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Wausau events worth checking out for the week of June 16-22

Levitt Amp Concert Series: Toronzo Cannon THURSDAY 6/16 | PFIFFNER PARK, STEVENS POINT Chris Monaghan Toronzo Cannon Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon defies all expectations. The blistering guitarist, soulful vocalist, singular songwriter and city bus driver fuses his muscular, rock-inspired blues guitar playing with his original, keenly detailed slice-of-life songs, blazing his own blues trail. His […]

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Boriken Mart started as a pop-up restaurant; then it became so popular it completely sold out of food

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Maria Calovang didn’t see the rush of customers coming. She’d opened Boriken Mart earlier this month, and she had a number of regular customers stopping in for her Puerto Rican food, many who remembered her from her pop-up days. It seemed a nice steady run of customers, many Puerto Rican, who ate and danced and

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Wausau events worth checking out: Thanksgiving weekend

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Hyde Hyde performs Saturday at Arrow Sports Club SATURDAY 11/27 | ARROW SPORTS CLUB, WESTON This classic rock and pop cover band has been making waves throughout Wisconsin since they formed in 2008. They were voted People’s Choice Band in 2016 and 2017 by the Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI) and have shared the stage

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Looking to renew your passport? Better plan ahead, officials say

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A couple renews their passports at the County Clerk’s Office. Like many, they’re concerned about getting them on time. A couple stood outside the County Clerk’s office behind the counter’s plexiglass barrier, filling out forms to renew their passports. They were headed to Iceland in December, they explained to me, and now were getting nervous

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Our annual Best of the Wausau Area is live!

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City Pages’ annual Best of the Wausau Area survey is live. Click on the link to take the survey. This is your chance to shout out your favorite businesses, people and places in the Wausau area. The survey will be live for a month, so don’t wait too long! Remember to fill out at least 25

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After a long drought during COVID-19, the music is back

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B.C. Kowalski/City Pages Chad O’Brien and CASHED rocked Whitewater Music Hall in June. By Wednesday afternoon, the chairs had already started to appear on The 400 Block in downtown Wausau. There weren’t a ton of them. But they were a welcome sight after a year of absence from the 400 Block. They of course were

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The quiet rise of mountain biking in the Wausau area

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When the Central Wisconsin Off-Road Cycling Coalition, or CWOCC for short, first formed in 2012, mountain biking wasn’t nearly what it is today in Marathon County and central Wisconsin. The most prominent trail was a tangled mess of trails that meant even someone who’d been there a few times was likely to get lost. While

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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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LIFT growing membership, expanding to Marshfield

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B.C. Kowalski/City Pages Korey Stern, Robin Pfaff and Eric Thomas of LIFT. LIFT has seen an uptick in business and is expanding to Marshfield. March and April were frustrating times for gyms and gym-goers alike. Not only were facilities among the many businesses ordered closed by Gov. Tony Evers to stem the spread of COVID-19,

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City weighs ending contract with CVB following improper room tax collection

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B.C. Kowalski Wausau/Central Wisconsin Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Richard Barrett undergoes questioning from City Finance Director Lisa Rasmussen. City leaders are considering ending the city’s contract with the Wausau/Central Wisconsin Convention and Visitors Bureau after they say the CVB’s director had improperly accepted room tax dollars from Expedia on their behalf. According to city

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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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How Wausau area native Zola Jesus found her way home

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B.C. Kowalski Zola Jesus Wausau area native and international touring musician Zola Jesus When Nika Roza Danilova, aka Zola Jesus, was a child living in the rural land between Wausau and Merrill, she often found herself in the woods, yelling and singing at the top of her lungs and exploring the limits of her voice.

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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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