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City to consider mask mandate Monday

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Stock Members of the Public Health and Safety Committee on Monday will consider whether to implement a city-wide mask mandate. The meeting will take place in the council chambers at 5:15 pm Monday. No additional information was included in the city’s meeting materials. According to the agenda item, the city will hold discussion and take […]

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Counterpoint: Two council members with very different perspectives weigh in on mall project

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Sources say the selling price of Wausau Center mall is likely to be less than $5 million Wausau Opportunity Zone has announced plans to redevelop the Wausau Center mall that it purchased with funds that included $1 million from the city. It is now asking for another $2 million from the city to tear down

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City mask policy draws controversy

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Stock image via pixabay Facemask A proposal to require city employees to wear masks in their workplace in busy areas garnered backlash and has been put on hold. The city’s Human Resources Committee on Monday voted to table a decision on the proposal, which would have required employees to wear face coverings in places like

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UPDATE: Wausau votes to keep pools closed

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Updated Wausau’s three city pools will not open this summer. But now Schofield is considering it. The Wausau City Council voted 9-2 to keep the pools closed this summer. The city’s Parks Committee had elected to support opening the pools, but asked Public Safety to weigh in on the idea. Public Safety disagreed with Parks

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A changing council

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(First published in the March 19, 2020 issue of City Pages) Nine seats on Wausau City Council are contested for the April 7 election, which could mean nine new faces representing the city This spring’s elections could see one of the biggest Wausau City Council shifts in some time. With nine contested races on the

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Out in the cold

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(First published in the November 14, 2019 issue of City Pages) Wausau’s new no-loitering ordinance in parking ramps prompts a bigger conversation about homelessness Wausau Police Chief Ben Bliven speaks Tuesday about the loitering ordinance and a new task force to address homelessness. When Wausau alderman Dennis Smith suggested opening the city-owned former Sears building

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City will help buy mall

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(First published in the October 3, 2019 issue of City Pages) Wausau approves providing $1 million toward buying Wausau Center mall with a team of local philanthropist The path has been cleared for a team of two foundations to buy the failing Wausau Center mall later this month. The project, called Wausau Opportunity Zone Fund,

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Healthy reroute?

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(First published in the November 15, 2018 issue of City Pages) The YMCA/Aspirus downtown project could hinge on whether city council approves a road closure and the state approves the reroute The $40 million Aspirus/YMCA project hinges on closing part of McIndoe Street, which means rerouting Hwy. 52 traffic down Scott Street (shown here), which

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City ‘bawks’ at chickens

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An ordinance to allow backyard chickens passed committee, but the idea has ruffled more feathers than expected Wausau City Council postponed its decision on allowing backyard chickens in the city A proposal to allow Wausau residents to have up to four backyard chickens within the city limits hit a snag this week after more opposition

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Wausau ready for backyard chickens

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The bees did the chickens a favor. Wausau’s passage of a 2014 ordinance allowing beekeepers to operate in the city apparently loosened attitudes about animals in an urban setting, and helped pave the way for allowing backyard chickens, says Alderman Pat Peckham. The Public Health & Safety Committee on Monday night recommended the city council

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Where would they go?

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Some residents say they’d be out on the street if their apartments are torn down for a new Kwik Trip Marty Oas, 47, needed a place to live for not a lot of money, and he found what he needed about four and a half years ago at the Annabelle Apartments on Bridge Street in

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WAUSAU grants LIBERTY MUTUAL $5M tax incentive

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Wausau officials on Jan. 24 voted unanimously to allow nearly $5 million in tax incentives to Liberty Mutual, one of Wausau’s largest employers. The incentive is tied to a $50 million, 150,000-square-foot planned building to house the company’s Wausau employees. The company employs nearly 900 workers here with a total annual payroll of more than

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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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