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Borchardt's plea hearing scheduled for December
WAUSAU — The Antigo man charged in a head-on crash that killed an elderly couple in September 2025 is scheduled for a plea hearing in December. Adam Borchardt, 37, will appear in Marathon County Circuit Court on Dec. 9 for a plea hearing. Court records state he entered not guilty pleas in early June during his preliminary hearing. Borchardt is charged with: two felony counts of homicide by vehicle with use of controlled substance; injury by use of vehicle, controlled substance, injury by use of vehicle, controlled substance second plus subsequent offense; knowingly driving while license was revoked causing a death and knowingly driving while license was revoked causing great bodily harm. According to court records, Borchardt is being held on a $300,000 cash bond. If he bonds out, he is to adhere to the following conditions: no contact with victims’ families or their residences; no bars, taverns, liquor stores or beer tents; must maintain absolute sobriety and have no possession of alcohol/controlled substances except prescriptions taken as prescribed; cannot drive without a valid license and must report to ATTIC Corrections Services within one business day of release and must comply with pretrial monitoring through ATTIC at level four supervision
WausauPilot
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.
WausauPilot
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.