5+ hour, 26+ min ago   (424+ words) WAUSAU — Marathon County supervisors turned down County Board Chair Kurt Gibbs’s appointment of a new Infrastructure Committee chair Tuesday, an unusual public rebuff of the board’s presiding officer on a routine leadership decision. Gibbs had appointed Supervisor Aaron Griner of…...

5+ hour, 19+ min ago   (965+ words) WAUSAU — A proposed monthly fee on every household and business in Wausau to fund urban forestry, along with a plan to close one of the city’s three swimming pools six days a week, will come before the Wausau Parks and…...

6+ hour, 15+ min ago   (910+ words) by Baylor Spears, Wisconsin Examiner August 28, 2026 Wisconsin lawmakers who have sought to address child safety online told the Wisconsin Examiner on Thursday that a settlement worth up to $17.1 billion between the owner of Facebook and Instagram and most states in…...

8+ hour, 49+ min ago   (830+ words) On Aug. 27, 2026, President Donald Trump issued an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” claiming his administration had already “notified all of the various people you have to notify.” The name change, which Ontario Premier Doug Ford had dismissed as…...

11+ hour, 19+ min ago   (447+ words) On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in southeast Louisiana, breaching levees and spurring floods that devastated New Orleans. Katrina caused nearly 1,400 deaths and an estimated $200 billion in damage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, Alexandria, Virginia, formally surrendered to…...

12+ hour, 8+ min ago   (404+ words) By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and JOSEPH FREDERICK Associated Press The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more than 225-year-old treaty and…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (445+ words) The Wausau Common Council will soon consider whether to pursue a comprehensive independent review of city operations. I will be unable to attend the September 2 Committee of the Whole meeting because of a previously scheduled professional obligation, but I support…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (167+ words) Wausau Pilot & Review The time for a full, independent audit of Wausau’s city operations is now. This is a matter of necessary transparency, not a personal attack. Taxpayers deserve clear answers about what is causing our current challenges. If city…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (172+ words) Our city’s financial systems have serious problems that can’t stay hidden anymore. Discrepancies in accounts, money borrowed without clear plans, utilities running on the wrong funds, department miscommunications – these issues have dragged on through multiple administrations and eroded trust in…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (391+ words) By Scott Bauer | Associated Press Musk, the founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, was deeply involved in the effort to flip majority control of the highest court in battleground Wisconsin last year. But the candidate he and Republicans backed…...