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12 hrs ago | WisInfo

Health officials say they didn't overreact to H1N1

When the swine flu virus flared up in spring 2009, the photographs and fear spread faster than the illness.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Rib Mountain, WI

Mon Feb 08, 2010

WisInfo

Rehabilitation center, Humane Society team up to help residents, dogs

WESTON -- As Lorraine Genett bent down to pet the beagle squirming at her feet, a smile spread across her face.

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Related Topix: Weston, WI

Sun Feb 07, 2010

WisInfo

County works to avoid $40M jail

Marathon County officials have come up with two plans they hope will reduce drug and alcohol addiction in the community and thwart the need to build a $40 million jail.

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Related Topix: Shawano County, WI

Sat Feb 06, 2010

WisInfo

Volunteer Connection

Assistant in same-day surgery. Provide families with updates, assist patients to and from their cars, and help staff members prepare rooms.

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Fri Feb 05, 2010

WisInfo

DA's office wants to expand offender-victim conferences

A new program in the Marathon County District Attorney's office that puts offenders face to face with their victims and community members has had a high success rate.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Merrill, WI

Thu Feb 04, 2010

WisInfo

Man, 38, dies in vehicle fire

RIB MOUNTAIN -- Police found a 38-year-old man dead early Sunday after a fire in his van.

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Related Topix: Rib Mountain, WI

Wed Feb 03, 2010

WisInfo

Don't kill ramps, city tells DOT

City officials and business leaders could be outraged tonight if the Wisconsin Department of Transportation supports a plan they say will halt economic growth and cause safety issues on Wausau's northwest side.

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Related Topix: Wausau, WI

Tue Feb 02, 2010

WSAW

Clark County Woman Accused Of Refusing To Pull Over During High Speed Chase Pleads Not Guilty

The Clark County woman accused of leading deputies on a high speed chase throughout Marathon County while drunk has pleaded not guilty.

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Related Topix: Clark County, WI, Owen, WI, Stratford, WI

Mon Feb 01, 2010

TwinCities.com

Central Wisconsin man killed in van fire

Authorities have identified the man found dead in a van fire in central Wisconsin.

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Related Topix: Rib Mountain, WI

Sun Jan 31, 2010

Wausau Daily Herald

CrimeStoppers: Police seek help in robbery

Marathon County CrimeStoppers is looking for the public's help to solve a robbery at a Rothschild convenience store.

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Related Topix: Rothschild, WI

Sat Jan 30, 2010

WSAW

Marathon County DA Worried The Community Will Suffer If Prosecutors Are Laid Off

Marathon County's district attorney is fearful the community will suffer, if prosecutors are laid off.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

Fri Jan 29, 2010

WTMJ-AM Milwaukee

Judge Excuses Self From Wood OWI Case

A prosecutor says a judge has removed himself from a Wisconsin lawmaker's impaired driving case.

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Related Topix: Chippewa Falls, WI

Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune

Librarian: Salinger's death likely to renew interest

It might soon be hard to find a copy of the 1951 masterpiece "The Catcher in the Rye" in the Wausau area, say local bookstore and library staff members.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Wausau, WI, Wausau Metro, Merrill, WI

Thu Jan 28, 2010

WisInfo

Ongoing competency case stresses county's legal system

Marathon County officials are grasping for ideas on how to proceed with the legal case riddled with delays for more than two years for a jail inmate who refuses to take his anti-psychotic medication.

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Related Topix: Marshfield, WI, Rothschild, WI

WisInfo

Exhibit window on Mexico

The primary purpose of 'Las Artes de Mexico,' the new exhibition at the Woodson Art Museum, is to showcase some terrific art.

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Related Topix: Wausau, WI, Wausau Metro

Wed Jan 27, 2010

WYOW-TV Eagle River

Family picks up after fire destroys home

There's new information on a fire that destroyed a home in southwestern Marathon County Monday night.

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Related Topix: Stratford, WI

Tue Jan 26, 2010

WisInfo

Little-known card saves thousands on drug costs

It's free. Anyone can use it. It can cut prescription drug costs by 30 percent. And almost no one has heard of it.

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WisInfo

Meeting on reconstruction of Highway 51/K interchange in Wausau set for Feb. 3

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has set a public meeting for Feb. 3 on the reconstruction of the interchange of Highways 51 and K in Wausau.

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Related Topix: Wausau, WI

Wausau Daily Herald

Monday fire destroys home

Firefighters battled a house fire Monday night along Highway M in the town of Day.

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Related Topix: Stratford, WI

Mon Jan 25, 2010

WisInfo

Road crews innovate to counter rising salt prices

Magnesium chloride. Calcium chloride. Silica sand. Beet juice. Highway departments in central Wisconsin and across the country are trying nearly everything to keep roads ice-free as salt prices continue to rise.

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Related Topix: Wausau, WI, Wausau Metro

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