News, Analysis, and Insights
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Is Supervisor Griner the Best Choice for Infrastructure Chair?
Should there be 5 Wausau Supervisors on the Executive Committee? Chair Gibbs has the right, under the Board Rules, to appoint a Supervisor to be Chair of a Standing Committee in the case of a vacancy. The Board has the right – and the responsibility – to reject that appointment if they don’t believe that…
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The County should setup a $500,000 Legal Fund for future Victims of Hub City Wind
Proposal The County Board should set up a Hub City Legal Fund of $500,000 instead of either seeking to enter into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) or choosing to be an intervenor in the potential upcoming PSC regulatory actions for the proposed Hub City Wind project in southwestern Marathon County. If the Hub City Wind…
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Dear Kronenwetter Residents,
Our new interim Finance Director, John Jacobs, found a $1,223,358 mistake in the 2024 and 2025 Village budget presentations and in the resulting 2024 and 2025 Village tax levy. It is important to note that a) there is no indication of fraud or missing funds and b) the mistake in the budget presentation was not…
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Marathon County (and Wausau) want to move the County Highway Garage to Kronenwetter.
Summary Marathon County Administration and key members of the Board Leadership are pushing to relocate the Marathon County Highway Facility (Garage) to Kronenwetter. This new facility would be located on Business 51 between Cedar Creek in Rothschild and Kowalski Road in Kronenwetter. Under the current plan, this would transfer traffic congestion and traffic safety issues…
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Marathon County has about $1,200,000 in Highway Reserves paid for by Kronenwetter Residents.
I want to start by saying that a) I believe that Marathon County needs to build a new County Highway Facility or substantially rebuild the existing facility either on the current site or on a new site. b) I believe that the Leadership (Commissioner Jim Griesbach and Deputy Commissioner Kevin Lang) and Employees of the…
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Marathon County Board: Please use the funds from the wheel tax to improve our roads, not to build a Highway Garage
Marathon County implemented a wheel tax in 2017. The wheel tax was promised to be in place only for 1 year and most residents believed it was intended to be used to improve Marathon County roads. In reality, an amount approximately equal to the annual wheel tax (about $3,000,000 per year) went into County Highway…
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Marathon County XX-X-Pine Kronenwetter Intersection Safety Study Update
Marathon County has completed a preliminary 68 page Safety Study (Intersection Control Evaluation) for the XX-X-Pine Road Intersection in Kronenwetter. The study was presented at the March 13, 2025 meeting of the Marathon County Infrastructure Committee. The study, which was delivered almost 6 months later than the promised date, finds that the intersection is “operating…
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Town Hall Meeting – Kronenwetter Village Hall
Kronenwetter Candidate for President – David Baker Thursday, March 13th, 2025 at 6:00 pm Facebook Event: Town Hall Meeting
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Kronenwetter Village Board Promotes Jennifer Poyer to Clerk
The Kronenwetter Village Board voted during a special Village Board meeting to promote Jennifer Poyer to Village Clerk. Congratulations Jennifer!
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Partial Compilation of Old Posts regarding the Marathon County Library
One or more individuals have been making false and/or misleading claims on Social Media regarding my time on the County Board and the Marathon County Public Library. It is obvious that this is an attempt to deflect attention from the serious issues facing the Village of Kronenwetter. I wrote a post on 11/23/2023- “Show me…