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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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Kolbe Windows & Doors celebrates 80 years with 80 acts of kindness
WAUSAU, Wis. — Kolbe Windows & Doors marked its 80th anniversary by giving back to the communities its team members call home through 80 Acts of Kindness, a yearlong initiative centered on service, generosity and community involvement. Throughout 2026, Kolbe organized companywide service projects while encouraging team members to...