County’s buffer idea hits snag at state level

Marathon County’s proposed 2027 budget will include an extra $41,500 next year for Meals on Wheels and other senior nutrition programs that have seen their costs go up and service levels shrink in recent years due to stagnant state and federal funding. Taxpayers in the four-county service area of the Aging & Disability Resource Center of Central Wisconsin (ADRC-CW) are all being asked to ...

Marathon County taxpayers may not be the only ones paying for ice rinks in Wausau after a newly formed non-profit organization said it plans to do private and public fundraising to hopefully one day build its own ice arena. Central Wisconsin Ice, LLC includes representatives from groups that currently use the two sheets of ice at Marathon Park, which have been owned and operated by the county f...