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COMMENTARY: A financial MONSTER?

It started all so innocently. To support family home ownership, the federal government during the Great Depression created Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, corporations that could purchase mortgages, bundle them, and sell them as investments. This gave greater capacity to local banks and savings and loans to help others realize their American Dream. Then things […]

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COMMENTARY: Marathon County’s UNFUNDED MANDATE

Commentary, Marathon County, Opinion

This summer, Marathon County will receive an itemized bid for what it will cost to create a uniform addressing system for all county towns including at least four villages (Weston, Rothschild, Stratford and Kronenwetter). It will get quotes on new six-digit, reflective address signs and steel posts to be installed on the left side of

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COMMENTARY: Promises, PROMISES

Commentary, guest, Opinion

This past weekend, president-elect Trump made grandiose promises in an interview with the Washington Post about his health care plan. “We’re going to have insurance for everybody,” Trump told the newspaper. “There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it. That’s not going to happen with

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COMMENTARY: The great DIVIDE

Commentary, guest, Opinion

This past week, Republican congressman Rep. Sean Duffy of Wausau got into a rangle-tangle with Madison’s Mayor Paul Soglin over the presidential recount. The skirmish escalated into Duffy’s blasting Madison itself. Soglin, flanked by Democratic Rep. Mark Pocan, hurled zingers back up north. The exchange was a prime example of elected officials behaving badly. It’s

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COMMENTARY: That’s OUR pothole

Commentary, Opinion

It is a tale of powerlessness. It is a lament on how elites in Wisconsin’s two biggest cities, Madison and Milwaukee, control the state, grabbing the largest share of state resources while leaving smaller Wisconsin communities with only crumbs. The story never leaves us. It is part of our outlook, a way we see the

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GUEST COLUMN: And the WHEELS go round and round

Commentary, Keene Winters, Marathon County, Opinion, Wausau news, wheel tax

The dysfunctional wheels of government in Wausau and Marathon County never seem to miss a beat. From the outside, I have to echo the sentiments of John Lennon’s 1980 song and say, “I don’t miss the meetings.” However, this recent discussion of the wheel tax has been so devoid of factual context or a basic

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Blossom of Lights, food trucks and more this weekend

Police investigating bus crash in Elderon

Artrageous Weekend, Purging Paradise and more this weekend

Multi-jurisdiction chase leads to Grand Avenue crash, arrests

Bluegrass, jazz, architecture, and so much more this weekend

Greenheck Turner facility to host World Horseshoe championship

Here are five Wausau events to check out this weekend

City looking to buy water meters to make sure it’s not losing money

Blues, Buckcherry and more Wausau events this weekend

Lead service line contractor working toward 2024 replacement goals

Andy and Cathy Adrian say their new Adventure Awaits building is suited to CrossFit success

LogJam, August Kickbusch and more Wausau events this weekend

Air combat training will increase air activity in Marathon County

Whitewater, music on the farm, movies in the park and more

County halfway to phosphorus reduction goal on Fenwood Creek

Copper box, new exhibits and more Wausau events this weekend

Central Wisconsin breweries medal at national brewing championship

Security measures improved library safety, director says

Booze and Botany, Wausau Night Market and more this weekend

Balloons, jazz, comical magic and more in Wausau this weekend

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