By Shereen Siewert City officials have formally released a request for proposals to redevelop the former site of the environmentally challenged Connor Forest Industries, but questions remain over whether plans…
By Shereen Siewert Wausau’s plan to host two roundtable discussions with candidates for office and key members of city staff could violate state campaign ethics rules designed to even the…
Dear Editor, Maybe it is harder than we know to be mayor of a small municipality in the social media age. Perhaps, we should acknowledge that. However, even if we…
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comments from City Council President Lisa Rasmussen and Economic Development Chair Tom Neal. By Shereen Siewert Wausau’s Economic Development Committee on…
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect a change in the dates for a new RFP. The dates listed in the city’s meeting packet for Oct.1 were dates…
By Shereen Siewert A Wausau food truck owner who is asking the city to help finance a new west side restaurant was caught earlier this year stealing about $429 worth…
By Shereen Siewert Wausau officials on Tuesday will consider a proposal by a newly-formed nonprofit organization to purchase and revitalize the troubled Wausau Center mall, with a city investment of…
By Shereen Siewert City officials this week issued a request for proposals, or RFP, to develop a portion of the east riverfront but the document does not disclose that the…
By Shereen Siewert City leaders this week will review a proposal to create a business development specialist position in Wausau’s Community and Economic Development Department, while eliminating an administrative assistant…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — City leaders next week will discuss a request by Urban Street Bistro owner Clint Schultz for a low-interest commercial rehabilitation loan for $125,000 to help…
By Shereen Siewert The company overseeing operations at Wausau Center mall will pay $3.6 million to resolve allegations they arranged illegal payments to doctors in a kickback scheme at an…
Dear Editor, On May 14th, 2018 I wrote this letter to the editor. It is about a year or so later, and I am left wondering what has changed. We…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — Less than six months after the Wausau City Council chose a new developer to assume control of the stalled Riverlife Villages project, another change appears…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — A proposal to transform a west side riverfront property into a restaurant is still not finalized, more than two years after the proposal fist surfaced.…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU, Wis. — Citing the lack of a clear plan, some members of the city’s economic development committee were sharply critical Tuesday of a proposal calling for…
Documented by Amanda McCartan for Wausau Pilot and Review ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Economic Development Members Present: Tom Neal – Chair, Pat Peckham, Michael Martens, Gary…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — A local developer is offering to purchase the former Sears property at Wausau Center Mall for $700,000, according to city documents. Wausau bought the Sears…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — City leaders will seek additional information about potential environmental challenges that could exist at the former site of Connor Forest Industries before issuing a request…
