News across Marathon County
Your letters: D.C. Everest should rethink referendum plans, focus on needs over wants
A Weston resident questions D.C. Everest’s potential 2027 referendum, arguing the district should prioritize maintaining existing facilities over costly new construction.
In photos: Mosinee School District celebrates new school addition
Mosinee School District celebrated the completion of its high school addition and renovation project with a ribbon cutting held during Homecoming festivities. Wausau Pilot has pictures from the event.
K-12 spending, absenteeism programs face risks as feds stop key monitoring, watchdog says
A federal watchdog says the Education Department’s suspension of key monitoring could put billions in K-12 funding at greater risk while unreliable absenteeism data complicates efforts to track students.
Wausau schools seek early start for 2027-28 to make room for Riverview roof work
Wausau students could start classes Aug. 24, 2027, under a draft calendar designed to give crews more summer time to complete a Riverview Elementary roof project.
Wausau School District budget hearing set for Monday
Wausau School District officials will present a proposed $118.3 million general fund budget and projected $45.8 million tax levy Monday at the district’s annual budget hearing.
Wisconsin’s college admissions law has unintended consequences
Wisconsin’s new automatic college admissions law was designed to keep top students in the state, but early research suggests it has changed relatively few UW-Madison admissions decisions and created new concerns about fairness and class rank.
D.C. Everest plans to close 75-year-old junior high as enrollment falls
D.C. Everest School District plans to close its 75-year-old junior high and shift students to other schools as enrollment declines, with renovations and additions planned across the district.