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Wausau re-opens garbage contract

Published on September 8, 2009 (1 month, 4 weeks ago)

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau will re-bid its garbage contract after the Rhinelander company that won the deal last month asked for a higher price than it originally submitted.

The City Council decided after a half-hour closed door meeting Tuesday night to invite haulers to submit bids for a five-year contract ...

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Lawmakers push higher taxes for higher ed

Published on September 8, 2009 (1 month, 4 weeks ago)

MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – Wisconsin’s technical colleges would train about 40-thousand more workers under a plan by unveiled by Assembly Democrats today.

Racine Representative Cory Mason said those making over a million-dollars a year would pay one-percent more on their income taxes. That would raise 145-million dollars, which Mason says ...

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State rep to deploy overseas with Air National Guard

Published on September 8, 2009 (1 month, 4 weeks ago)

ABBOTSFORD, Wis. (WSAU) – A state lawmaker is about to make his second trip overseas with the Air National Guard.

Assembly Republican Scott Suder of Abbotsford is a staff sergeant with the 115th Fighter Wing. His unit assists F-16 pilots.

Suder did not say exactly where he’s going, or when ...

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NTC president to camp out on school lawn tonight

Published on September 8, 2009 (1 month, 4 weeks ago)

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The president of Northcentral Technical College will trade in a warm, comfy bed for a camping tent on the front lawn of her school tonight.

Dr. Lori Weyers will celebrate her accomplishment to grow the school to 30,000 students and 3,000 full-time employees since she ...

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Police arrest suspected serial killer in Milwaukee; tied to several killings through DNA

Published on September 8, 2009 (2 months ago)

MILWAUKEE, Wis (WSAU) Milwaukee Police say they nabbed a serial killer during the holiday weekend.

49-year-old Walter Ellis has been charged with two killing women – and he’s a suspect in six other slayings. Charges are expected in some of those cases this week. Ellis was picked up Saturday at ...

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Larger capital gains tax exemption proposed

Published on September 8, 2009 (2 months ago)

MADISON (WRN) Several Democratic state lawmakers want to give greater tax benefits to long term investments in Wisconsin businesses.

State Representative Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) is among a group of lawmakers who are proposing a bill that would create a capital gains tax exclusion of 60-percent for assets held longer than ...

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Boater missing in Door County

Published on September 8, 2009 (2 months ago)

UNDATED (WSAU) The Coast Guard has suspended a search for a 40-year-old boater missing in the Bay of Green Bay off Door County.

Sheriff’s deputies were told late Sunday night that a man fell from a 27-foot craft on a trip from Fish Creek to Marinette. The man was ...

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Schofield likely to remain part of Everest-Metro PD

Published on September 8, 2009 (2 months ago)

SCHOFIELD, Wis. (WSAU) – Schofield will likely stay in the Everest Metro police department next year.

The City Council will get the final say when it meets at 7 p.m. But Mayor Allen Bremer said he’s been unable to find a better price by partnering with another municipality.

“There ...

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New AMVETS leader from Stevens Point

Published on September 8, 2009 (2 months ago)

STEVENS POINT, Wis (WSAU) The new leader of AMVETS - one of the nation's largest veterans organizations - is from Stevens Points. He's 69-year-old Duane Miskulin. He's a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, where he served in Turkey at a communications post that decoded classified messages from ...

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Obey discusses health care reform during Labor Day event

Published on September 8, 2009 (2 months ago)

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis (WSAU) Wausau-area congressman David Obey spent Labor Day in Wisconsin Rapids. He attended that city's 7th annual Labor Day parade, and spoke informally about health care reform after the event.

Obey told workers that they should support President Obama's health care initiative. He said health ...

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