The Taste N’ Glow Balloon Fest, previously said to be in jeopardy, is back on the schedule, according to members of the festival’s board.  Nancy and Steve Woller announced earlier this year …

A county board candidate who appealed rejections of some of her nomination paper signatures, leaving her shy of the 50 needed to get on the ballot, could hear the results of her appeal this week.  …

Marathon County’s Juvenile Facility, once closed because it wasn’t financially sustainable, is now thriving under a new business model, Sheriff’s Office officials say. Marathon County Chief …

The Marathon County Public Library has seen a ton of growth in events and attendance at those events, as the library welcomes a new dinosaur fossil.  Library Director Leah Giordano says the …

County health officials are warning about two different health hazards emerging in the county in the past week. The Marathon County Health Department on Friday issued a warning that an outbreak of …

The organizers of the Taste N Glow Balloon Festival say they won’t be involved with the festival in 2024, if it happens at all.  In a post on Facebook, Nancy and Steve Woller said they had …

The Wausau School District next month will consider hiring a demographer to study how to address the declining enrollments at Wausau schools, along with the uneven distribution between the east and …

The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office has begun an investigation into an incident in which a Mosinee police officer was stabbed early Friday, officials say.  Police say a Mosinee police officer …

A man wanted in Marathon County since December has been arrested in Houston following a standoff with marshals there.  A news release from the U.S. Marshals Service says they arrested Peter …

Wausau and other municipalities have declared a snow emergency. Wausau designated its snow emergency between 3 pm Friday and 3 pm Saturday. During a snow emergency, drivers are not able to park their …

Under a new plan to spend the most recently approved referendum money, the new proposed artificial athletic field would be built this year — but its placement has sparked some controversy on the …

A Rothschild Police Officer is on administrative leave following a “critical incident" in the village, state police officials say.  State Department of Justice officials say Rothschild, Everest …

A man accused of tailgating a car full of people and shooting into it was found not competent to stand trial.  All parties were in agreement that Bennie Green, 41, of Tony was not fit to stand …

Anastasiia Chystiukhin and her husband Anton were a little nervous before last Saturday. The Ukrainian couple’s bakery was about to open for the first time, and they didn’t know what to expect. …

When Juan Antonio Casarrubias and his wife, Leslie Iverson, began work on their petite hotel Onora Suites in downtown across from the Graebel Van Lines building, there was a space on the McClellan …

Marathon County has selected architects and a contract manager for the upcoming regional forensic science center or, as many know it more simply as, the morgue.  The county selected Miron …

Running into trouble with a business can feel like being a computer with a virus. But thankfully Jacquelyn Tolksdorf is here to get people in that situation become un-glitched, unstuck, and back to …

The city could be increasing its contract with the Central Wisconsin Convention and Visitors Bureau, both in time and money.  The city’s Finance Committee and Room Tax Commission Tuesday both …

With the Wausau East/West merger shelved, the Wausau School Board is now facing a number of questions around what exactly happens next.  The board on Nov. 27 wrestled with many questions now facing …

Patty’s music opened nearly four decades ago. And while it never closed, Patty herself had health issues and it was open infrequently under her sons when she passed, since they both had full-time …