11, 2027 for both presidenti...
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Ethiopian forces regain control of border city after reported Eritrean incursion
Oct 10 (Reuters) - Ethiopian government forces and their militia allies entered Adigrat, near the border with Horn of Africa neighbour Eritrea, on Saturday, three residents said, days after Eritrean troops were pushed back from the strategic city. The ...
1h ago
Major Saudi conferences to proceed, organisers say, despite deadly airport attack
By Timour Azhari and Federico Maccioni RIYADH/DUBAI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The organisers of two major Saudi energy and investment conferences said their events will go ahead this month and reassured visitors on security, after missile attacks on Riyadh's...
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Health News
Philips wins Dutch court battle with shareholders over recall
AMSTERDAM, Oct 10 (Reuters) - A Dutch court on Saturday dismissed demands by shareholders of health technology company Philips for an investigation into allegations of misleading disclosures and management failures linked to the company's recall of s...
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Pennsylvania says GSK to invest more than $800 million in biopharma hub, create 300 jobs
Oct 9 (Reuters) - GSK will invest more than $800 million to expand its Upper Merion, Pennsylvania site into a new biopharmaceutical manufacturing and research hub, creating more than 300 jobs over the next five years, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapi...
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US FDA approves Asahi Kasei's drug for persistent herpes infections
Oct 9 (Reuters) - The US FDA on Friday approved Japan's Asahi Kasei's drug for persistent herpes simplex virus sores in certain patients with weakened immune systems who have not responded to available antiviral treatments. • The oral drug, called pr...
20h ago
US measles cases rise to 4,080, CDC says
Oct 9 (Reuters) - The US CDC on Friday reported 4,080 confirmed measles cases in the country as of October 8, up 193 from a week earlier. Here are key details: • Twenty-six cases were identified among international visitors, according to the Centers ...
23h ago
Health Rounds: Blindness treatment based on Nobel-winning research shows promise
(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By Nancy Lapid Oct 9 (Reuters) - It's Nobel Prize season and today we feature promising early results of a novel technique for trea...
Oct 9, 2026
Science News
Russian satellite activity raises concerns for Starlink, German space commander says
By Cassell Bryan-Low and John Irish PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The shadowing of a Western satellite supporting Ukraine by a cluster of Russian military satellites earlier this year demonstrates capabilities that could threaten commercial constellations s...
Oct 9, 2026
Inside the deadlock at the world's top climate science body
By Kate Abnett and Sudarshan Varadhan BRUSSELS/SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The decision was expected to take minutes. But after nearly three years of debate, members of the world's leading authority on climate change still can't agree on a timeline to...
Oct 9, 2026
Otter-like critter swam lakes and rivers in the age of dinosaurs
By Will Dunham Oct 8 (Reuters) - About 165 million years ago, a furry critter that swam like a platypus, hunted like an otter and had a tail similar to a beaver's frolicked in the lakes and rivers of what is now China pursuing fish and salamanders, the...
Oct 8, 2026
American Airlines extends Starlink Wi-Fi roll-out to entire mainline fleet
Oct 8 (Reuters) - American Airlines said on Thursday it now intends to install SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service on its entire primary fleet of over 1,000 aircraft from next year, extending a plan already in place for roughly half of th...
Oct 8, 2026
Trump to appear at White House science event on Thursday
By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump will speak at a White House event on scientific discovery on Thursday, according to a social media post from his tech adviser Michael Kratsios. The event will highlight the Tru...
Oct 7, 2026
Technology News
Exclusive-Sequoia-backed chip startup Nuvacore raising funds at about a $2.5 billion valuation, sources say
By Max A. Cherney and Krystal Hu SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Six-month-old microchip startup Nuvacore, which does not yet have a product, is raising hundreds of millions of dollars at a roughly $2.5 billion valuation to develop a new central proce...
15h ago
Christian-conservative wireless provider Patriot Mobile files for US IPO
Oct 9 (Reuters) - Patriot Mobile disclosed a 21% increase in first-half revenue in its paperwork for a US initial public offering on Friday. • Revenue rose to $53.4 million in the six months ended June 30, from $44 million a year earlier. Net loss w...
15h ago
Super Micro contractor pleads guilty in scheme to divert AI servers with Nvidia chips to China
By Karen Freifeld and Jaspreet Singh NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A contractor linked to Super Micro Computer has pleaded guilty in a scheme to illegally export computer servers containing advanced Nvidia AI chips to China, a federal court filing showe...
15h ago
Kalshi probes suspicious trades tied to Trump press secretary pick, WSJ reports
Oct 9 (Reuters) - Prediction market Kalshi has launched an investigation into suspicious trades tied to the selection of Katie Zacharia as U.S. President Donald Trump's new White House press secretary, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citi...
16h ago
Two Sidus Space directors resign, citing governance disagreements
Oct 9 (Reuters) - Satellite technology firm Sidus Space said on Friday two directors had resigned from its board, citing disagreements over governance and management practices. The company said it disagreed with the assertions made by the directors i...
16h ago
Entertainment News
Ella Langley show canceled over security threat; police say area is safe
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Country music star Ella Langley's Friday night performance in Oklahoma was canceled shortly before it was scheduled to start over what the singer called a "serious security threat." Police said they cond...
13h ago
Catherine Zeta-Jones finally puts her Welsh accent to work in show 'Kill Jackie'
By Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES, Oct 9 (Reuters) - It was not until Catherine Zeta-Jones began working on the Prime Video series "Kill Jackie" that she had an epiphany: for the first time in her career, she would be playing a characte...
16h ago
'Avatar: The Last Airbender' expands with new prequel series 'Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos'
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The world of successful TV franchise "Avatar: The Last Airbender" is expanding once again, with a new prequel series that will follow the story of a rebellious teenager Avatar - a being who controls...
17h ago
Paramount to develop Cyberpunk 2077 film, lifting CD Projekt RED's shares
Oct 9 (Reuters) - Paramount Pictures is developing a live-action film set in the universe of CD Projekt RED's video game "Cyberpunk 2077" alongside producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, entertainment outlet Deadline reported on Thursday, which sent the Po...
Oct 9, 2026
Canada celebrates 'serendipitous' cultural moment as Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature
By Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo TORONTO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Poet and writer Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday, spurring celebrations in her native Canada, a country that has long lived in the shadow of its southern neighbor but is en...
Oct 8, 2026
Sheboygan News
Driver Sought After Leading Authorities on 100MPH+ Chase in Washington County
Authorities are on the hunt for a driver who led them on an early Thursday morning high-speed chase in Washington County. It began with a deputy who clocked a vehicle at over 100 MPH on I-41 in the Village of Germantown as 12:28 AM Thursday. The driver fled an attempted stop and led deputies for over 14 miles through ...
Oct 9, 2026
Two Arrested for Solicitation to Commit Homicide in Manitowoc County
A person who was the target of a plan to be murdered is unharmed today and those planning the act are in jail in Manitowoc County. The story began last month when investigators with the Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office learned of a possible threat of solicitation to take out the intended victim. Investigators immedia...
Oct 9, 2026
Feedback Sought on Healthy Sheboygan County Data Walk
About 58 community members attended Wednesday's Data Walk Open House, hosted by Healthy Sheboygan County. The event revealed key health data collected between January and April concerning healthcare access and navigation, activity and nutrition, mental health, substance use, housing, and child care. Now the organizat...
Oct 9, 2026
Nominations Sought for Chamber's ATHENA Awards
Time is running out to nominate a worthy candidate for the Annual Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce Athena Awards. The awards recognize and celebrate leadership by outstanding women in Sheboygan County. Nominees are sought in 3 categories: Young Professional Leadership, Organization Leadership, and ATHENA Leadersh...
Oct 9, 2026
Orange Cross Accepting Scholarship Applications
Its time once again to apply for the George Sippel EMS Scholarship. The scholarship provides $1000 to be used towards an EMS education at a Wisconsin Technical College. The award is in honor or Sipple, who served as a dedicated firefighter and EMT in Sheboygan County. Applicants must be either Sheboygan or Manitowoc Co...
Oct 9, 2026
