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Wausau School Board hires new superintendent Posted September 3, 2010

Wausau school board

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The Wausau School Board has hired their new choice for superintendent.  Kathleen Williams met with the school board over the phone in a closed session meeting this afternoon. School Board president Michelle Schaefer says Williams will be paid $156,250 dollars per year, with a start date ...More

Wood charged with new OWI case, loses attorney Posted September 3, 2010

Rep Jeff Wood mugshot

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) - The attorney representing Representative Jeff Wood has taken herself off the case, and Wood has been charged with a new count of OWI. Tracy Wood was released from the case by Judge Jill Falstad in a hearing this afternoon. Jeff Wood had claimed that he should not ...More

Fines for driving on Park Road to Rib Mountain State Park Posted September 3, 2010

Lincoln County Clerk dies Posted September 3, 2010

Lincoln County courthouse

UNDATED (WSAU) Lincoln County clerk Bob Kunkel has died. He was recovering from heart surgery when he passed away Wednesday. He underwent double-bypass surgery on August 13. He was planning to return to work later this month, and had been keeping in touch with his office and doing some work ...More

Ice rink repairs nearly complete at Marathon Park Posted September 3, 2010

ice rink

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Work to repair the damaged ice rink at Marathon Park is about three-quarters finished. Assistant parks director Peter Knotek says Arena Systems of Minneapolis has been working for a few weeks to repair a broken coolant system that hadn't been operating correctly for the last several ...More

Attorney in Wood case tries to sever involvement Posted September 3, 2010

Rep Jeff Wood mugshot

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The attorney representing Representative Jeff Wood will try to sever herself from the case this afternoon. Attorney Tracey Wood said in a brief last month that she is no longer able to represent her client because “the client insists on taking action with which the lawyer has ...More

Baumann found not indigent in burglary case Posted September 2, 2010

Gavel W/Scales Of Justice

MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – A Merrill man accused of breaking into the Pine River fire station and stealing property will not get an attorney from the state. A judge ruled that Michael Baumann did not meet the conditions and requirements for indigence. That means he won’t be assigned a county-paid ...More

Wausau school board to finalize contract with new superintendent Posted September 2, 2010

Wausau school board

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The Wausau school board has scheduled a meeting to finalize a contract with their new choice for superintendent. The school board picked their final nominee for the position last month in Kathleen Williams, a former superintendent of a suburban Chicago School district. Williams accepted the position but ...More

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