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Wausau to buy mold-filled Myron Street house for $1, raze the structure for future affordable home
Wausau plans to pay $1 for a vacant, mold-filled house on Myron Street, raze the structure and offer the lot for a new home for an income-qualified buyer. The Economic Development Committee on Wednesday approved buying 108 Myron St. from Marathon County, which took the property this year for unpaid taxes.
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700 Grand opens in Wausau, adding 50 apartments and community services
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Wausau city leaders and community partners celebrated the grand opening of a new housing development at the corner of Grand Avenue and Thomas Street. 700 Grand has 50 apartment units and on-site support services to Wausau’s Southwest Jones neighborhood. The property offers one-, two-, and...
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Grand Theater in Wausau reopens after renovations
The new-look Grand Theater opens Saturday. Six months of construction are in the books, and the venue is ready to welcome Wayne Newton to the stage. Second Century Campaign Marketing Manager Sadie Fisher says patrons will notice a mix of new and old looks. “It will feel like the Grand you know and love, but it also looks so much brighter and fresher. The theater itself has so many colors.”
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Wausau’s new credit card policy bans gift cards and alcohol but sets no spending caps
Wausau’s first comprehensive credit card policy would ban gift cards, alcohol and split charges, but the draft sets no spending caps on the city’s 65 cards. The Finance Committee takes up the policy Tuesday, three weeks after a Wausau Pilot & Review investigation found the cards carried $408,500 in combined monthly limits with no per-purchase caps or merchant restrictions. The Pilot reviewed three months of statements. That review also found:
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Wausau alders were told in 2024 a lead pipe ordinance would earn state points. Without one, the city lost forgiveness, public works director says.
Wausau’s public works director blames the council for lost lead pipe forgiveness, and the record shows alders were told in 2024 an ordinance would earn state funding points. “Had the City Council passed the resolution timely the city would have scored within the principal forgiveness funding range,” Public Works and Utilities Director Eric Lindman wrote in a Nov. 4 memo to the Wausau Water Works Commission.
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Wausau affordable housing fund on pace to spend $1.79 million in a year budgeted for zero
Wausau’s affordable housing fund is on track to spend $1.79 million this year, though the city’s adopted 2026 budget authorized no spending from the fund. The Wausau City Council takes up one piece of that spending Tuesday: a $650,000 budget amendment for a tax increment grant to Westside Commons. Gorman & Company built the 56-unit affordable apartment complex at 415 S. First Ave. As a change to the adopted budget, the amendment needs a two-thirds vote of the full council, or eight of 11 alders.
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Finance briefs: Ambulance monitors, water utility payment and cemetery deal return Tuesday
Wausau’s Finance Committee meets at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday in a joint session with the Human Resources Committee. The raise, credit card policy, lead pipe award and year-end budget amendment are covered separately. The agenda also includes these items. Hoenecke cast lone vote against budget. Minutes from the Oct. 20...
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Wausau committee deadlocks on deadlines to clear logs, training from 1300 Cleveland Ave.
Neighbors of Wausau’s 1300 Cleveland Ave. property still have no timeline for the city to clear logs and end training at the site after a committee deadlocked Wednesday. Council President Terry Kilian proposed ending city training on the site by Feb. 1 and giving the parks department six months to move its log storage. The Economic Development Committee split 2-2 on that proposal. The committee later deadlocked 2-2 on a deed restriction barring future industrial use of the property. Staff said the restriction will go to the Wausau City Council on Nov. 24 regardless.
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Flu shot clinic on Sunday
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) – The Marathon County Health Department is offering a flu-shot clinic on Sunday from 10am to noon on Sunday. The flu vaccine will be offered from 10am to noon at 1000 Lake View Drive in Wausau. Use parking lots D or E, and enter through Door 28.
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Wausau Mayor Encouraging Residents to Take Survey on Potential Shift to City Administrator Form of Government
(Mike Leischner, WSAU) Wausau Mayor Doug Diny is encouraging residents to take a 15-minute survey on a potential shift to a city administrator form of government. According to Mike Leischner witih WSAU, the survey is open to anyone who lives or works in Wausau. It focuses on how familiar residents are with the city’s current government, what matters to them in how the city is run, and whether they support the change. Residents will also be asked how much they know about an administrator form of government and what they would be interested in learning.
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Bridge over Mississippi River connecting communities in Wisconsin, Iowa opens
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Wausau leaf collection delayed in southeast neighborhoods; pickup resumes Monday
WAUSAU – Leaf collection will continue next week in southeast Wausau after city crews were unable to complete scheduled pickups, according to a Friday announcement from the Department of Public Works. Crews will resume collection Monday, Nov. 9, in neighborhoods south of Townline Road and east of the Wisconsin...
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Wausau council rules, from public comment to ending debate, up for review Monday
The rules that set how long Wausau residents may speak to the City Council and how alders can cut off debate face a top-to-bottom review Monday. The Rules Review Committee meets at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 407 Grant St., for a “comprehensive review for possible revision” of the council’s Standing Rules, Chapter 2.16 of the city code. The agenda lists no specific proposals, and the meeting packet includes only the rules as they stand.
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Possible measles exposure reported at Weston emergency department
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Health officials are investigating a confirmed measles case after a person visited the emergency department at Marshfield Medical Center – Weston, the Marathon County Health Department said. The county health department and Wisconsin Department of Health Services are working to identify and notify people who...
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Lincoln County Board approves updated ambulance agreement with Merrill
The Lincoln County Board has approved a new ambulance service agreement with the City of Merrill, which would replace a contract that has been in place since 2007. The Board passed the resolution at its regular meeting Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, according to a joint statement from Lincoln County Board Chair Don Friske and Merrill Mayor Steve Hass. The agreement was scheduled to go before the City of Merrill Committee of the Whole on Tuesday, Oct. 27, for review and final approval.