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Riverlife Briq’s in Wausau won’t reopen next year

Brian Kowalski / October 4, 2024
When the Briq’s RiverLife location closed this season, it turns out that was for good.  Wausau leaders announced last week...
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Musicals, Ben Folds and more events in Wausau this weekend

Brian Kowalski / October 3, 2024
Side by Side by Sondheim  Multiple October dates | UWSP Stevens Point and Wausau  This looks to be a promising...
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Work underway on Westside Battery affordable housing site 

Brian Kowalski / October 1, 2024
The former Westside Battery location, shown in this file photo, has been torn down as work begins on an affordable...
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Skate jam, book festival and more this weekend

Brian Kowalski / September 26, 2024
Downtown Skate Jam  Sunday, 8/29 | Downtown Wausau  Even if you’re too old to risk breaking your face on a...
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Chicago Stylez is providing a soul food option on the UWSP-Wausau campus

Brian Kowalski / September 23, 2024
Rochelle Brown poses by the Chicago Stylez menu and customer counter at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point's Marathon...
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Blossom of Lights, food trucks and more this weekend

Brian Kowalski / September 12, 2024
Blossom of Lights  Through Oct. 26 | Monk Botanical Gardens, Wausau  OK, so get something out of the way: Yes,...
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Police investigating bus crash in Elderon

Brian Kowalski / September 9, 2024
Investigators are looking into what caused a school bus crash Thursday in the town of Elderon.  Deputies say two vehicles,...
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Artrageous Weekend, Purging Paradise and more this weekend

Brian Kowalski / September 5, 2024
Artrageous weekend  Sat-Sun 9/7-8 | Various locations, Wausau  The size of this festival, with hundreds of artists from around the...
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Multi-jurisdiction chase leads to Grand Avenue crash, arrests 

Brian Kowalski / August 30, 2024
Several people have been arrested from a crash that resulted from a high-speed pursuit from Kronenwetter into Wausau last week. ...
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Bluegrass, jazz, architecture, and so much more this weekend

Brian Kowalski / August 29, 2024
Jackpine Jamboree  Thurs..-Sun. 8-29-9/1 | Wildlife Campground, Birnamwood  If you’re into bluegrass, there is a good chance that you already...
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Greenheck Turner facility to host World Horseshoe championship 

Brian Kowalski / August 26, 2024
The Greenheck Turner facility built in Weston just finished construction - and it’s already slated to host a world championship. ...
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Here are five Wausau events to check out this weekend

Brian Kowalski / August 22, 2024
Shadows of the War: Ukraine in Monochrome  Opening 8/24 | Just Right Bakery, Wausau  A number of Ukrainians have made...
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City looking to buy water meters to make sure it’s not losing money

Brian Kowalski / August 19, 2024
City leaders approved using $800,000 in American Rescue Plan funding to buy new water meters for the city.  The goal...
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Blues, Buckcherry and more Wausau events this weekend

Brian Kowalski / August 15, 2024
Big Bull Falls Blues Fest  AUG. 16-17 | Fern Island, Wausau Did you know that not only is Wausau’s Big...
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Lead service line contractor working toward 2024 replacement goals 

Brian Kowalski / August 12, 2024
Work continues on Eau Claire Boulevard, where the city replaced many lead service lines. CORRECTION: A previous version of the...
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Andy and Cathy Adrian say their new Adventure Awaits building is suited to CrossFit success 

Brian Kowalski / August 9, 2024
 Cathy and Andy Adrian at their new Adventure Awaits CrossFit Gym in Weston.  About five years into their business, Cathy...
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LogJam, August Kickbusch and more Wausau events this weekend

Brian Kowalski / August 8, 2024
Log Jam  Fri-Sun 8/9-11 | River Park, Mosinee  LogJam is one fascinating event. It combines some very old-school historical reenactment...
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Air combat training will increase air activity in Marathon County 

Brian Kowalski / August 5, 2024
More than 1,000 military personnel will be participating in a major air combat exercise — and authorities say that could...
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Whitewater, music on the farm, movies in the park and more

Brian Kowalski / August 1, 2024
Wausau Rec Release  Sat.-Sun. 8\3-8\4 | Whitewater Park, Wausau  One of the cool things about Wausau is you can be...
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County halfway to phosphorus reduction goal on Fenwood Creek 

Brian Kowalski / July 26, 2024
Marathon County is roughly halfway to its goal of reducing phosphorus in the Fenwood Creek watershed, county officials say. That...
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Mayor Katie Rosenberg

‘HOLY BALLS’

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(First published in the April 16, 2020 issue of City Pages) Wausau mayor-elect Katie Rosenberg’s succinct tweet about the vote went viral Katie Rosenberg expressed her surprise at the results of last week’s election, announced Monday afternoon. “HOLY BALLS,” she wrote on Twitter. All caps. The tweet went viral as Rosenberg won over incumbent mayor […]

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Katie vs. Bob

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(First published in the March 12, 2020 issue of City Pages) The race for Wausau mayor has become the hottest local election in the past decade, as a determined, experienced candidate challenges incumbent Mayor Robert Mielke Wausau has been in the middle of a mayoral race for almost a year. That’s quite unusual, given that

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