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Blocks of protesters marched for black justice in one of the largest rallies anyone can remember in Wausau
▲ Thousands of protesters took to downtown Wausau streets Saturday to protest racial injustice, and gathered behind city hall afterward. Police officers marched with protestors and handed out water.
The protesters marching on the streets of Wausau’s downtown Saturday were loud, boisterous and numerous. They were also peaceful. An estimated 1,500 to 2,000 protestors— many carrying signs saying “no justice, no peace” or “say George Floyd’s name” or “I can’t breath” —marched from the 400 Block to Wausau City Hall Saturday morning, winding around over the Scott Street/Stewart Avenue bridge and past the mall before gathering around the fountain behind the city building. Protests abounded for the past few weeks across the U.S. over the killing of people of color by police, most prominently including the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes. Many of those protests have turned into riots, and some downtown Wausau businesses were on edge in advance of Saturday’s event. But the gatherings and march went off without any incidents, not even littering, according to post-event clean up volunteers, who found they had little to pick up. Police marked the route and police chaplains gave away bottled water to protesters behind city hall. Chief Ben Bliven and Deputy Chief Matt Barnes marched with protesters and Bliven said he was impressed with the crowd’s behavior and the organizers including police from the beginning. “It’s important for us to be there so we can make sure people in the community know what is in our hearts,” Bliven told City Pages. “We’re here to try to do the best we can and make the community a better place.” The speakers on Saturday included a 13-year-old girl who talked about the
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dreams of youth, and how as a black girl having to wonder if she would reach the age to achieve those dreams. They heard from Marathon County Supervisor William Harris, the first black elected official (to anyone’s memory) in Marathon County. Marchers knelt in front of city hall for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, in honor of the amount of time the Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd’s neck. Many raised their fists in the air. Harris told City Pages that the march was a wonderful show of unity and an outpouring of support. “I ask that the community just stay engaged because I believe the March showed truly that together we will bring about positive and meaningful change,” Harris told City Pages. A similar protest Sunday in Stevens Point wasn’t so peaceful. Police there are now investigating a conflict that occurred between people in a vehicle and protesters on the Mathias Mitchell Public Square. Marshfield Police have been called in to investigate because of a few conflicts of interest among Stevens Point officers and those involved.
Victoria’s Secret closing in Wausau mall The Victoria’s Secret store in the Wausau Center Mall will not be reopening, according to a press release from the Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce. The store is one of 250 that parent company L Brands will close nationwide, according to its website. Many stores remained closed in Wausau Center even after the mall itself has opened with limited hours. But many as of Wednesday had started to open.
SAFER emergency district agrees to new contracts following Weston’s decision to leave The SAFER District’s board agreed to new fire contracts next year for some communities it serves, on the heels of the village of Weston terminating its contract with the multi-community emergency services district. SAFER on Thursday agreed to adopt new contracts next year with three “non-partner” municipalities it serves. That will lower fees for the town of Weston and increase fees for the towns of Stettin and Marathon. If nothing else changes, Weston will no longer be in the district after 2021. Village leaders cited the possibility of partnering with other municipalities such as Riverside Fire District, which serves Rothschild and Schofield. But SAFER board members from other municipalities questioned some of the negative things Weston officials have said in public about its qualms with the South Area Fire District. SAFER Board member Fred Schaefer, representing Rib Mountain, said it was actually the village of Weston, under its former administrator and finance director, who ran up a deficit in the district that exists to this day. “That administrator is no longer here,” SAFER Board Member and Weston Village Board Member Mark Maloney responded. “He’s no longer in Rhinelander either. Neither is the finance director. That’s not the Weston of today.” “I’m blaming it all on Daniel Guild,” Maloney continued, referring to Weston’s former administrator.
Paper mill in Wis Rapids to lay off hundreds A paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids is slated to go idle later this summer, laying off hundreds of workers as a result. Verso Corporation announced it will begin laying off 1,000 employees this summer. The includes 100 from Duluth, Minn. and the rest from the Wisconsin Rapids plant. The Duluth plant will go idle at the end of June, the company says, and the Wisconsin Rapids plant will go idle at the end of the July. According to the company’s release, the layoffs come because orders for the graphic paper the two plants produce has severely declined due to Covid-19. Stay at home orders severely diminished the demand for paper advertisements and brochures, and the demand is expected to drop further over the summer, the company says in its release.
COVID-19 county enforcement ordinance draws heat A proposed ordinance for rules and enforcement abilities in Marathon County in case of Covid-19 outbreaks is drawing heat, including from the region’s business group and even the powerful state lobbying organization Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC). Penalties for violating the ordinance or interfering with an investigation would range from $100 to $25,000 per violation. It also would allow the county health officer to use sworn-in “quarantine guards” at sites where there are violations. Marathon County Sheriff Scott Parks tells City Pages that if someone violated a courtordered injunction to stay quarantined, “Law enforcement is directed to keep that person in place for the health and safety of the neighbor-
hood.” Parks says the sheriff’s department could use ankle monitors rather than a guard to ensure those under quarantine stay within their designated boundaries. Marathon County already had obtained new ankle monitors at the start of the pandemic in March to help in cases where someone is ordered by injunction to stay quarantined, Parks says. The ordinance, which describes the powers of the local health officer, as well as penalties and enforcement, has drawn the ire of the Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce among others. The Marathon County Health Officer under state law can order individuals into quarantine and can issue orders to businesses that include temporarily shutting them down. The ordinance spells out penalties for noncompliance and how they’re enforced. According to an email sent by the Wausau chamber to its business members, Chamber board members initially met with county leaders and were happy with the dialogue, but were displeased after reading the draft ordinance, which they said was too vague and lacked transparency. The chamber sent a formal letter to the county opposing the ordinance, and asking for public hearings. County Corporation Counsel Scott Corbett says the ordinance is not meant to be a local version of the state’s previous Safer at Home order. Instead, it focuses on localized outbreaks or case clusters. The ordinance could resemble a stay-at-home order only if there was a county-wide outbreak and hospitals were overwhelmed with patients, he says. And that would only affect large gatherings and require people wear masks, Corbett says. The county so far hasn’t seen a problem with someone violating quarantine, Corbett says. If an individual really needs to be guarded, the county would look at ankle monitors first before resorting to a quarantine guard. The county’s Health and Human Service Committee approved the ordinance earlier this month. The Executive Committee is expected to take up the ordinance on Thursday, June 11.
Confusing week for: Pools opening, closing, or what?
▲Maple Grove School can stay open, a judge ruled
▲ Good week for: Supporters of Maple Grove School, as judge halts closure
Wausau won’t open its three pools this summer. Weston will. And now the Schofield/Rothschild pool is a maybe? The Wausau City Council voted 9-2 on Tuesday to keep the pools closed this summer. The city’s Parks Committee had recommended opening the pools, but asked the Public Safety Committee to weigh in. Public Safety disagreed and voted to recommend keeping them closed. Alderman Pat Peckham asked Marathon County Health officials if, were they granted authority to do so, would they order the pools closed and was told no. And Ald. Lou Larson said the number of cases in Marathon County has been exceptionally low. Parks officials put together a plan to open the pools as safely as possible in case the council voted to open them. But the majority of the council disagreed, saying the risk of potential exposure and spread of the coronavirus is not worth it. “I use the pool, and I would love to use the pool this summer,” said Council President Becky McElhaney. “But the health department has been here many times and they have not wavered in their stance [against opening the pools].” The decision also means the splash pad in Marathon Park, fountain on the 400 Block, and fountain at Riverlife will not operate this summer, Peckham confirmed to City Pages. The village of Weston on Monday voted to open its aquatic center as soon as preparations can be made. The board had previously approved some changes to improve social distancing such as using a reservation system with blocks of time. Rothschild had voted earlier to keep the shared Rothschild/Schofield pool closed, but now Schofield voted 6-2 against a resolution to keep the pool closed. What does that mean? No one is quite sure, says Schofield Mayor Kregg Hoehn. Schofield will hold a special meeting Tuesday to consider all the facts. Opening would also require a budget modification, Hoehn says, because running half a season on its own, without Rothschild, would cost two to three times what the city typically budgets toward the pool.
A Marathon County judge granted an injunction that halts the closing of Maple Grove Charter School. Marathon County Judge Michael Moran granted the injunction Tuesday, finding some breaches of contract in the Merrill Area Public School District’s plan to close the historic country school located on the site of the famed Fromm Farm in western Marathon County. The injunction means that Maple Grove elementary will be allowed to remain open next school year, Principal Dawn Nonn says. The Merrill district announced last year the possibility of closing Maple Grove elementary school. The little red school house has been around for more than 100 years and though small, has strong support because of its outdoors-based curriculum where students care for chickens and snowshoe in the winter. Many parents drive their children from other, closer districts because they value Maple Grove’s rural setting and the way classes are taught. Maple Grove’s governance board previously had talks with the Athens School District about possibly becoming part of its district.
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A case before the Supreme Court could result in 129,000 voters removed from the rolls Over 129,000 voters could be removed from the rolls after the state Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging the Wisconsin Elections Commission’s handling of a mailer to those who may have moved. But it’s unclear whether conservative Justice Daniel Kelly will participate in the case. Kelly, who lost a bid in April for a full 10-year term on the court to liberal Jill Karofsky, is set to leave the high court at the end of July. The briefing schedule laid out by court today could take as long as 60 days while oral arguments could add on more time, potentially pushing the court’s decision until after Kelly’s term in office expires. Kelly recused himself in December when the state Supreme Court deadlocked 3-3 on taking the case directly before it went to an appeals court. Conservative Brian Hagedorn sided with the court’s two liberals in declining to take the case directly. Kelly said at the time he wanted to avoid hearing a case that could’ve impacted his April election. But he announced he would lift his recusal after the loss, writing in a brief he had “an affirmative duty to hear every case in which there is no ethical bar to my participation.” “I have concluded that, in light of the fact that this case cannot now affect any election in which I would be a candidate while the case is being decided, there is no ethical bar to my participation,” he wrote in April. The latest number of suspected movers is down by more than 100,000 from the roughly 234,000 voters who were asked to confirm their address last October.
Farmer interest in state hemp program remains steady Farmer interest in the state’s hemp program has remained steady despite cratering wholesale prices for the newly legalized crop. Hemp is entering its third legal season after not having not been planted in Wisconsin since 1957. The crop had previously been banned federally since 1970, but Congress in 2014 opened the door to state-operated hemp pilot programs and in 2018 fully legalized the crop. Numbers provided to WisPolitics.com by the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection shows as of May 29, 1,488 farmers submitted applications to grow hemp this season. That compared to 1,491 hemp grower applications submitted in 2019. The steady interest from growers comes as wholesale prices for hemp products have dropped by 60 percent in some cases, according to the two private companies that track the hemp markets.
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Amid a wave of protests around Wisconsin sparked by the death of George Floyd, Gov. Tony Evers has called on state lawmakers to quickly pass legislation that would require law enforcement agencies to adopt new policies stating deadly force only be used as a last resort. In a more than four-minute video, Evers said Floyd’s death in Minneapolis from a police officer kneeling on his neck and the “lives taken before him” are symptomatic of the country’s failure to address the disease of racism for more than four centuries. He called passing AB 1012 a first step by “prioritizing preserving life and minimizing the use of force.” Still, he said the “solution to racism isn’t in one bill or one person.” “We must lay bare the notion that this is not who we are. It is who we have been. It is who we are, but it is not who we have to be tomorrow,” Evers said. Evers added later in the video, “There is no empathy or humanity in George Floyd’s death, but there must be empathy and humanity in our response to it.”
Evers renews call for federal Medicaid money
Declaring racism a public health crisis, Gov. Tony Evers is renewing his call to accept federal money to expand the Medicaid program, arguing it would help address racial disparities in Wisconsin. In a call with reporters, Evers noted racial disparities that span infant mortality to incarceration, unemployment and poverty. He called the statistics “sobering and devastating.” “Wisconsin continuously ranks among the worst in the nation in disparate outcomes for marginalized populations,” Evers said. Evers ran on expanding the program and included a provision in his budget proposal to accept the federal money only to see GOP lawmakers remove the item.
Report: Rural population decline mostly out of lawmakers’ hands
A report from the Wisconsin Counties Association says industry diversification and high-speed internet access are the key things policymakers can do to mitigate the negative effects of a rural population decline. But the report from WCA’s Forward Analytics warns the most powerful factors in rural population loss are largely out of lawmakers’ hands. The report found the state’s rural population loss has been fueled nearly equally by two factors: more people are dying than being born in rural areas; and more people moving away from rural areas than moving to them. That differs from rural population decline nationwide, where 93 percent of rural loss has been fueled by so-called “outmigration.” The chief factor correlating to rural population loss was a county’s change in population the previous decade. According to the report, 88 percent of counties that saw their population decline between 2000-10 also saw declines between 20102018 while over half of the counties that grew in the first decade of the millennium also saw growth over the next eight years. That reflects the pattern of population growth and loss in the 1990s as compared to the 2000s. “Perhaps the most troubling finding in this report is that prior population decline portends more decline,” the report said.
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Barring a complete collapse in his coming interviews with university constituencies, insiders say the University of Alaska system president will take over the Wisconsin system. But he is walking into an unprecedented financial and political situation. UW’s presidential search committee announces Johnsen is the only finalist it’s putting forward to consider as a replacement for the retiring Ray Cross. Search leaders say several people removed their names from consideration late in the process “with some expressing concern over being named publicly as a finalist during the pandemic.” Those who pursue other jobs in academia can become person non grata on their home campuses under normal circumstances, university observers say. Having it happen during a national pandemic is even touchier. Still, that the process produced only one candidate only inflames complaints from within UW System faculty and staff. The committee included four regents, including one of Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees, two former regents, two chancellors and one provost. But it includes no faculty or staff members, and that had already put some on edge. Faculty and staff complain about what they call a “failed process” that produced only a single candidate.
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the nonprofit campus Helping a dozen or more non-profit agencies operate in one location could be a game changer for Wausau, and it hinges on a city-owned property on Cleveland Avenue. ◄ Community Partners Campus organizers Kevin Noel (left) and Brian Gumness, with Donna Ambrose, director of the Neighbors’ Place. The longstanding nonprofit agency and food pantry is one of many organizations that could all move all under one roof.
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to The Neighbors’ Place to visit the food pantry, but one case in particular surprised her: a young woman with three pre-school aged girls, who had walked four miles to the nonprofit agency on Wausau’s east side. Four miles with small children just to get food. This kind of need has been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, the Neighbors’ Place director explains. Before, clients could choose the amount of groceries to take home from the pantry on Scott Street. In other words, if they walked or biked, they’d take whatever they could easily carry. But in the era of social distancing, staff now prepares a box of groceries to be picked up without anyone stepping foot inside the building. There’s often a line of cars on Scott Street as people await their box that volunteers bring out from the warehouse. But this system can be a problem for folks who are on foot and might struggle to carry the boxes, Ambrose explains. The Neighbors’ Place has tried other solutions such as making deliveries or providing carts for some clients. But some people are just taking fewer groceries than they need. Another solution is on the horizon, not just for the Neighbors’ Place, but for many area non-profits: the Community Partner Campus. In development over the course of 18 months or so, as first reported by City Pages last summer, this project was among four presented at the city’s Economic Development Committee last week for the city-owned property at 1300 Cleveland Ave, which was once the city’s business incubator and Connor Forest Industries before that. Though no action was taken, committee members overwhelmingly favored the Partners Campus project. Developed by Brian Gumness, CEO of the B.A. & Esther Greenheck Foundation, and co-organizer Kevin Noel, the project involves nearly a dozen non-profits around a simple concept: Agencies that now are spread out throughout the city would operate together in one place to create efficiencies for the agencies themselves, and essentially be a one-stop shop for their clients. Why is that important? The nonprofits involved serve low-income and homeless individuals, many who have trouble with transportation. That’s one reason the Cleveland Avenue location is ideal, Gumness explains to City Pages. It’s on a bus line. And even for someone who finds another means to get there — say, hitches a ride from someone, or perhaps is taken there by police following a crisis or incident — the great benefit is they could find different kinds of assistance at one destination, not several. Complications like simple transportation can put services out of reach for people. Happening in parallel to the Community Partners Campus project is a complete overhaul of how homelessness is addressed in Marathon County. Ben Lee, United Way’s community impact director, says the Housing and Homelessness Coalition has been dissolved, and, along with the North Central Continuum of Care, folded into a new task force created by Wausau Police Chief Ben Bliven last October. Lee tells City Pages there were three separate groups all essentially aligned toward the same goals but working apart, and with different restrictions. There were commit-
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faster. The consolidation of committees takes 105 people between the three organizations and distills it down to a 15-member task force. The remaining folks aren’t out in the cold, Lee explains. They will be added to a mailing list and called upon as needed to make up work groups, and advocate for public policy initiatives that come out of the group. The group’s five main tasks are: • Ensure efficiencies between all the area non-profits and agencies, and make sure they’re working together well; • Increase the numbers of outreach case managers in the county, which are sorely lacking right now; • Advocate for public policy around affordable housing; • Increase the amount of transitional housing for those coming from jail or from being homeless; • Utilize case managers to focus on helping individuals maintain employment and financial stability. The new task force takes a hyper-focused approach with measurable goals, and it’s easy to see how the Community Partners Campus would help make it all happen—both directly, in improving efficiencies between agencies, and also by creating transitional housing, which is in future phases of the plan.
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tees and subcommittees, and a lot of meetings. But not the kind of progress needed to truly address homelessness in the community. An issue that arose in Wausau last October brought new public attention to the homelessness problem: a new ordinance that would have allowed police to remove anyone loitering in city parking ramps. This brought cries of protest from the community that the city was targeting homeless people without offering a solution. The task force was part of the response to this concern. The Community Partners Campus was already in the works by the time the parking ramp issue hit fever pitch, but the timing was good. The outcry brought the issue to the forefront, and sparked changes in how homelessness would be tackled. The new homelessness task force is designed to be nimble and adaptive, Lee says, and be able to make decisions and changes more quickly than other organizations. In other words, a smaller, lighter ship that turns a lot
The first phase of the Community Partners Campus plan would see a 30,000-square-foot building erected on the 6.9 acre site on Cleveland Avenue. This building would house eight to 15 nonprofit services, according to the plan the group submitted to the city. Phase II, within the next five years, would see another 20,000-square-foot building go up on the property, to help the partnered nonprofits expand. Phase III would start construction of transitional housing for the homeless or those released from jail or prison. The project also allows for the possibility of more standalone buildings to house even more nonprofit agencies, or the possibility of other services such as vocational training or affordable child care. The first building would be just south of St. Vincent de Paul, which is also considered a partner, though it’s already located there, Gumness says. The site is somewhat centrally located, on a bus line and is accessible via bike lanes. The first partners for the campus include The Neighbors’ Place, First Presbyterian’s Free Clinic, Catholic Charities, NorthCentral Community Action Program, Wausau Police Department Victim Service Unit, Blessings in a Backpack, and Wausau Area Mobile Meals. Also included would be services from other organizations such as North Central Health Care, Marathon County Health Department, job services, and financial education.
The first building will cost around $6.5 million, Gumness tells City Pages; future phases haven’t been estimated yet. Fundraising hasn’t officially begun yet, Gumness says, but local foundations and the business community already are offering a lot of quiet support, he says. “I can tell you they were really receptive right off the bat,” Gumness says. Ambrose, at The Neighbors’ Place, explains the need succinctly. They’re not only outgrowing their building, but managing the property —maintenance, repairs, etc. — takes away a lot of time from their core mission. The space wasn’t designed to be a food pantry, Ambrose says, and controlling the temperature is a challenge. It also wasn’t designed to handle a large flow people coming in and out. At the proposed campus, the Neighbors’ Place space will be designed for its purposes and they’ll be a tenant, paying rent. That will free up a lot of time and energy that can go toward helping people, Ambrose says. “To be in a more modern, energy efficient space would be a huge relief.” The central location is great for clients and Neighbors’ Place staff. If they identify a resource a client might need, it will be a lot easier to send them down the hall rather than across town. So many of the clients the Neighbors’ Place serves don’t have access to their own transportation. One of those services down the hall would be the First Presbyterian Free Clinic. Originally planned to be inside
the First Presbyterian Church of Wausau, the clinic eventually opened in Catholic Charities one day per week to serve clients there when the warming shelter is open, says founder Jeffrey Todd. The clinic has operated at Catholic Charities the past two winters one day per week, including this one as Catholic Charities’ warming center moved first to the Marathon County Youth Building and then to the YWCA building at the end of April. The new clinic would be far more robust, Todd tells City Pages. At 3,000 square feet of space, it will be able to fill a need Wausau has had for a while. There are more than 100 free clinics in Wisconsin—ones as close as Merrill and Marshfield—but none in Wausau. Todd says the free clinic at the Community Partners Campus would change that. The clinic can handle just about anything an outpatient clinic could, Todd says, including treating hypertension, asthma, and diabetes. The new clinic would operate several days per week, Todd says, and be more widely available — generally to patients with incomes below 250% of the poverty rates. That covers some 12,000 people in the county, Todd says. That number might increase as unemployment continues to rise during the coronavirus pandemic. Staffing won’t be a problem, Todd says. Doctors, nurses and physicians assistants have been chomping at the bit to volunteer when the new clinic launches, Todd says.
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The first attempt by Gumness and Noel to create the Community Partners Campus was focused on the Gannett-owned Wausau Daily Herald building, located across Scott Street from the Neighbors’ Place. But the parties were never able to agree on a price, Gumness says. About six months ago the Cleveland Avenue site popped up on Gumness and Noel’s radar, and a plan was hatched. Gumness says the Community Partners organization would make the space available to nonprofits at below market rate, allowing the agencies to spend more time and resources toward helping clients. If the city of Wausau doesn’t ultimately select the Community Partners Campus project for the Cleveland Avenue site, Gumness can’t imagine where they’d find another location. There aren’t many appropriate spaces for sale in a central location, on a bus line, and with room to expand for future phases that include transitional housing. Their group is hoping to hold public information meetings with the neighborhood, and would have already if not for Covid-19 social distancing restrictions. But so far the project has received nothing but support. “I think the conversation the city had and is having with different organizations to figure out ways to solve homelessness in our community has also led to momentum and excitement toward our efforts,” Gumness says.
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B ar B eat Thursday June 11 Brad, Sid & Charlie · Tiki Beach Bar & Grill, Mosinee. Variety. Bring your own lawn chair. 6-10 pm. 715-341-2232 Bernie Thompson · Black Bear Bar, Minocqua. Acoustic folk rock, bluegrass. 8 pm. 715-358-2116 Friday June 12 Brad Emanuel · Bullheads Bar & Grill, Stevens Point. Variety. 7-11 pm. 715-344-5990 Chaz’nGerry · District 1 Brewing Co., Stevens Point. Acoustic. 5:30-8 pm. 715-544-6707 Max Koepke · Sawmill Brewing Co., Merrill. Variety acoustic. 6-8 pm. 715-722-0230 Brian West · The Office Bar, Schofield. 8 pm 715-355-5432 Saturday June 13 Levi Ballenger · Tiki Beach Bar & Grill, Mosinee. Variety. Acoustic variety. 2-5 pm. 715-341-2232 Rusty Nails · Central Waters Brewing Co., Amherst. Variety. 7 pm. 715-824-2739 Mackenzie Moore · Rhinelander Brewing Co. Singer, songwriter. 6-9 pm. 715-550-2337 Laura Jean Bomber · Sunset Point Winery, Stevens Point. Folk, Americana. 5:30 pm. 715-544-1262 Cruisin Round · O’Brien’s on Main, Amherst. Folksy blues. 8 pm. 715-824-3317 Genesee Depot · Bullheads Bar & Grill, Stevens Point. County. 7-11 pm. 715-344-5990 Jerry Duginski · The Office Bar, Schofield. 7 pm. 715-355-5432
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Sunday June 14 Dan Gruetzmacher · Cop Shoppe, Wausau. Polka. 1-3 pm. 715-845-2030 Amelia Ford · O’Brien’s on Main, Amherst. Singer songwriter. 3-6 pm. 715-824-3317 Michael Saint · Rock Island, Merrill. Acoustic variety, originals. 2 pm. 715-536-8560 Wednesday June 17 Carl Jackson · Bill’s Bar, Merrill. Country, folk, rock. 5:30-7:30 pm. 715-218-6969 Thursday June 18 Unity the Band · Tiki Beach, Mosinee. Reggae. 6-10 pm. 715-341-2232 Friday June 19 Pat & Patience · District 1 Brewing, Stevens Point. Acoustic duo from Spicy Tie Band. 6:30-8:30 pm. 715-544-6707 The 3’s and 7’s · Intermission, Wausau. Classic and original rock. 9 pm. 715-849-9377
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Weston Farmers Market · Saturdays & Tuesdays starting May 2. Corner of Schofield Ave. and Camp Phillips Road (next to Dunkin’ Donuts). Fresh fruits and vegetables, blowers, crafts, food trucks, more. 8 am–2 pm or sold out. 715-359-6114 Wausau Farmers Market · Saturdays & Wednesdays starting May 2, River Dr., Wausau. Run by local farmers, bakers, roasters, beekeepers. 7 am–sold out. On Facebook, FarmersMarketofWausau.com Mosinee Farmer’s Fresh Market · Tuesdays starting June 2, River Park, Mosinee. Presented by Mosinee Chamber of Commerce. Noon-2 pm or sold out. Mosineechamber.org, 715-693-4330 Rothschild Farmers Market Fridays 11 am-4 pm, thru Oct. 23, at Cedar Creek Mall. rothschildwi.com or lholzem@rothschildwi.com Merrill Area Farmers Market June 6 thru October 31. Wednesdays & Saturdays 7:30 am–12:30 pm. Normal Park, five blocks north of courthouse on Center Ave. On Facebook and at merrillareafarmersmarket.com Stevens Point Farmers’ Market Mon.-Sat. May thru Oct. Saturday is the biggest day open 7:30 am-noon. Weekday vendors make own hours. Located at Mathias Mitchell Public Square downtown. stevenspointfarmersmarket@gmail.com and on Facebook State Park Speedway · Thurs. 6/11, State Park Speedway, Wausau. SLM & Support Divisions. Stateparkspeedway.com Open Nights at the Gardens · Tues. 6/16, Monk Gardens, Wausau. Enjoy the botanical gardens and trails and relax on the event lawn (practice social distancing) with a beer garden hosted by Whitewater Music Hall, with food truck Hanuman Express, and live music. Bring your own chair and yard game. Must be age 16+ and register in advance for a 1.5-hour time block. 4-8 pm. Free to members, $5 per person general. Sign up and see other important details at monkgardens.org and on its Facebook page. Yoga in the Gardens · Wednesdays and Thursdays thru August, Monk Gardens, Wausau. Bring your own mat and practice on the event lawn (social distancing required) with Kerri Spromberg and Jean Miller. Masks required at all times except when on your mat for yoga. 6-7 pm. $5 cash only. State Park Speedway: Flip Merwin Memorial · Thurs. 6/18, State Park Speedway, Wausau. SLM, Bandolero’s & Support Divisions. Stateparkspeedway.com Women’s Mountain Bike Weekend · Fri. 6/26-Sun. 6/28, Nine Mile Forest, Wausau. CWOCC leads this women’s only weekend of skills, drills, and trail rides, with certified coaches, local trail experts. Intended for beginner to intermediate riders, covering range of topics from bike maintenance to personal fitness. Instructional small group rides at Nine Mile County Forest plus pump track and downhill trails at Wausau’s new Sylvan Hill Bike Park. Price includes appetizers/drink Friday night, trail lunch Sat., taco bar/drink Sat. evening. Breakfast is on your own. Come early Friday for an optional group ride at 4 pm at new Ringle Trail. $195. Details and registration on Facebook and cwocc.org.
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A rts /E xhibits Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art · Gallery hours: Tues.-Sat. noon-5 pm. Free admission. 715-298-4470, Wmoca.org. Craig Blietz · thru July. Oil paintings by Wisconsin artist · Motorama Auto Museum, Aniwa · Open Thursdays and Fridays. 400+ race cars, army trucks, motorcycles. 9 am-5 pm. All visitors must wear masks. $10 adults, kids free. 715-449-2141, alfaheaven.com Q Artists Cooperative, Stevens Point. Now open. Exhibit of quilting by Pat Gaska and silversmithing by Joan North runs July-Aug. Temporary gallery hours Thurs.Fri. 12-4 pm, Sat. 10 am-2 pm. 715-345-2888
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Summer Camp at Home: Birdwatching · Fri. 6/12, Facebook Live. Learn about life found at the gardens and learn some fun facts. 1 pm or re-watch anytime on Facebook. List of supplies and details at monkgardens.org The Show Must Go Online: Virtual Theater Camp · Mon. & Thurs. 6/15-7/2. Ages 8-16 write, rehearse and perform musical remotely. Actors rehearse a 1-2 minute scene to record and upload and together the scenes form a hilarious story. $35. Register by 6/10: uwsp.edu/conted Virtual ARTventure Camp: Spring Has Sprung! · Mon.Fri. 6/15-19, Zoom. During this online virtual camp via Zoom, ages 6-12 create projects in a multitude of mediums with live instruction by qualified artist. All supplied provided. Meet live each day at 10-10:45 am and 2-2:45 pm. $100. Register at Cvawausau.org College 4 Kids · Mon.-Fri. 6/15-19, Virtually. Grades K-6 choose from variety of classes including power pollinators, sign language, geology, nature journaling and more. 9-9:45 am or 10-10:45 am. $40. Details, register: uwsp.edu/conted Wild Wednesdays at the Zoo: River Valley Raptors · Wed. 6/17, Wildwood Zoo, Marshfield. Educational program. Held rain or shine. 11 am & 1 pm. Free. 715-384-4642 ext. 0 Summer Camp at Home: Bumble Bees · Wed. 6/17, Facebook Live. Learn about life found at the gardens and learn some fun facts. 1 pm or re-watch anytime on Facebook. List of supplies and details at monkgardens.org Summer Camp at Home: Insects · Fri. 6/19, Facebook Live. Learn about life found at the gardens and learn some fun facts. 1 pm or re-watch anytime on Facebook. List of supplies and details at monkgardens.org Ongoing Tech Attack Camps · Mon.-Fri. 6/8-8/29, Virtually. Ages 8-14 enhance knowledge of game design, power your imagination and bring ideas to life. 8:30-11:30 am or 12:30-3:30 pm. Prices start at $149. Details, register: uwsp.edu/conted Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area · Summer programs run June 8-Aug. 19 at the Wausau site on Second. St., Wausau. For grades 4-12. Summer hours 6:45 am-5:30 pm. $25 per member. Space limited, summer registration required at bgclub.com to be added to wait list
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This outdoor party of reggae and rock is guaranteed to put you in the summer mood. Unity is a favorite Wisconsin band for good reason. These guys not only put out a big, big sound, they’re consummate showmen and sometimes might even take you to “church” with their positive island vibes. Bring your lawn chair, enjoy the sounds and the sunset, and order food and drinks at the bar (no carry-ins allowed). Must be 21 or older or accompanied by adult guardian. 6 pm. 715-341-2232.
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Sign up early before they sell out as registration will be more limited this year. (Also consider that CWOCC’s youth biking program already sold out for the summer). This three-day experience for gals only is led by experienced coaches and local trail experts from the great people of the Central Wisconsin Offroad Cycling Coalition. They’ll lead rides at Nine Mile Forest, Ringle’s newly built trail, and Sylvan Hill Park. The workshops cover a wide range topics, from bike maintenance to physical fitness, and some meals and social time is included. It begins 6 pm Friday with registration (or do an early 4 pm group ride in Ringle) followed by breakout sessions through 8 pm. The all-day Saturday session is held at Nine Mile, with Sunday sessions at Sylvan Hill Bike Park in Wausau. Must be at least 18, or with permission by event organizer. Details, schedule and registration ($195) on CWOCC’s Facebook page, and cwocc.org.
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