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Seniors watch as their new nursing home — Mount View Care Center — nears completion

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B.C. Kowalski/City Pages North Central Health Care CEO Michael Loy walks the halls at the new Mount View Care Center, under construction and slated to be completed this year. On the surface, if one didn’t know any better, a place with a ground-level bistro, a second-level outdoor terrace and tremendous views of a lake and […]

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Third Coronavirus case confirmed

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Three people in Marathon County now have confirmed cases of the Coronavirus DHS Coronavirus chart This chart shows the rise in confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Wisconsin. There are now three confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in Marathon County, including one nursing home employee. North Central Health Care officials confirmed the second case, announced Sunday,

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County Board passes therapy pool project

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NCHC North Central Health Care in Wausau Marathon County residents by 2020 should see a new warm water therapy pool after the Marathon County Board Tuesday approved funding $3.4 million of the pool. The current pool, located at North Central Health Care, is falling apart and the county either needed to build a new pool

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NCHC doubles CRISIS STAFF

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The North Central Health Care center’s Crisis Team has more than doubled in size as part of an effort to better address mental health in Marathon County. That was one of several items NCHC Senior Executive of Human Services Operations Laura Scudiere reported to NCHC Quality board this month. The announcement comes as Marathon County

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Renewed PUSH for THERAPY POOL

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City Pages file photo With the dust settling between NCHC and the county, there’s a renewed push to rebuild NCHC’s the warm water therapy pool this year. Lost in the months-long dust-up between the county and North Central Health Care was a project to build a new warm water therapy pool in 2015 — but

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THANKS, Marathon County: NCHC legal fees SKYROCKET

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Officials at North Central Health Care are mulling hiring their own in-house attorney to save on future legal fees, after legal costs in 2016 more than tripled budgeted figures. NCHC in 2016 budgeted $70,000 for legal fees paid to outside attorneys, says NCHC Interim CEO Michael Loy. Actual legal costs for the year are estimated

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County NURSING HOME takes CENTER STAGE

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County leaders will soon commission a study to decide what to do with Mount View Care B.C. Kowalski/City Pages Charge RN Lotti Drake runs an IV for a patient at Mount View Care Center Tuesday. County officials will be commissioning a study next month in order to decide how to manage the nursing home going

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Tentative NCHC agreement REACHED

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A new tentative agreement between Langlade, Lincoln and Marathon Counties would create a powerful new committee to oversee North Central Health Care, according to the draft agreement. The agreement is a compromise to maintain NCHC, which provides state-mandated health services for all three counties. Ratification is expected later this month. Amid concerns that NCHC wasn’t

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UPDATES on deck for NCHC POOL, nursing home

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Updates to Mount View Care Center and to the aquatic therapy pool at North Central Health Care are in the works, pending a successful negotiation between the county and NCHC leaders. Plans are underway to renovate the aquatic therapy pool at NCHC. The county had already planned for a roughly $13.5 million renovation of Mount

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ANONYMOUS letter sparks INVESTIGATION

Marathon County, Michael Loy, NCHC, Wausau news

North Central Health Care is investigating an anonymous but potentially damaging letter sent to Marathon County board members prior to their critical vote on the county’s future relationship with the agency. The letter, apparently from a disgruntled employee, accuses leadership in NCHC’s crisis intervention department of “creating an environment of dislike and distrust toward law

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SENIOR PROGRAMS will stay at NCHC

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Dozens of programs for senior citizens will remain in place at the North Central Health Care facility, even after the Aging and Disability Resource Center moves out of the building in December. Hundreds of seniors received a letter in August informing them that the ADRC will move to a smaller location and would no longer

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NCHC breathes a SIGH OF RELIEF

Jeff Zriny, NCHC, North Central Health Care, Wausau news

File Marathon County board member Jeff Zriny Marathon, Lincoln and Langlade counties have until December to form a plan with North Central Health Care that will keep the organization around while establishing solid expectations moving forward. That’s the task the Marathon County board put on its administration after voting unanimously Tuesday to continue working with

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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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