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Edgar board looks to boost enrollment
During a discussion last week about next year’s budget, Edgar School District officials and school board members talked about the need for more housing and economic development to draw more families with kids into the community in order to boost enrollment. A chart presented to the board during the...
D.C. Everest Legion baseball shuts out Wausau
WESTON – D.C. Everest pitchers J.J. Louis and Aiden Haupt combined on a two-hit shutout as Post 492 knocked off Wausau Post 10 2-0 on Wednesday at Simon Field. Louis went six innings with two strikeouts to earn the win, and Haupt finished up with a scoreless seventh to save it for D.C. Everest (5-3 Wisconsin Valley Legion Conference).
Wausau Woodchucks open second half of Northwoods League season with win at Green Bay
GREEN BAY – The Wausau Woodchucks opened up the second half of the Northwoods League baseball season with an 8-1 win over the Green Bay Rockers on the road Wednesday night. The win is the third straight for the Woodchucks, who are now 27-8 overall. It didn’t take long...
JUST IN: Wausau fireworks display shifts to Saturday
Wausau Events will shift Thursday’s 4th of July fireworks to Saturday amid weather concerns. Organization leaders consulted with meteorologists from both local TV stations before making the decision to shift to one of the event’s previously chosen rain dates. In a news release issued Thursday, Wausau Events Executive...
Wausau Park brings back plant-eating goats
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - The Wausau and Marathon County Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Department is bringing back goats Monday to fight invasive plants on Barker-Stewart Island. Since 2021, the parks department has hired goats from Liberation Farmers in Almond to eat invasive plant species at the park and make room...
Wausau weather for Independence Day
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 61. East wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Pet of the Week: A1 and Steak Sauce
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Increased alcohol use during holiday periods can lead to risky behavior
People tend to drink a bit more during holiday periods, which can lead to problems. “Inhibitions start to decrease, your judgement starts to decrease. That makes us do things that we wouldn’t typically do whether that’s get behind the wheel of a vehicle, an ATV, UTV car, scooter… anything like that and drive when we’re impaired. Our reflexes are slowed, and we get in a crash”, said Monica Mynsberge, a Substance Use Intervention Coordinator with Aspirus Wausau Hospital.
Robertson Sentenced For Felony Count Related to Multi-County Chase Last Winter
MERRILL, WI (WSAU) — An Irma man who led officers on a chase between Lincoln and Marathon Counties last December has pled no contest to one count of recklessly endangering safety. Court records show Bernard Robertson entered the plea on Tuesday and was sentenced to six years in the...
Rockers start second half in loss column
The Green Bay Rockers could not get the bats going to open the second half of their season with an 8-1 loss to the Wausau Woodchucks. The Rockers were down 4-0 when Cooper Kelly registered the lone RBI with a single to center to bring in Sam Miller. It was one of his two hits and seven total for the Rockers in the loss.
Wausau Downtown Airport may never take off again on secondary runway if FAA doesn’t approve updates
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - The Downtown Wausau Airport is not having a smooth flight. The airport is trying to get funding for a new runway. So far the city has told the airport they are willing to help with the cost, but the Federal Aviation Administration isn’t convinced this project needs to happen now.
Wausau West High School Student Performs on Broadway Stage
(Shereen Siewert, Wisconsin Public Radio) A Wausau West High School junior last month realized his dream of performing on a Broadway stage, as one of two students representing Wisconsin in a national drama competition. Nolan Travis, along with Middleton High School’s Ava Greenberg, performed June 24 at the 15th annual...
Wausau dairy farm embraces technology and TikTok
Dairy farms are getting bigger and bigger. In the ‘90s, a fifth of the U.S. dairy herd was on farms with more than a thousand cows. Now it’s two out of every three cows. But one family in Wausau is proving small dairy farms are still viable, and spreading the word on social media.
2024 D1 WFSCA All State Team Includes Klismith(SPASH) Kluck(DCE) Roth(SPASH) Coushman(Wausau East)
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