WAUSAU, Wis.; March 20, 2017 – Shereen Siewert, publisher and editor of Wausau Pilot & Review, will co-moderate a public forum for four candidates to the Wausau School Board. Three candidates will be elected to three-year terms during the April 4 election. Siewert will be joined by Oliver Burrows, host of Hometown Morning on 1230 WXCO, and Sunrise Broadcasting will co-sponsor the event.
The forum will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 30 in the auditorium at North Central Technical College. Sunrise Broadcasting will record the forum for broadcast, time TBA.
Incumbents Lance Trollop and Jeff Leigh, along with challengers Jeff Kocha and Lee Webster, are invited to participate in the forum, which is free and open to the public.
Wausau Pilot & Review is an independent, 501c3 nonprofit newsroom devoted to educating the public about crucial issues in central Wisconsin with a special focus on public policy and quality of life issues. The organization, a member of the Local Independent Online News (LION) consortium, publishes nonpartisan, unbiased content to reflect a range of views and opinions about issues that affect people of the Wausau area.
Cool Oldies WXCO is Marathon County ‘s oldies radio station. All programming originates locally from the Sunrise Broadcasting studios in Wausau. Oliver Burrows hosts Hometown Morning each weekday morning from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., featuring interviews with community and business leaders along with local news topics.
