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Climbing gym proposed for county site

Climbing gym proposed for county site Climbing gym proposed for county site
A group of recreation enthusiasts would like to buy a vacated Marathon County property on River Drive in Wausau and transform it into a climbing gym and event space. New Heights Climbing & Fitn...
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Alfonso visits area dairy farm
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Alfonso visits area dairy farm

Congressional candidate Michael Alfonso visited a dairy farm near Thorp on Monday, making a last-min...

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Ebben gets dairy co-op endorsement
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Ebben gets dairy co-op endorsement

With a week left until the Aug. 11 primary election, congressional candidate Jessi Ebben came to Mil...

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Supervisors go (almost) all in on worker pay

When asked to place poker chips in buckets to signify their budget priorities for next year, Marathon County supervisors spent most of their chips on compensating employees and continuing their health insurance benefits. While a couple of these priorities involved mandatory spending on pre-approved union contracts with sheriff’s deputies and compensation levels for elected officials, buckets ...

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No new TIF districts reported

No new tax-incremental financing (TIF) districts have been proposed in Marathon County this year, and a few of them have recently closed, according to county finance director Sam Fenzke during her first annual report to the county board on July 23. In accordance with a resolution approved last year by the board, Fenzke reported on her attendance at Joint Review Board meetings across the county ...

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No action expected in Madison
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No action expected in Madison

Marathon County has become “the center of the universe” when it comes to the debate over industr...

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County’s buffer idea hits snag at state level

State officials have signed off on proposals to restrict the winter spreading of liquid manure in Marathon County, but they’re pushing back against the county’s desire to require vegetative buffer strips along waterways in order to prevent runoff from farms. County conservationist Kirstie Heidenreich provided these updates to the Environmental Resources Committee (ERC) at an educational mee...

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