By David Eckmann, Ed.D, President/CEO of the Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce Do you remember living through the Great Recession earlier this decade and the impact it had throughout central…
Your Right to Know is a monthly column distributed by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council (wisfoic.org), a group dedicated to open government. Council member Larry Gallup is the consumer experience director…
Your Right to Know By Sen. Chris Larson They say what’s good for the goose is good for the gander, but when it comes to public records, the state Legislature…
By Robert Kahn Courthouse News “They’re building bigger and better prisons in the States and they’re getting fuller and fuller. But I don’t really see how that’s helping the drug…
By Lisa Rasmussen, Wausau City Council President City Council members are hearing a common question lately: What happened between the council and Alderperson Mary Thao? This follows allegations of racism,…
By Wausau Police Chief Benjamin Bliven It’s been a tough couple of weeks in our country. A person opened fire at a synagogue in Pittsburgh over the weekend killing 11…
By Keene Winters Today, I think we have a real treat for you. Last week, there was an actual reply from city hall to my Oct. 3 column on the…
Editor’s note: Christian Schock wrote this in response to a Sept. 24 guest column submitted by former city council members Keene Winters, Deb Hadley and Richard Anklam calling for an…
by Keene Winters It’s hard to think of fall without thinking of leaves. Sometimes they fall early. Sometimes they come down late. Some years they fall in drips and drabs.…
By Richard Anklam, Deb Hadley and Keene Winters, former members of the Wausau City Council It is time to say it again. Wausau needs a city administrator. For the better…
By Keene Winters As the community eagerly awaits announcements from city hall about new plans to move the downtown mall and the east-side riverfront projects forward, it is important to…
By Mark Belling/Your Right to Know A few weeks back, while looking into a court case in Waukesha County, I went to the court’s website seeking contact information. There were…
by Keene Winters It is time to talk about technology—computer technology to be exact. No discussion on life in the 21st Century would be complete without it. The first three…
By Keene Winters This is a public response. In recent days, I have had a number of inquires asking for more details about my suggested strategy for handling the RiverLife…
by Keene Winters The city has a mess on its hands with the riverfront project. For two years, city officials have allowed themselves to be dazzled by would-be developer Mike…
By Dino Corvino As we enter the summer of 2018, the shine appears to be coming off the current administration in Wausau. There is a list of many unfinished or…
by Keene Winters for Wausau Pilot and Review Throw a pebble in a pond, and the waves move out from the point of impact in concentric circles. In my last…
By Keene Winters for Wausau Pilot and Review If we build it, they will come. It’s a catchy saying. It is the essence of the city’s plans to construct apartments…
