Summer Programs at the Marathon County Public Library- August 11-17, 2014
What’s going on this week with the summer programs at the Marathon County Public Library: Ongoing...
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Summer Programs at the Marathon County Public Library- August 4-10, 2014
What’s going on this week with the summer programs at the Marathon County Public Library:...
Read MoreProspect Street construction wrapping up
I’d like to say that the construction on Prospect Street is wrapping up, but unfortunately they only have the asphalt as far north as Thomas street. The other half of the street still looks like a warzone with piles of...
Read MoreWausau Labor Day Parade, September 3rd 2012
Wausau’s annual Labor Day parade, sponsored by the Marathon County Labor Council is set for Monday, September 3rd starting at 4:00pm. Organized labor is important; they’ve worked hard to make our community a better...
Read MoreRelyLocal Businesses at the 2012 Wisconsin Valley Fair
It’s a hot week at the Wisconsin Valley Fair. But what makes it hotter is all the RelyLocal Business members exhibiting their products and services or volunteering their time with local service clubs. I spent all day...
Read MoreProspect Street Reconstruction: Where the Sidewalk Begins
Last week Prospect street received curb and gutter and this week the street got NEW SIDEWALKS! Slowly the street and neighborhood and starting to look like normal. We’ve still got gravel and aggregate in the roadbed, but...
Read MoreProspect Street Reconstruction: Curbing your Enthusiasm
It felt like things were slowing down and getting a bit repetitive with the reconstruction on Prospect Street. Then I go on vacation, come back, and the the street is level and smooth. Yep, the underground work has finished up...
Read MoreProspect Street Reconstruction: It’s a heat wave
This was not the week to be working in construction. The unbearably hot temperatures don’t make for easy work. But the work on Prospect street is progressing, even if it doesn’t appear so. Every day the crew digs a...
Read MoreHappy Independence Day
It’s a funny feeling when the 4th of July falls on a Wednesday. The three or four day weekend you try to stretch out becomes a more difficult proposition. But the midweek holiday does make for a nice break in the work...
Read MoreProspect Street Reconstruction: Making Connections
The reconstruction on Prospect street is progressing. It seems difficult to judge their progress as day starts with the crew digging a hole and then filling it back in by evening. But this past week the houses along the street...
Read MoreProspect Street Reconstruction: Rain, rain, go away!
The reconstruction on Prospect Street has taken on a familiar pattern. First the crews dig a big hole and lay some pipe. Then another person fills the hole back up again and ground is compacted by a machine that vibrates all the...
Read MoreProspect Street Reconstruction: Week 2
The infrastructure of the street is like a seven layer salad. You don’t realize what’s buried underneath the roadway until you see the construction crews tear it all out. This past week of the Prospect Street...
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