WAUSAU — Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services, in partnership with Wings, a Grief Education Ministry, will host a holiday concert designed to help families navigate grief during the holiday season. “Lean on Me,” performed by Living River Quartet, will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 1 at the Plaza Hotel and…
Obituaries are a service of Brainard Funeral Home, with locations in Wausau and Weston. Rose Dreikosen Rose Marie E. Dreikosen, 85, Marathon, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital. She was born Oct. 27, 1933, in the town of Cassel, daughter of the late Robert and Marie (Kamenick) Blume. On Oct. 27, 1952,…
STEVENS POINT — The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has a host of events coming up during the next several weeks. Discover the roles of forest restoration, roots, trapping and woodpeckers in nature through programs at Schmeeckle Reserve. Taught by UW-Stevens Point students, the free programs meet at the reserve’s Visitor Center, 2419 North Point Drive, Stevens…
WAUSAU — The executive director of YWCA Wausau will speak on implicit bias — attitudes or stereotypes that unconsciously influence our understanding, decisions and actions — in late November. Andrea Huggenvik will speak at this free event from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 27 at YWCA Wausau, 613 N. Fifth St., Wausau. You’ll be oriented…
STEVENS POINT — The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has a host of events coming up during the next several weeks. Discover the roles of forest restoration, roots, trapping and woodpeckers in nature through programs at Schmeeckle Reserve. Taught by UW-Stevens Point students, the free programs meet at the reserve’s Visitor Center, 2419 North Point Drive, Stevens…
Obituaries are a service of Brainard Funeral Home, with locations in Wausau and Weston. Verlette Marquardt Verlette L. Marquardt, 84, of Wausau passed away at St. Clare’s Hospital on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. Her husband Raymond passed away just a month before on Oct. 13. Verlette was born in Wausau on Nov. 20, 1933, to…
WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration is expecting a record breaking number of flyers this Thanksgiving holiday with more than 25 million passengers traveling through security screening checkpoints nationwide Nov. 16 through Nov. 26, an increase of 5 percent from 2017. TSA officials will deploy new technology, add more canine teams and more than 1,200…
The Marathon County Public Library will host several events in the coming weeks at its various libraries. Celebrate the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday by making a turkey windsock on Nov. 19 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at the Mosinee Branch, 123 Main St., Mosinee. Kids can use bathroom tissue rolls, tissue paper and construction paper to make this…
WAUSAU — Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Route 51” features a preview of the nine-day gun deer hunting season at 10 a.m. Nov. 15. Host Rich Kremer welcomes ‘Outdoor Guys’ Dave Carlson and Joe Knight to the show. The guests will discuss the new rules coming into effect for this year’s gun deer hunting season beginning Nov.…
A physician with a special interest in treating hypertension and diabetes and a physician assistant who has a special interest in orthopedic issues have joined Ascension Medical Group. Dr. Bolanle Gbadebo, MD, has joined the Family Medicine Department of Ascension St. Michael’s at Plover, 2401 Plover Road. Board-certified in family medicine, Gbadebo, earned his medical…
