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The executive committee invited an alternative Black Lives Matter speaker — who then slandered Wausau’s mayor One of the outcomes of a county meeting that garnered national attention was that a speaker promoting an alternative to Black Lives Matter was approved to address the county board at its educational meeting. Typically educational presentations are pretty mundane affairs. This was anything but. So much so, in fact, that the county board chair later apologized to the mayor for remarks the speaker made and school board members called for the cancelation of another talk later on Saturday at the Wausau East Auditorium. During a presentation Thursday evening, Kevin McGary, the leader of Every Black Life Matters, in his speech to the Marathon County Board rejected the Critical Race Theory of authors such as Ibram X. Kendi, whose theories he says runs counter to Martin Luther King Jr’s teachings about judging someone based on the content of their character. McGary also argued that birth control and Planned Parenthood pioneer Margaret Sanger was a white supremacist and targeted black neighborhoods for abortion. Politifact rated that claim, made recently by politician Andrew Koenig, as “mostly false.” Sanger did speak at one women’s KKK rally, according to Politifact, but Sanger later told people it was her weirdest speaking appearance and historians generally agree her interests were purely in spreading birth control to everyone. McGary specifically took shots at Mayor Katie Rosenberg. Rosenberg announced the city would proclaim itself a Community for All after the measure failed the previous week at the county’s Executive Committee. “She’s all in with fully exterminating people… blacks,” McGary said. Rosenberg in a tweet following the meeting called the statement “absolutely inflammatory nonsense.” In an interview with City Pages, she said a number of people across the political spectrum reach out to her to express outrage at the comments. Rosenberg says County Board Chairman Kurt Gibbs apologized to her for not stopping the speech when the comments got personal. Rosenberg says she would rather just not engage with it. “It’s inflammatory nonsense,” Rosenberg told City Pages. The comments also prompted some Wausau School Board members to question how McGary came to be allowed to use the Wausau East Auditorium for a speech on
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The Dining on the Street event will return in June, according to Wausau River District officials — and they’re adding a night. The Dining on the Street event started last year in response to the pandemic will kick off on June 9 and
continue through to Sept. 15, according to a news release from the District. The event had typically been held Wednesdays but will now include Saturdays as well. Dining on the Street sees Third Street closed to traffic frmo 5 pm-9 pm with tables set up outside. The move allowed safe dining during the COVID pandemic and was a boost for downtown restaurants which otherwise struggled during the pandemic. The event will also happen on one additional day: June 18. Vic Ferrari will be playing at the 400 Block in Wausau and organizers would like to have local restaurants benefit so the Dining on the Street was approved for that night as well.
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A new proposal would allow fat bikes to ride at Nine Miles Forest next winter. The proposal by the Central Wisconsin Off-Road Cycling Coalition calls for fat-tired mountain bikes to be allowed to use some of the single-track trails in the winter, with signs telling them to yield to cross country skiers. The county held a meeting about the proposal Wednesday, and is currently taking public comment on the proposal through June 11. The survey can be found on the Marathon County website under announcements. Under the proposal, CWOCC would handle the grooming and is looking to form a partnership with the county for funding the needed trail signs. There aren’t much else in costs, CWOCC says in its proposal.
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In addition to Madison, Stevens Point just completed an affordable housing report, Rosenberg says. Merrill also studied affordable housing and is providing some land for affordable housing as well as some incentives torward them being built, Rosenberg says. “It’s all stuff we will have to discuss,” she says. City Council member Lisa Rasmussen says even if the task force takes time to develop its recommendations, in the meantime if a viable project came along, it wouldn’t stop the council from acting. The task force will be good for focusing efforts around affordable housing, which had been a bit scattered and uncoordinated in the past. “I really see this as a way to channel the discussion in the community around this issue,” Rasmussen says. Council Member Tom Kilian opposed the task force because he didn’t think it was being undertaken with the right mindset. He accused the city in the past of predatory housing predatory development schemes. “We can not say one thing and do another anymore,” Kilian says. City Council Member Sarah Watson said that there was no downside to having a discusion around affordable housing. The task force’s creation passed 7-3.
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Weird week for: Goatopia is… real Last April City Pages wrote an April Fool’s story about Wausau’s mayor declaring the city a Goatopia: a veritable haven for goats. This week it became a reality. OK, not exactly, but the Public Health and Safety Committee Monday night approved a trial run of a program allowing goats to eat invasive species. According to Parks and Recreation Director Jamie Polley, the pilot program would see a farmer bring in goats to eat invasive plants such as buckthorn and honey suckle from Barker-Stewart Island. The goats would be barricaded with electric fences and water, which goats do not like, Polley says. People will not be allowed to interact with the goats. But for those who are goat-curious, never fear: the city plans to pair the program with a public goat event in which people will be allowed to interact with a couple of the nicer goats. It could be used as a fundraiser for the program itself, Polley says. And, says Deputy Chief Matt Barnes, it will solve a safety issue. People were apparently camping out in the bushes and sometimes hiding and scaring people as they walked the trail. “Goat stands for greatest of all time, and we’re looking forward to this project,” Barnes says. The program has worked well in other communities and the goats would be on site for roughly four to six weeks, Polley says.
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The state legislature’s rules panel renews work search requirement for unemployed The GOP-controlled Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules along party lines shot down an emergency rule suspending a work search requirement for people seeking unemployment benefits. Dems slammed the 6-4 vote as adding complications to the Unemployment Insurance process when the state still hasn’t gotten out of the COVID-19 pandemic. But Republicans hailed the vote as an incentive for people to get back to work. “I don’t see us as doing anything other than basically saying ‘get out there and search for opportunities,’” said Rep. John Spiros, R-Marshfield. Department of Workforce Secretarydesignee Amy Pechacek told the committee the agency wasn’t ready to go back to implementing work search requirements as most new hires at the agency have yet to go through the proper training on how to navigate those forms. Under normal circumstances, people seeking unemployment in the state would have to prove to DWD they’ve made at least four work searches per week to receive benefits. Pechacek said the requirement was one of the steepest in the country.
The rule would have expired July 10, which Pechacek said would’ve been enough time to bring new hires up to speed on the procedures. The vote meant the requirement was to return the last full week of May, according to legislative attorneys. “Failing to meet work search requirements is one of the main reasons people are denied benefits,” she said. “Wisconsinites that can are going back to work quickly.” Pechacek said there’s no evidence that a lack of job search requirements has discouraged people from actively seeking a new job. She pointed to a series of studies over the pandemic, including one conducted by the Trump administration, which she said debunked the notion that people on unemployment aren’t looking for work. But Sen. Duey Stroebel, R-Saukville, rejected Pechacek’s assessment. He said he’s heard plenty of anecdotal stories that people don’t want to return to the workforce right now. “Maybe you should look at some other studies,” he said. “Believe me, the people are out there.”
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Gov. Tony Evers says he may sign a bill that would ban police use of chokeholds even though it includes some exceptions. Evers said he would rather sign a police chokehold ban bill sans exceptions. However, he said he would consider a bill going through the Legislature that would ban chokehold use except in life-threatening situations and in self-defense because it moves police reform in the right direction. “But at the end of the day, the best is to ban it completely, but I’ll take a look at it when it comes in,” he said. And he said he would also consider signing other police reform bills making their way through the Legislature because many of them have strong bipartisan support and work toward more transparency and accountability. He added the bills look to be a step forward “and I’d consider signing them, but I want to see what comes to my desk,” Evers said.
Evers urges against cutting state jobs
Department of Administration Secretary Joel Brennan is raising concerns with the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee cochairs over their efforts to cut vacant state jobs, arguing those unfilled positions were meant to help save money at the outset of the pandemic and were never meant to be permanent reductions. Brennan wrote to the co-chairs the state implemented a hiring freeze a year ago to deal with the uncertainty of the burgeoning pandemic. But the state is now on solid footing financially. In January, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau projected the state would finish the current fiscal year June 30 with a surplus of nearly $1.9 billion, though that is expected to dip with a round of tax cuts the Legislature approved and Gov. Tony Evers signed. Brennan also said some members of the Legislature “hold less than favorable opinions of state employees” and have accused state workers of not doing their jobs because they were working from home during the pandemic. “Eliminating positions may be a politically appealing talking point but it simply is not the right thing to do,” Brennan wrote, adding agencies have been waiting until the hiring freeze was lifted to fill many of the vacancies. Brennan’s letter asks the lawmakers to restore positions cut during the committee’s two previous meetings and to cease future attempts to eliminate jobs impacted by the hiring freeze.
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Fifty chambers of commerce statewide are urging lawmakers to end the $300 federal unemployment benefit, arguing it contributes to the state’s workforce shortage. This comes on the heels of Wisconsin’s Republican congressional delegation also urging Gov. Tony Evers to end the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation. Workforce was already the biggest challenge facing Wisconsin businesses prior to the COVID-19 downturn, the chambers wrote. And instead of a bounce back from the pandemic, the state’s economy is being held back by an “acute labor shortage” made worse by the benefits they say incentivize people to stay home. The chambers, including Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, are asking Evers and the Legislature to instead use American Rescue Plan funds to encourage people to reenter the workforce. “Wisconsin should join states like Idaho, Iowa, Montana, and South Carolina in ending the $300 per week federal UI supplemental,” the letter reads. “Instead, funds from the American Rescue Plan should be used to incentivize work by offering bonuses, similar to what is being done in the aforementioned states.” The Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce and the Mosinee Chamber of Commerce were among the fifty chambers urging for the end of the benefits.
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Lobbyists would see their fees increase for the first time in more than 28 years, under a motion approved by the Legislature’s budget committee. But the $10 increase is a fraction of what the Ethics Commission had requested to fund a deputy administrator position. The hike also wouldn’t kick in until the 2023-24 session, while the commission had asked for an additional surcharge on lobbying fees already paid for the 2021-22 session. Lobbying principals now pay $375 a year to register and $125 per lobbyist -fees that were last modified in 1995. The agency requested increases of $55 for each fee to fund a new deputy administrator to help process complaints and answer requests for guidance. Instead, the committee approved a $10 increase in each fee, generating $79,700, starting in 2023-24. It also voted to provide $147,900 in general-purpose revenue to cover the cost of the new position. The Association of Wisconsin Lobbyists had opposed the $55 fee increase the commission proposed.
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Wisconsin officials bullish on summer tourism outlook Acting Tourism Secretary Anne Sayers says the Joint Finance Committee’s vote to continue a $1.5 million addition to the Department of Tourism’s base budget will help Wisconsin remain competitive with other Midwestern states. Tourism is in double the markets it was in 2019, and Sayers says it’s good marketing sense to stay there. Sen. Joan Ballweg, who serves on the Legislature’s JFC, said the tourism industry will play a vital role in reinvigorating the state post-pandemic. The budget committee reviews and rewrites Gov. Tony Evers’ two-year budget plan before passage by the full Legislature. Then the document goes back to the governor for likely vetoes. “Although the Department of Tourism is a relatively small department, the tourism industry supports over 200,000 jobs in our local communities and has an over $2 billion impact on our state’s economy,” Ballweg, R-Markesan, said after the provision passed in mid-May. The committee also took action to continue to fund the Office of Outdoor Recreation, which was created in 2019 to promote Wisconsin as a top outdoor recreation state. “Outdoor recreation has always been a top driver of visitation for Wisconsin, and it’s a growing sector of the economy even outside of tourism,” Sayers said. “There’s a lot of activity in this space nationally; Wisconsin is outpacing the national average.” As participation levels in outdoor recreation skyrocketed in 2020, the office was there to organize that activity, Sayers explained. It’s also there for the manufacturers and retailers who are now raising questions around workforce, supply chain and how to keep the outdoor recreation economy growing. That’s just one thing to help propel tourism into what looks like a record-setting year. The numbers of Americans looking to travel in the next six months are at a peak since the beginning of the pandemic at 89 percent, Sayers told a WisBusiness.com virtual event on May 20. Vacations of two nights or more are outpacing both 2020 and the record-setting year for tourism of 2019. “These are really strong indicators that this is tourists, travelers, residents all looking to get revenge on the
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▲ Scott Laub has given up the alcohol lifestyle and turned to woodworking.
he returned to Wausau he joined the band Kaos and was one of the top three bands around the area, opening for every major act that came to town. But the music lifestyle for Laub was also a drinking lifestyle; even band practices usually began with someone walking through the door with a case of beer. And his motorcycles, in his words, seemed to direct themselves toward bars. Both had to go. Woodworking took their place.
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Laub was a young man when he walked into a familiar club in the Milwaukee area called The Unicorn — part of the since razed, multi-colored Sydney Hih building. The owner, a friend of his, called him over to introduce him to a friend of his named “Bill.” Laub sat down with him and shared a couple of beers with him. That someone turned out to be Billy Corgan, the frontman of The Smashing Pumpkins. It was still the early days of the Pumpkins, when they were still a Chicagoland band. Nirvana played at the same club well before they were a household name. Corgan still had long black hair, not the shaved head look he sported later on. “We shook hands, shared a couple of beers and went about our days,” Laub says. Later on his band ended up opening for The Smashing Pumpkins. Laub grew up in Wausau and moved to Milwaukee, joining a number of bands but chiefly a zydeco band that played three to five nights per week, making Laub a working musician. It might have seemed an odd choice to those who knew him then; he was inspired to become a drummer from seeing Motley Crue as a young teen, and embraced the whole long-haired, hair band rocker image. He was friends with Enuff Z’Nuff bass player Chip Z’Nuff. But the zydeco band more than paid the bills in the 90s in Milwaukee. They sometimes played more than once per day, playing for example the Milwaukee Zoo one day and a wedding at night. It was a great time for Laub, but eventually it came to an end. The band chose to focus on recording instead of playing out, which meant no money coming in. Laub decided it was time to move back home. He played with Kaos through the early parts of the 2000s, until the lead singer decided to go back to school and that band broke up too. Before then, Kaos has been a pretty big band in Wausau. Wausau Music owner Neal Zunker says Laub was
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a great customer. “He was a no-bullshit kind of a guy, he knew what he wanted,” Zunker said of Laub. “He really did his research. But he wasn’t too demanding, and very appreciative.” Kaos was a pretty big music player in town in those days, Zunker says. “They played all over the place,” Zunker says. “They were one of the more popular bands back in the day.”
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Life turned into something a bit more domestic for Laub. Working at a paper mill, he worked long shifts, came home to his wife, and started drinking. “Papermill life is a culture,” Laub says. “You work 16 hours, come home and crank seven beers, sleep for six hours and go back and work another 16 hours. It’s not smart. It’s not healthy.” Being alert working at a paper mill is generally a good thing. If you make a mistake you don’t just lose a finger — machines there can kill you if you’re not careful, Laub says. So hangovers and sleep deprivation aren’t a good combination with such dangerous work. Laub says his drinking went beyond getting out of
hand. Everything revolved around drinking. “If it was nice out, hey let’s have one,” Laub says. “If it was gloomy, well, might as well have a drink. It didn’t matter if it was a good or bad reason to drink. That was the culture we lived in, in Central Wisconsin. It was an acceptable habit to have.” Laub divorced from his wife in 2012. She’d had enough of his drinking lifestyle. Laub says he really went all out in that period. He says he was like a silverback gorilla running wild for four years. “It was like watching a plane crash.” Ultimately they started chatting again. She would send him pictures of their kids. They talked more and more. Eventually, they got back together. He read books on remarrying and put effort into making it work. They remarried in 2019. He never stopped drinking though.
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His wife asked him to quit drinking, and that’s what led to him packing his bags and leaving again, ending up in that Grand Avenue apartment alone, with his bottle of alcohol. He doesn’t mince words about his intentions on that
particular night, 12 days from when he moved out of his house. “I was either going to eat a bullet on my new couch, or get help,” Laub says. “What was I doing? I walked out on my life. I’d just got remarried and got the family back together, and I told her to take a flying [expletive] because I would rather drink than appease her request?” His wife was skeptical when she told him about the plane ticket to Florida to enter rehab. But that’s exactly what he did. Laub took FMLA leave from work, got on a plane in the middle of a pandemic, managing to not catch COVID, and entered a rehab program in Fort Lauderdale, entering detox for 14 days (he’d not been drinking for three days by the time he got there, Laub explains, but they treat you as if you’re hammered the day you get there), and later into a program called HEAL in Jupiter, Florida. Despite not caring for the fact that he was mostly surrounded by rich kids, he learned a lot; that a lot of his drinking stems from childhood trauma, masking those issues with alcohol. He learned coping mechanisms. One of the first things he did was sell his motorcycles and his drum kit. Both of them were triggers for alcohol. David Pelo, clinical director of outpatient services at North Central Health Care, says eliminating triggers can be a common coping mechanism for folks overcoming addiction. “Anything that triggers a person by making them want to use by bringing back the fun times with fun people, it creates a potential for relapse,” Pelo says. “For a lot of folks, if they don’t take that tough love approach, they might not be able to maintain sobriety.” His wife and kids were ecstatic when he returned. “My kids were very proud,” Laub says. “It’s sad I had to do that to get that out of them.” For Christmas he decided to make some cutting boards for his sisters as presents. He tried to keep it secret but word got out what he was doing, and when people saw his work, they started asking about it too. His friend, Andy Bartelt, told him he should consider starting an actual business. “He’s a successful person, who am I to argue with him?” Skeeters Woodshop was born. Will it ever be a full-time business? Laub isn’t sure. Once he is retired from the mill he will focus on woodworking because Laub can’t imagine just doing nothing. He has to keep busy, he says. He’s since brought the motorcycles back into his life. They no longer steer him toward the bar. The drums haven’t returned. They might, but Laub hasn’t decided yet. But the alcohol is gone for good, he says. In its place, a woodshop.
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BAR BEAT Thursday May 27 Hannah Wallace and Sam Ness · Bill’s Bar, Merrill. Variety. 7:30 pm. 715-218-6969 Brad Emanuel · Otto’s Beer & Brat Garden, Minocqua. Acoustic. 8 pm. 715-356-6134
Sunday May 30 Pam & Scott · Cop Shoppe Pub, Wausau. Polka. 1 pm. 715-845-2030 Max Plays at Trails End! · Trails End Lodge, Wausau. Classic rock. 3 pm. 715-848-2000 Monday May 31 Buckshot · The Rock, Merrill. Acoustic variety & original. 2 pm. 715-536-8560 Friday June 4 The foxfire affair · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point. Celtic, maritime, alternative, folk. 6:30 pm. 715-544-6707
The Dead Fretz · LT Club, Wausau. 80s and 90s rock, original. 8 pm. 715-848-3320
Don Haney · Eagles Club 251, Wausau. Acoustic. 8 pm. 715-845-4795
Sunday June 6 Tom Mijal & Polka Access · Gorski’s, Mosinee. Polka. 1 pm. 715-693-4001 Tuesday June 8 Spotlight Polka Band · Bull Falls Brewery, Wausau. Polka. 6 pm. 715-842-2337
Saturday June 5 Critters & Blues with Marty Frei · Cruisin’ 1724, Wausau. Blues, rock and country. 3 pm. 715-675-2940 Derek Lind Live Music · O’so Brewing Company, Plover. Acoustic. 3 pm. 715-342-9535
Thursday June 10 Tom Mijal & Polka Access · Gorski’s, Mosinee. Polka. 7 pm. 715-693-4001
Jesse & The Medicine Men · Sawmill Brewing Company, Merrill. Country. 5pm. 715-722-0230 Carlo Grimelli · Sunset Point Winery, Stevens Point. Acoustic. 6 pm. 715-544-1262
Friday June 11 String Cheese Band · Bull Falls Brewery, Wausau. Variety. 6 pm. 715-842-2337 Killing Rapunzel · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point. Acoustic. 7 pm. 715-544-6707 Feed the Dog Live@MST · Main Street Taps, Stevens Point. Jam-rock-grass, variety. 8 pm. 715-544-6500 Max Koepke · Rookies Sportspub, Stevens Point. Classic rock. 8:30 pm. 715-344-7026
Dr. Biscuit · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point. Variety. 6:30 pm. 715-544-6707 The Soul Inspirations · Eagles Club 251, Wausau. Soul. 6:30 pm. 715-845-4795 Hyde · Arrow Sports Club, Weston. Rock and pop. 7 pm. 715-359-2363 Quinton Kufahl · Rookies Sportspub, Stevens Point. Variety. 8 pm. 715-344-7026 Minor Distraction · Cruisin’ 1724, Wausau. Rock. 8 pm. 715-675-2940
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Saturday May 29 Derek Lind Live Music on the Patio · O’so Brewing Company, Plover. Acoustic. 2 pm. 715-342-9535 Fast Times at Homestead on 52 · Homestead on 52, Wausau. Classic rock. 2 pm. 715-843-7555 Bear Creek Band · Speakeasy Saloon & Grill, Neillsville. Variety. 4 pm. 715-743-2444 Red, Hot and Blue · Rhinelander Brewing Company, Rhinelander. Rock, blues, funk. 6 pm. 715-550-2337 Justin Zopel · Sunset Point Winery, Stevens Point. Variety. 6 pm. 715-544-1262 Salmon Run · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point. Neo-folk acoustic. 7 pm. 715-544-6707 DJ Steven B · Nightschool Nightclub, Schofield. Electronic, dance. 8 pm. 715-600-0996 The Influence · Black Bear, Minocqua. Classic rock & variety dance. 9 pm. 715-358-2116
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Saturday June 12 Mudd Brothers · Gorski’s, Mosinee. Variety. 1 pm. 715-693-4001 Montana & Mike · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point. Variety. 6:30 pm. 715-544-6707 Christy Anna · Rookies Sportspub, Stevens Point. Country and original. 8:30 pm. 715-344-7026
Sam Ness · Gorski’s, Mosinee. Folk, Americana. 1 pm. 715-693-4001 Sarah Crow and the Strangers · O’so Brewing Company, Plover. Folk. 3 pm. 715-342-9535 Levi Ballenger · Sunset Point Winery, Stevens Point. Acoustic. 6 pm. 715-544-1262 Timothy Tesch · Sawmill Brewing Company, Merrill. Acoustic, rock. 7 pm. 715-722-0230 Funkyard Dealers · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point. Funk. 7 pm. 715-544-6707
Sunday June 13 Hayes Boys · Gorski’s, Mosinee. Variety. 1 pm. 715-693-4001
Red Horse Live @ MST · Main Street Taps, Stevens Point. Variety. 9 pm. 715-544-6500
Friday June 18 Chaz and Gerry · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point. Acoustic 5 pm. 715-544-6707 Bryce Thomaschefsky · Sawmill Brewing Company, Merrill. Acoustic country & variety. 7 pm. 715-722-0230 Barefoot Americans · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point. Variety. 7 pm. 715-544-6707
Cynor Classics · Gorski’s, Mosinee. Polka. 1 pm. 715-693-4001
Saturday June 19 Doug Sheen · Sunset Point Winery, Stevens Point. Acoustic and new rock. 6 pm. 715-544-1262 Strategic at Main Street Taps · Main Street Taps, Stevens Point. Rock. 7 pm. 715-544-6500 Joe G · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point. Americana, folk, pop. 7 pm. 715-544-6707 Beyond Mars · The Glass Hat, Wausau. Indie, alt-rock. 10 pm. 715-298-0016 Sunday June 20 New Polish Sounds · Gorski’s, Mosinee. Variety. 1 pm. 715-693-4001 Friday June 25 Kylar Kuzio · District 1 Brewing Company, Stevens Point. Rock, country, blues, original, pop. 6:30 pm. 715-544-6707 Saturday June 26 Alpensterne · Bull Falls Brewery, Wausau. Variety. 1 pm. 715-842-2337
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Sundays with Santy · Rhinelander Brewing Company, Rhinelander. Variety. 2 pm. 715-550-2337
ON GOING Team Trivia Nights at Malarkey’s · Wednesdays, hosted at Malarkey’s Pub, 408 N 3rd St, Wausau. The games start at 7 pm each Wednesday. Social distancing in place. Make reservations online for your team of up to 6 people. http://www.malarkeyspub.com/ Trivia@MBCo · Wednesdays, hosted at Mosinee Brewing Company, 401 4th St, Mosinee. Trivia starts at 7 pm each Wednesday. Masks required. Limit team size to 6 people. http://www.mosineebrewing.com/ Trivia Night at Burks Bar · every other Wednesday, hosted at Burks Bar, 4711 Stewart Ave, Wausau. Starts at 7 pm. Use your phone to play along. 715-848-2253 Team Trivia Nights at Sawmill Brewing Company · Wednesdays, hosted at Sawmill Brewing Company, 1110 E 10th St, Merrill. The games start at 6 pm each Wednesday. Social distancing in place. Make reservations online for your team of 2-4 people. http://www.sawmillbrewing.net/
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LOCAL MUSIC HIGHLIGHT Album release party: CASHED As a guy who grew up in the 90s, idolizing Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots and Jane’s Addiction, I found something to like immediately after stumbling upon CASHED’s song What’s Next. The lead singer’s voice has that screaming yet melodic quality similar to Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell. Punk band CASHED, from the Wausau area, will hit the stage Saturday at 7 pm for the release of its album Breaking the Mold at Whitewater Music Hal’s biergarten Much of their song is the high-energy, guitar-driven rock one would expect of a punk band, and something Wausau hasn’t seen for a while anyway, at least not at mainstream venues. Think colored mohawks and denim sleeveless jackets kind of punk, not candy Blink 182. But songs like What’s Next, which CASHED played on the Bard Sessions YouTube channel out of Appleton, represents a slow down in style, allowing the songwriting and layering to come through. The lead singer appears with an acoustic guitar, and electric guitar overlays the riffs with tasfeful interludes. Based on a preview on their Facebook page, that’s the range of sound CASHED is capable of. They go from hard-driven traditional punk to something more akin to Jane’s Addiction, sort of a punked indie rock n’ roll style. Either way, bring your mohawk and get ready to jam. This four-piece will hit Whitewater at 7 pm, and food by The Food Lab will be served starting at 4 pm. This also happens to be Whitewater Music Hall’s second birthday. With much of the hall’s two-year history stifled by COVID, the owners will be happy to get back to hosting music. And what better than a local album release. Got new, local music to highlight? Shoot us an email at entertainment@mmclocal.com with a link to your work. We highlight local work produced professionally, whether a single, EP or album. (That includes home recording if it’s of at least close to professional quality.)
ON STAGE Streaming for All: ETHEL · Thurs. 5/27, hosted online by the Grand Theater, Wausau. Listen to music from Ethel recorded during the pandemic. Starts at 7:30 pm. Free but registration required. grandtheater.org Smash Mouth · Sat. 5/29, Tiki Bar on Lake Dubay, Mosinee. Alt-rock, Rock and Pop. 6 pm. 715-341-2232 Brad Emanuel at Bullheads Memorial Weekend · Sat. 5/29, Bullheads Bar & Grill, Stevens Point. Acoustic. 7 pm. 715-344-5990 The Allen Brothers · Sun. 5/30, Renee’s Red Rooster Bar and Grill, Stevens Point. Rock, pop, funk, Americana, reggae. 3 pm. 715-344-9825 Memorial Day Weekend w/Rising Phoenix @ Bullheads · Sun. 5/30, Bullheads Bar & Grill, Stevens Point. Rock. 7 pm. 715-344-5990 Notes at Night: Laura Bomber · Wed. 6/2, Mathias Mitchell Public Park, Stevens Point. Soft rock. 5:30 pm. Stevenspoint.com Levitt Amp Concert Series: Mike Mains & the Branches · Thurs. 6/3, Pfiffner Park, Stevens Point. Indie rock. 6 pm. Createportagecounty.org Slab · Thurs. 6/3, Tiki Beach Bar and Grill, Mosinee. Pop and rock. 6 pm. 715-342-2232 “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” by Second Act (Playhouse Theatre Group) · Thurs.-Sat. 6/3-6/5, hosted by the Playhouse
Theatre Group at Benjamin Franklin Junior High, 2000 Polk St, Stevens Point. Watch a show that mixes a spelling bee with comedy. Recommended for ages 14 and up due to mature humor. Starts at 7 pm. $12 per guest. Buy your tickets at www.playhousetheatergroup.com/putnamcounty-spelling-bee-tickets/ Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad · Available through Fri. 6/4, hosted online by the Grand Theater. Learn about Harriet Tubman and how she helped countless slaves. 8 am. grandtheater.org MC Classic Rock Fest · Fri. 6/4- Sat. 6/5, MC Festivals, Gleason. Sideshow. 5 pm. Classic rock. Cranking Yankees. 80s and 90s variety. 9 pm. Heartless. Rock. 4 pm. GlamBand. Glam Rock. 9 pm. $20 day pass. $35 weekend. Tickets at mcfests.com Marshfield Civic Band Dairyfest Concert · Fri. 6/4, Wenzel Family Plaza, Marshfield. Starts at 7:30 pm. Free. www.marshfieldcivicband.org Zac Matthews Band · Sat. 6/5, Tiki Beach Bar and Grill, Mosinee. Country. 5 pm. 715-342-2232 Hyde · Sat. 6/5, Arrow Sports Club, Weston. Rock and pop. 7 pm. 715-359-2363 The Allen Brothers · Sat. 6/5, Bullheads Bar & Grill, Stevens Point. Rock, pop, funk, Americana, reggae. 7 pm. 715-344-5990 The Jerry Schmitt Band · Sat. 6/5, Nutz Deep II, Marshfield. Country, rockabilly. 7 pm. 715-387-2597
Buffalo Galaxy in the Beer Garden · Fri. 6/25, hosted at Whitewater Music Hall, 130 1st St, Wausau. Listen to Buffalo Galaxy’s musical mix of bluegrass, jam, jazz, and country while enjoying food and beverages. For ages 21 and up. Starts at 7 pm. $5 cover. http://www.whitewatermusichall.com Unity the Band · Sat. 6/26, Tiki Beach Bar and Grill, Mosinee. Reggae rock. 5 pm. 715-342-2232
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Offspring ‘Let the Bad Times Roll’ Pretty Reckless ‘Death by Rock And Roll’ Neil Young ‘Young Shakespear’ Accept ‘Too Mean To Die’ Lana Del Rey ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’ Cheap Trick ‘In Another World’ Greta Van Fleet ‘Battle At Garden’s Gate’ Sturgill Simpson ‘Cuttin’ Grass Vol 2’ Rob Zombie ‘Lunar Injector Kool Aide Eclipse Conspiracy’ Teenage Wrist ‘Earth Is A Black Hole’
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MOVIES Cosmo Theater, Merrill: Cruella (PG13): Every day 7 pm, Mon., Wed., & Fri. 1 pm, Fri. & Sat. 7 pm & 9:30 pm, Sat. & Sun. 1 pm & 3:30 pm; A Quiet Place Part II (PG13): Every day 7 pm, Mon., Wed., & Fri. 1 pm, Fri. & Sat. 7 pm & 9 pm, Sat. & Sun. 1 pm & 3 pm; Here Today (PG): Every day 7 pm, Mon., Wed., & Fri. 1 pm, Fri. & Sat. 7 pm & 9:15 pm, Sat. & Sun. 1 pm & 3:15 pm Cedar Creek Cinema, Rothschild: Saturday: Cruella (PG13): 12:45 pm, 4 pm, 7:15 pm (HeatedDreamLounger), 12 pm, 3:15 pm, 5:30 pm, 6:15 pm, 8:45 pm, 9:30 pm, 2:15 pm; A Quiet Place Part II (PG13): 12 pm, 1:50 pm, 4:20 pm, 1 pm, 2:30 pm, 5 pm, 5:45 pm, 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 8:15 pm, 9 pm, 10 pm; Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (PG): 12:10 pm, 2:40 pm; Dream Horse (PG): 6:50 pm, 9:40 pm; Those Who Wish Me Dead (R): 5:10 pm, 7:40 pm; Spiral: Saw (R): 12:20 pm, 2:50 pm, 5:20 pm, 7:50 pm; Wrath of Man (R): 12:15 pm, 3 pm, 6:50 pm, 9:40 pm; Raya and the Last Dragon (PG): 1:30 pm, 4:10 pm Sunday: Cruella (PG13): 12:45 pm, 4 pm, 7:15 pm (HeatedDreamLounger), 12 pm, 3:15 pm, 5:30 pm, 6:15 pm, 8:45 pm, 9:30 pm, 2:15 pm, 5:30 pm; A Quiet Place Part II (PG13): 12 pm, 1:50 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:20 pm, 5 pm, 1 pm, 3:30 pm, 6 pm, 6:30 pm, 7:30 pm, 8:30 pm, 9 pm, 10 pm; Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (PG): 12:10 pm, 2:40 pm; Dream Horse (PG): 6:50 pm, 9:40 pm; Those Who Wish Me Dead (R): 5:10 pm, 7:40 pm; Spiral: Saw (R): 12:20 pm, 2:50 pm, 5:20 pm, 7:50 pm; Wrath of Man (R): 12:15 pm, 3 pm, 6:50 pm, 9:40 pm; Raya and the Last Dragon (PG): 1:30 pm, 4:10 pm
ON GOING Stevens Point Farmers Market · Every day from May thru Oct. Located at Mathias Mitchell Public Square, Stevens Point. Opens 6:30 am. https://www.stevenspointfarmersmarket.com Mosinee Farmers Market · Tuesdays from June thru Oct. Located at River Park, Mosinee. Starts at 11 am. www.mosineechamber.org Wausau Farmers Market · Wednesdays and Saturdays from May thru Oct. Located on River Drive, Wausau. Opens 7 am. www.farmersmarketofwausau.com Good News Project Laptop E-cycle · Fridays throughout the year. Safely recycle your old laptop for free at 1106 N 5th St, Wausau. All laptop recycling free for 2021 only! 9 am to 4 pm. 715-843-5985 The Landing Literacy Book Club · 4th Wed. of each month. Book club at the Landing YMCA, Wausau. Book notices at YMCA, Literacy Council and Janke Bookstore. Red ribbon cutting for the Literacy Council on 6/9 at noon. 715-841-1855 continues on 14
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Wis. Woodchucks · Thurs.-Fri. 6/10-6/11, 324 E Wausau Ave, Wausau. Woodchucks vs. Fond du Lac Dock Spiders. Starts at 6:35 pm. $9 general admission. Woodchucks.com Chamber Member Appreciation Night at the Wisconsin Woodchucks · Fri. 6/11, hosted by the Wisconsin Woodchucks at Athletic Park Woodchuck Stadium, Wausau. Wisconsin Woodchucks vs. Fond Du Lac Dock Spiders. Starts at 6:30 pm. $16 per ticket, $10 members online, $20members at door, $25 non members online, $35 non members at door. Woodchucks.com Wisconsin River Pro Rodeo · Fri.-Sun. 6/11-6/13, hosted at Merrill Festival Grounds, 2001 E 2nd St., Merrill. Watch bull riding, roping, barrel racing and bronco riding. Music, vendors and more at the event. Starts at 7 pm on Fri. and Sat. and 1 pm on Sun. $14 advance price and $17 at the gate. https://wrpr.org Movie Under the Stars-Presented by TDS Fiber · Fri. 6/11, hosted by the Village of Kronenwetter at Towering Pines Park. Enjoy a movie outdoors. Food available from Barnyard Burgers and social distancing recommended. Movie TBD. Starts at dusk. No cost. Kronenwetter.org Craft and Vendor Show · Sat. 6/12, hosted at the Cedar Creek Mall, 10101 Market St, Rothschild. Shop around for crafted item. Starts at 9 am. No Cost. 715-298-3811 Point Block Party · Sat. 6/12, hosted at Point Brewery Parking Lot, Stevens Point. Enjoy food, Point beverages and live music from Stetsin and Lace. Starts at 3 pm. Free. www.pointbeer.com Pizza Nights on the Patio · Wed. 6/16, 7/7, 7/14, 7/21, 8/4, 8/18, 9/1, 9/8, hosted by Willow Springs Garden, Wausau. Have some all you can eat pizza, salad, bread, lemonade, dessert, milk and water. Starts at 6 pm. $12 per person 11 and older, $4 for ages 6-10 and 5 and under free. 715-675-1171 Wis. Woodchucks · Sat.-Sun. 6/12-6/13, 324 E Wausau Ave, Wausau. Woodchucks vs. Kokomo Jackrabbits. Starts at 6:05 pm on 6/12 and 1:05 pm on 6/13. $9 general admission. Woodchucks.com Wis. Woodchucks · Thurs.-Fri. 6/17-6/18 · 324 E Wausau Ave, Wausau. Woodchucks vs. Madison Mallards. Starts at 6:35 pm. $9 general admission. Woodchucks.com 2021 Cranberry Blossom Festival · Fri.-Sun. 6/18-6/20, hosted by the Heart of Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce, Wisconsin Rapids. The Chamber of Commerce is hosting three events for the Cranberry Blossom Festival. Fri. 6/18 · Dairy Breakfast at the Elk’s Lodge 730 W Jackson St, Wisconsin Rapids. Enjoy a breakfast of pancakes, sausages and more. Starts at 6 am. $10 per person, $6 for ages 12 and under and free for 5 and under. Sat. 6/19 · Arts, Crafts and Cranberry Fair, Downtown Wisconsin Rapids. Check out foods, arts, crafts, jewelry and more. Starts at 10 am. Free. Sun. 6/20 · Arts, Cranberry Blossom Fest Parade, Downtown Wisconsin Rapids. Check out fire trucks, floats, musicians and more. Parade starts at 12 pm and goes down East Grand Avenue and 11th Street and crosses the Grand Avenue Bridge towards the YMCA. Event is free. Wisconsinrapidschamber.com Community Garage Sale Weekend · Fri.-Sun. 6/18-6/20, hosted by the Village of Kronenwetter. Kronenwetter will be holding a community garage sale for the weekend open to the public and vending for residents. Starts at 7 am. No cost. kronenwetter.org Block-Buster: Northside · Fri. 6/18, hosted by Create Portage at Washington Ave, Stevens Point. Listen to music, play games, and watch movies. More event details TBA. Starts at 5 pm. Free. http://www.createportagecounty.org/ Fish Boil and Polka Dance in the Round Barn · Fri. 6/18, hosted at Willow Springs Garden Round Barn, Wausau. Enjoy a fish boil along with polka music. Fish boil event starts at 6 pm and polka dance starts at 7 pm. $25 for dance and dinner, $18 for just dinner and $10 for only the dance. 715-675-1171 Wis. Woodchucks · Sat.-Sun. 6/19-6/20, 324 E Wausau Ave, Wausau. Woodchucks vs. Rockford Rivets. Starts at 6:05 pm on 6/19 and 1:05 pm on 6/20. $9 general admission. Woodchucks.com Wis. Woodchucks · Tues. 6/22, 324 E Wausau Ave, Wausau. Woodchucks vs. Green Bay Booyah. Starts at 6:35 pm. $9 general admission. Woodchucks.com CWSO presents Music in the Gardens · Wed. 6/23, hosted by the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra at Village Gardens, 2811 Porter Ct, Plover. Bring a lawn chair and listen to the
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515 North 3rd Street, Wausau The Marathon County Literacy Council has a lot to celebrate., Join us between Noon and 3:00 on Wednesday, June 9.
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MIKE MOLITOR
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POST-COVID (sort-of) Grand Opening Red Ribbon Cutting
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Father’s Day
Open 7 days a week 11-5 1035 East Grand Ave, Rothschild WI 54474 715-298-9339
See us at theseOpen 7 days a week 11-5 1103 East Grand Ave, Rothschild WI 54474 • 715-298-9339 2021 outdoor shows!
May 29-20 - shawano Memorial WeekendUnique Gifts! June 6 - shawano GreatFlea forMarket a Man Cave, She Shed, Garage or Basement! June 12-13 - Mukwonago Maxwell st. Days Over 1,000 different metal and lighted signs. June 20 - shawano Flea Market June 27 - shawano Flea Market www.uffdahhh.com July 3-4 - shawano July 4th Weekend July 8-10 - Iola Car show July 31-aug 1 - summer Elkhorn Car show aug 27-29 - Edgar Tractor show sept 4-5 - antigo Labor Day Weekend sept 24-26 - Fall Jefferson Car show www.uffdahhh.com
