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By Mike Leischner May 20, 2021 | 5:50 PM MADISON, WI (WSAU) — On a 6-4 party lines vote, lawmakers in Madison have reinstated a rule requiring those receiving unemployment benefits to prove they are trying to find a job. The vote by the Legislative Rules Committee threw out Emergency Rule 2106- which was signed by Governor Evers during the height of COVID-19 related lockdowns when businesses were shedding jobs at rates that haven’t been seen since the Great Depression, pushing the state’s unemployment rate to 14.1%. It has since come down to 3.9%, according to data for April tha...

Say Goodbye: Exterior Mall Demolition to Begin by Mid-May By Mike Leischner Apr 14, 2021 3:45 PM WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) — The demolition process of the Wausau Center Mall is already underway, you just can’t see it yet. On Tuesday the Wausau City Council heard an update from Chuck Ghidorzi of Wausau Opportunity Zone on what’s already being done to the building including the removal of some materials that were donated to local non-profits such as Community Partners Campus and Habitat for Humanity. “The physical removal of these items will occur over the next few weeks,” said Ghidor...

“The Wausau Opportunity Zone, Inc. will continue to work closely with our community partners, such as the City of Wausau, Wausau River District, the Greater Wausau Prosperity Partnership, the Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce and the downtown business community to ensure a collaborative process as we move through our next steps in our collective efforts to build the Best Small City in America,” WOZ President Dave Eckmann said in a news release.  HOM Furniture and the two parking ramps adjacent to the mall will remain open. Customers of HOM Furniture should plan to use the east parking ...