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County to meet about clerk’s comments on Facebook

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Marathon County Kim Trueblood County Clerk Kim Trueblood Marathon County’s Executive Committee is expected to meet Monday to discuss the county clerk’s comments on a Facebook page dedicated to opening schools in person. The meeting is in reference to a comment County Clerk Kim Trueblood made on a Facebook group called Parents for Wausau Schools […]

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Teen machines

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Taxpayers approved spending $5.9 million to improve Wausau high schools’ tech programs. What did they get? It’s a Monday afternoon, and the sound of machines cutting through metal ricochets off cement block walls in an industrial room. People in safety goggles run machines, creating products for area buyers. In case you’re picturing a factory in

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LOCAL NEWS: Wausau School Board Tuesday, April 4 Election

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The March 12 death of incumbent Yvonne Henning may cause some confusion on the ballot This year four candidates vie for three seats up for election on the nine-person Wausau School District Board of Education. Those include two incumbents, Jeff Leigh and board president Lance Trollop, defending their seats against challengers Jeff Kocha and Lee

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SCHOOLS want a SAY in START DATE

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The Wausau School Board is asking state legislators to change a law requiring Wisconsin public schools to start after Sept. 1. The law was created years ago in response the tourism industry’s desire to extend the summer season for families and retain teenage workers. Lawmakers have been debating a change to allow schools to decide

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WAUSAU EAST wins NATIONAL contest

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Students at Wausau East will soon have a new, state of the art digital media lab, thanks to a $100,000 grant awarded this week to librarian Paula Hase. Contributed photo Paula Hase Paula Hase thought she was attending an anti-bullying assembly at Wausau East this week. Instead, she was surprised with a $100K grant. The

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MOST local schools get a PASSING GRADE

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All but two schools in Wausau and the D.C. Everest School Districts are meeting expectation for educating students, according to newly created district report cards released this month. Franklin Elementary and the Enrich, Excel, Achieve Academy, both Wausau schools, received failing grades in the report, or “one-star” rankings. On a scale of 1-100, Franklin scored

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NEW school BOUNDARIES APPROVED

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Lincoln Elementary School will have about 90 fewer students in the 2017-18 school year, when a new boundary plan takes effect to eliminate overcrowding. After holding 16 meetings in a nine-month span to discuss the issue, the Wausau School Board this week unanimously approved new boundaries for 13 elementary schools in the district. The plan

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HOMELESS KIDS: Hiding in plain sight

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B.C. Kowalski/City Pages Jim Nick, sorting through donations at his office in Rib Mountain—items to help the 300 local homeless students. About a month ago, Jim Nick was having a burger at Hiawatha Lounge in Wausau when an old friend, Wausau East Principal Brad Peck, walked in and struck up a conversation. Nick told Peck,

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WAUSAU schools, TRANSGENDER rules

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Roughly 100 parents, medical professionals and students listened while dozens spoke Oct. 3 at Horace Mann Middle School about new guidelines that allow Wausau School District students to use the bathroom of the gender they “consistently identify” with. About 100 people, including students and former students who all were in favor of the guidelines, met

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SCHOOL BOARD to revisit TRANSGENDER policy

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Members of the Wausau School Board are rethinking new rules surrounding transgender policies, after the policy change stirred a flurry of controversy among parents and community members. The new rules, established Aug. 22, are in response to a controversial May 13 order from the Obama administration requiring schools receiving Title IX funding to allow transgender

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EAST FOOTBALL eyes major change

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Wausau East football players could withdraw from conference play in the 2017 season and compete as an independent school, says Greg Harvey, athletic director for Wausau East High School. The WIAA in August denied the Lumberjacks’ request to withdraw from the Valley Football Association-North Division and nixed plans to move the team into the Great

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Prepare to gaze at the new PLANETARIUM

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unknown The comfy, blue-cushioned chairs that have lined the floor for a decade are gone from the Wausau School District Planetarium at Wausau West High School. They’re now up for sale to the public. And the space that was the planetarium for more than 40 years is unrecognizable, currently in the throes of a complete

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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

Former Weston clerk charged with fraud more than a year later

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